Earlier turkey season for ny?.??

[myemmy]

What’s your take on opening the season earlier say April 15 ??

[CAPTJJ]

I don't see a need for it, there was a good study done on the NY season dates and they concluded that the May season was ideal. I hunt mostly up north and it usually gets better after the first week anyway, and the latest I killed was 5/30 down in Delaware County. Many other states, especially in the southeast, have been moving the opening later and cutting back on limits.

[aquaassassin]

I’d be all for it as long as they shut it down earlier if needed( not needed here) right now In Maine is peak action. When the season starts the first couple days are good for the weekend warrior guys until they call like fools and then it’s dead for 2+ weeks until the hens not on a nest are ready to roll Again and Toms interest is peaked again. I know Maine isn’t NY but it can’t be any different. We can shoot 7 and it’s still not enough to put a dent in them.

[lv2hunt]

Damn Frank didn't know Maine has a 7 bird limit. is it a mix bag or all toms?

[aquaassassin]

Damn Frank didn't know Maine has a 7 bird limit. is it a mix bag or all toms?

2 Toms in the Spring, 5 either sex in fall and the fall shotgun season is long

[lv2hunt]

"Maine the way life should be" 

[aquaassassin]

"Maine the way life should be" 

It really is! You can do anything here. Yet no issues? Hmmmmmm......

[hesseltine32]

I’d be all for it as long as they shut it down earlier if needed( not needed here) right now In Maine is peak action. When the season starts the first couple days are good for the weekend warrior guys until they call like fools and then it’s dead for 2+ weeks until the hens not on a nest are ready to roll Again and Toms interest is peaked again. I know Maine isn’t NY but it can’t be any different. We can shoot 7 and it’s still not enough to put a dent in them.

It will be interesting to see what happens in maine.  If the population stays strong or drops off like it did in a lot of other states  after the turkeys are there for a while. Where I grew up in NY there isn’t near as many turkeys as there was in the early 2000s. Hearing more and more talk that turkeys when they move into a new area their populations blow up then reduce back down to carrying capacity after the predators adapt to them as a pray.

[hesseltine32]

April 15th seems way to early to me for NY. I’d think you would be hunting big winter flocks.

[aquaassassin]

It will be interesting to see what happens in maine.  If the population stays strong or drops off like it did in a lot of other states  after the turkeys are there for a while. Where I grew up in NY there isn’t near as many turkeys as there was in the early 2000s. Hearing more and more talk that turkeys when they move into a new area their populations blow up then reduce back down to carrying capacity after the predators adapt to them as a pray.

That could be very true, it’s dead balls on with any lake or pond here that someone dumps Crappie in. The initial batch gets massive and ungodly off a untapped resource not being utilized by other animals/ fish but then once they build up things equalize. I hope that it does crash here, it’s to much and affecting our deer.

I hunted NY hard for birds in the early 2000’s even took a 28.5 lb one which at the time was I think number 2 in the state. Shot that bird in Chenango county

[reeleyz]

I think a April 15th opener would be a bad idea for NY. A fair amount of breeding is done before the season opens here so we hopefully don't have much affect on the breeding with a May 1st opener.

I like it the way it is.

I would like to see a mentored youth hunt for under the age of 12.

[CAPTJJ]

It's April 18 and still pretty cold, expecting snow tonight. Haven't seen turkeys while driving yet so they are still flocked up.

[Deadeyez]

Been seeing strutters every day on my way to work the last 2 weeks.

[CAPTJJ]

I've seen a few hens recently. First one was the day after the snowstorm and she was crossing the road and struggled getting over the bank of wet snow. Monday I was about to pull into my driveway and a hen flew across the road, over houses on each side and the power lines; there is a steep bank and she must have flown off the top of it. Not toms yet, but it's pretty much all woods here.