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MHF US Midwest => Hunting Michigan Lower => Topic started by: out door man on Mar 09, 2010, 01:33:03 PM
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The Turkey Game Starts April 19th For Me, Any One Else Get The Hunt They Wanted.
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Same for me here in MD.
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Mine starts april 28th
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Spring youth hunt is the 24th and 25th of April..... Its killing me because that's the weekend me and the buddys have planed for our annual ice out trout trip.. :-\ Outher wise it starts May 1st.....
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Spring youth hunt is the 24th and 25th of April..... Its killing me because that's the weekend me and the buddys have planed for our annual ice out trout trip.. :-\ Outher wise it starts May 1st.....
Dont you think ny season should start around april 19? It seems that the birds are more into it during april than they are after the first few weeks of may. I remeber when i did the youth hunt a few yrs back that it was awesome hunting. More gobbling, struttin, and breeding action. Plus if the season was earlier we wouldnt have to deal with all the leaves and mosquitoes at the end of may.
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great point 7.i actually have a roadside video of breeding strutting etc in march here in ny.the season should be april 15-may 31.but hey its ny does anything make sense here?
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April 15 , sounds like a good idea buy hey its n.y. !!!!!!!
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I posted this on here before about the NY season dates: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/48823.html (http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/48823.html)
It's not neccessarily about opening the season when turkeys are easiest to kill. ;D
The goal for managing the spring hunting season is to give hunters the greatest amount of opportunity to go afield and harvest a bird, while minimizing the risk to nesting hens, causing minimum disruption to breeding behavior, and minimizing the risk of overharvest. To do this, we open the spring season near the median date for the onset of incubation (when hens are on nests). A recent study by Virginia Tech looking at timing of turkey hunting seasons in the northeastern U.S. found that the timing of New York's spring season was ideal based on data for breeding and nesting turkeys in our region.