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gobbstopper1946
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 7:04 pm: | |
Perviously posted on Tnturkey.
How would ya'll like to see the Merriams Wild Turkey transplanted in the state of Va.?
There are other states that already have more than one speices. Why couldn't Va., Tn., Nc., Al.,Ga. or some other eastern state?
GS... |
GN
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 7:18 pm: | |
GN here...Donot mean to be like a bucket of cold water, but I would have to be convinced thee was a real "need" to do it as I would hate to see the eastern hybridized "for nuthin". wHILE i HAVE KILLED BIRDS OF OTHER SPECIES THERE ARE SOME REALLY SPECIAL FEELINGS FOR ME, BEING AN APPPLACHIN NATIVE, ABOUT EACH EASTERN I HAVE TAKEN..(SORRY ABOUT CAPS).The non-easterns for some reason have not elicited that kind of a feeling for me. I would just like everything to stay the way it is with our Va and Tenn and Ky birds, except I would like for about half of you to stay home more often during the season-hahha. |
gobbstopper1946
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 7:42 pm: | |
Hey GN,
Do you think the other states with different species have a mixed species problem?
Being a native of Va.I understand where you're coming from.
I to am a native of Va. born in Charroletsville, lived just below Wintergreen Ski Res. I remember when they tried to buy my grandparents land before it was built.
I also am partial to the Eastern, but would sure like to try a Merriams. Good luck this season.
GS... |
TScottW99
| | Posted on Friday, February 01, 2002 - 8:04 pm: | |
I would LOVE to hunt Merriams.. but I would want to hunt them in the Black Hills or one of their other home ranges. Just like one day I would love to hunt some Rio's down in Texas. Hunting Rio's or Merriams around here would be like hunting Elephants and Cape Code Buffalo around here. Just wouldn't be right... just my two cents. Scott |
GN
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 8:12 am: | |
I think the states that have introduced other species have in most cases tried realhardto put the seperate species in a fairly distinct piece of habitat where they were not likely to wander in and mix with other species because there were geographical barriers to their movemnent...Washington state has sevral species but I thnk(do not know for a fact) that they have pieces of near desert/ or large areas (100 mile across)of wheat fields between some of these locations so the birds do not intermingle there as much...we do not have those knds of barriers here, except for metropolitan areas and we know turkey have gotten usedto crossing subdivisions etc...A couple ofthe places I hunt in Tenn have probably got some ofthe original appalachina wild turkeys still around(never killed out ) and the rest of the state is mixed up pretty good with transplants /releases from variouys eastern sources . I think all the easterns will be a intermixture in the state eventually. Heck, If you tried to introducethe merriams in Cocke Co they would have a KKK rally against it...hah. |
Dale
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 9:07 am: | |
Why would you want to mess up a good thing. The eastern wild turkey's story in VA is a real comeback story. Thanks to the efforts of our glorious VDGIF and dedicated turkey hunters, we enjoy incredible hunting opportunities for easterns in the Old Dominion. Some argue that access to public land hunting in VA is the best in the nation. I'm not opposed to change when change is needed. On this subject, I say we stick to what we know...easterns. No offense to those who feel differently. |
Ryan Tucker
| | Posted on Saturday, February 02, 2002 - 2:58 pm: | |
The reason the states out west have two or three sub-species is because the land habitat for the different sub-species is possible in those states. Like it has been stated if your release Merriam's in Virginia then you'll have hybrid turkeys the next year. Several states have hybrids, but this is more of a function of lack of understanding than anything. If the releases were done today in those states they would do it different. I would suggest going to hunt Merriam's I promise the money spent on the trip is well worth it. |
HODY
| | Posted on Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 11:08 am: | |
Mn, I would love to be able to havest a Merriam in VA since that is one of my dream hunts, but I do agree with you GN and the others. What would happen if they bred. I like the Easterns the way they are. I will just have to plan a hunt to Wyoming in the near future to fulfill my dream hunt. |
Mc P
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 - 4:21 pm: | |
I have been blessed to have the opportunity to hunt different subspecies in different states. (Becasue I'm in the military not wealthy) My two cents is that its the challenge of hunting new, different types of terrrain than you are used to, and the peculiarities of the species adapted to that environment that make the hunt exciting. Not to mention the travel and experience of meeting and hunting with new people, that often talk funny, that make these hunts life long memories. It's not just the coloring on the tailfeathers. Besides, I believe most of the multi-species states are places beyond the original range of turkeys and the Game and Fish people were guessing which species would work. No so in the Old Dominion. |
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