Be a responsible consumer and Mississippi

[Shiloh]

I stand with HowieG.  Y'all take up crappie fishing................I hear it's a blast!!

[sixbird]

Mississippi added a required $100 turkey permit on top of all the other fees. Be a $500 hunt now. Not to mention a non resident draw requirement to hunt all public lands including national forest and fed ground.

This is a disturbing trend that's playing out all across the country including my home state Arkansas. Directly related to the major increase in non resident hunters

Social media is the driver of the trend. I urge everyone to be a responsible consumer / user this season.

Good luck to everyone and remember loose lips sink ships

I understand the frustration, believe me.
The other side of the coin is, we have a finite resource. Everyone sees the decline in populations and part of that is harvest driven .
Everyone, including me, wants more opportunity and more turkeys but they don't want to limit harvest, or increase license fees.
If you want habitat development to increase populations, that costs money.
The alternative is do nothing, collapse the populations and the problem will solve itself.
So, I guess it comes down to increase license costs or let it go...
As much as I hate it, I'll tough up and pay I suppose...


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[Jbird22]

Mississippi really needs to start there season april 1st

Wrong!!

[Jbird22]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

[ruination]

No idea.

The point is that what is in the table.  Not buying more, but selling.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2022/02/23/mississippi-hunting-public-land-black-prarie-wildlife-management-area-charles-younger-senator/6827262001/

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[J-Shaped]

I've been hunting the southeast for 30+ years and it's always been crowded here. Recruiting turkey hunters may be good for up north or out west but not around here.  The people recruiting hunters are brands that profit from public land hunters. Onx, first lite, mossy oak, thp etc.

Woodhaven turkey calls was a huge contributor to our current situation when they helped THP pimp out Alabama public.  Now they are selling calls partnered with them. Mossy oak is pushing pinhoti. They are all laughing headed to the bank.

We're truly seeing a new era of market hunting. And we know how that ended last time.

[dublelung]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

There's a reason he's dodged that question twice jbird!

[WV Flopper]

 I like the idea of reciprocity. I haven't hunted MS but have hunted Florida several times. I have some boys in MS killing turkeys now, it won't be long before I am there. Probably next spring.

I will get they're pins for free, they're my boys!

We'll keep the pins tight, don't want to sink too many ships, just turkeys.

[ruination]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

There's a reason he's dodged that question twice jbird!

Yes there is a reason because it means nothing in this discussion.  If you think it does you are missing the whole point.You have a problem with reciprocity ?

Wonder how many of these boys go to Florida and then north to extend their seasons.


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[CALLM2U]

I like the idea of the reciprocity.  The state you reside dictates the cost you pay for a NR license and when you can start in comparison to the residents. 

If your state jacks up the price for a NR license and holds NR out for 2 weeks, you also feel that when you hunt in the reciprocity state. 

[WV Flopper]

 Pretty obvious that some have an issue with it.

[Jbird22]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

There's a reason he's dodged that question twice jbird!

Yes there is a reason because it means nothing in this discussion.  If you think it does you are missing the whole point.You have a problem with reciprocity ?

It has everything to do with this discussion. You're giving an opinion on something you have no experience with, just as I expected. If you hunted here, you'd probably understand. Why no mention of Alabama's tougher OOS restrictions?

[Jbird22]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

There's a reason he's dodged that question twice jbird!

Yes there is a reason because it means nothing in this discussion.  If you think it does you are missing the whole point.You have a problem with reciprocity ?

Wonder how many of these boys go to Florida and then north to extend their seasons.


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Never hunted Florida a day in my life.

[ruination]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

There's a reason he's dodged that question twice jbird!

Yes there is a reason because it means nothing in this discussion.  If you think it does you are missing the whole point.You have a problem with reciprocity ?

Wonder how many of these boys go to Florida and then north to extend their seasons.


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Never hunted Florida a day in my life.

And....this was a two part statement lol.

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[Jbird22]

Reciprocity for all.  Anything else is hypocritical.  Don't want to see any resident of these non-res restricting states in a Florida area such as Big Cypress or any of Florida's three NATIONAL Forest until the season is two weeks old.  As my mother always said "what's good for the goose is good for the gander".  I can't hunt your nationally owned land for the first two weeks you don't hunt mine for an equal period. 

Again, when is the last time you hunted MS?

There's a reason he's dodged that question twice jbird!

Yes there is a reason because it means nothing in this discussion.  If you think it does you are missing the whole point.You have a problem with reciprocity ?

Wonder how many of these boys go to Florida and then north to extend their seasons.


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Never hunted Florida a day in my life.

And....this was a two part statement lol.

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Ok..AND I've never hunted in another state after season was closed in my own. Did I miss anything else or are you just out of bullets now? Lol