Lost hunting opportunities “collaboration”

[arkrem870]

"Oh well......."

Words to live by

[Treerooster]

"Oh well......."

Words to live by

Notice how you left out the "adjust" part in your little quip there.

[arkrem870]

Been traveling for 20 + years. And hunting turkeys for 30+.  Average 8-15 states a year.  I know all about adjusting. Adapting. Etc.  losing opportunities is real. It's  a big deal to many of us.

[Treerooster]

Yeah, big deal to me too. I started state hoping in 1994. Hunted 6 to 8 weeks a spring. Lots of draws and other limitations back then but things were expanding. Then opportunity leveled off. Now its shrinking. I have adjusted where I can but some things there is nothing I can do. My point was I appreciate and enjoy what I got.

Ya never know whats coming tho, and maybe I am off here (I hope I am), but we ain't seen nothing yet. Our public lands are in danger of getting sold off now. What is that going to do for opportunity.

[sasquatch1]

Yeah, big deal to me too. I started state hoping in 1994. Hunted 6 to 8 weeks a spring. Lots of draws and other limitations back then but things were expanding. Then opportunity leveled off. Now its shrinking. I have adjusted where I can but some things there is nothing I can do. My point was I appreciate and enjoy what I got.

Ya never know whats coming tho, and maybe I am off here (I hope I am), but we ain't seen nothing yet. Our public lands are in danger of getting sold off now. What is that going to do for opportunity.

Oh well, Adapt

They say


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[Treerooster]

I have and I am.

[joey46]

A big part of being a "realist" is knowing when to say "Oh well" and when to adapt to changing times.  Helps keep the blood pressure down.  On most, if not all, of these similar threads very little is accomplished other than a whole lot of whining and complaining that others have now discovered that turkey hunting is a whole lot of fun at times.  I may have started the "adapt".  Good for me. I'll add "get over it".  Time to realize that shorter seasons, reduced bag limits, heavy non-resident punishments plus quotas are in the cards. This forum, which is social media btw, has certainly turned into the "whiner forum" at times.  Get over it.

[CALLM2U]

So much hypocrisy in threads like these:

- Too many non-residents - I travel X number of states every year
- OnX ruined public lands - Let me drop another pin on my map
- Turkey hunting is an absolute blast - Too many people are enjoying this experience
- Social media is ruining hunting  -  As I post on social media
- Technology has got too good - just picked up another box of TSS and a new Fastfire

It's more entertaining than watching YouTube. 

[Clif Owen]

I said all that a week or so ago

[Old Timer]

Hunters against hunters. Do you think the states care? Their thinking give me the money. I've been dealing with less birds now for years but I'm enjoying the hunt. Good day

[Gooserbat]

We got 1 bird in Oklahoma.  Used to be 3. 

[2flyfish4]

It will be interesting to see what happens with this new administration cutting significant funding to our public lands. Even wanting to sell alot of it off. This puts alot of pressure on the states to come up with the money. I think every state across the board will see significant in crease in license fees. The non residents will likely take the brunt of it. But I think residents will see the effects as well.

[cgarner1]

No changes in nc other than public land being sold. I got no problem rolling with the punches on most things but any land lost is land never gained back. I do have a legitimate concern that if my kid has this same passion that I do, he may not get to enjoy it like I have been able too when he gets to be my age seeing how much it has changed in the past 5+ years

[nativeks]

It will be interesting to see what happens with this new administration cutting significant funding to our public lands. Even wanting to sell alot of it off. This puts alot of pressure on the states to come up with the money. I think every state across the board will see significant in crease in license fees. The non residents will likely take the brunt of it. But I think residents will see the effects as well.

Local NWR is down to 1 guy. They tried to give it to the state before and the state wouldn't take it. May revert back to tthe COE.