Hi everyone,
As someone who just moved here with little experience turkey hunting, I thought I'd share my observations here made by listening to some very informed and successful turkey hunters.
The opinions on here between traditional hunting styles and the modern ways that are being adopted by hunters reminds me of two debates that I often had in the fishing community in Florida.
One of which was commercial v. recreational fisherman. The two users of the resource have two wildly different views of how the resource should be enjoyed and consumed. My advice in this case was to find common ground in something the two groups are so passionate about. After all, both groups lose if the resource is damaged beyond repair...
The other debate was the controversy over tarpon fishing styles in Boca Grande. The two fishing styles basically excluded the other group if either were to be done properly. Eventually one group lost out to the more traditional "live bait" user group.... in this case both groups were ignorant to other major environmental issues affecting the fishery due to being blinded by the debate in front of them- I'll admit to being guilty of this as well.
All this to say, I appreciate history, tradition AND modern advances and innovation to the way we do the things we love. I encourage everyone to take a step back and look at the big picture- the declining population of birds- because both groups lose if that isn't fixed. And the most equipped people to get the issue addressed by the appropriate authorities are us, the hunters.
Last, I'll say that I am very much looking forward to being ready for spring gobbler next year and I am sure I will rely on all of you to answer a few questions along the way. I do think I'll lean towards the more traditional styles of turkey hunting but it is my goal to learn averything I can and experience all different ways of hunting them.
As someone who just moved here with little experience turkey hunting, I thought I'd share my observations here made by listening to some very informed and successful turkey hunters.
The opinions on here between traditional hunting styles and the modern ways that are being adopted by hunters reminds me of two debates that I often had in the fishing community in Florida.
One of which was commercial v. recreational fisherman. The two users of the resource have two wildly different views of how the resource should be enjoyed and consumed. My advice in this case was to find common ground in something the two groups are so passionate about. After all, both groups lose if the resource is damaged beyond repair...
The other debate was the controversy over tarpon fishing styles in Boca Grande. The two fishing styles basically excluded the other group if either were to be done properly. Eventually one group lost out to the more traditional "live bait" user group.... in this case both groups were ignorant to other major environmental issues affecting the fishery due to being blinded by the debate in front of them- I'll admit to being guilty of this as well.
All this to say, I appreciate history, tradition AND modern advances and innovation to the way we do the things we love. I encourage everyone to take a step back and look at the big picture- the declining population of birds- because both groups lose if that isn't fixed. And the most equipped people to get the issue addressed by the appropriate authorities are us, the hunters.
Last, I'll say that I am very much looking forward to being ready for spring gobbler next year and I am sure I will rely on all of you to answer a few questions along the way. I do think I'll lean towards the more traditional styles of turkey hunting but it is my goal to learn averything I can and experience all different ways of hunting them.
Grew up commercial and "freezer" fishing off Palm Beach, Broward, Dade, and Monroe counties. Still have kin down there grinding out a living on and in the water.
