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Putting out corn for turkey (Mississippi)
Posted on 3/14/11 at 9:21 am
Posted on 3/14/11 at 9:21 am
Once deer season is over the turkeys on our lease leave! This weekend I heard 3 gobblers and saw 1. All of them were just off our property. We have 2000+ acres and no signs in the middle of the lease.
I have to believe the other guys are feeding the birds and they're staying at the edge of our lease or on theirs.
What's the MS law on feeding? I know you can't hunt over the feed but you can hunt between the feed and roost correct?
If we don't change something up this will be a long and unsuccessful season
I have to believe the other guys are feeding the birds and they're staying at the edge of our lease or on theirs.
What's the MS law on feeding? I know you can't hunt over the feed but you can hunt between the feed and roost correct?
If we don't change something up this will be a long and unsuccessful season
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Posted on 3/14/11 at 9:30 am to mylsuhat
Baiting laws vary by state so know your rules. On several properties I've leased as soon as deer season ends I start feeding using scratch grains. The smaller size keeps the deer and/or hogs out and it encourages turkeys to stick around. I will then stop feeding about a month before the season opens. That typically is enough to keep a few hens around and in turn some gobblers.
As soon as turkey season ends I start feeding again for at least two months. I cant stress the importance of this enough. We saw our turkey numbers increase drastically by doing this over the past few years. I dont know the scientific reasoning; however, I assume its because the poult survival is better due to supplemental feeding and you are also developing behavioral patterns on your property from day one with the hatchlings.
As soon as turkey season ends I start feeding again for at least two months. I cant stress the importance of this enough. We saw our turkey numbers increase drastically by doing this over the past few years. I dont know the scientific reasoning; however, I assume its because the poult survival is better due to supplemental feeding and you are also developing behavioral patterns on your property from day one with the hatchlings.
Posted on 3/14/11 at 9:30 am to mylsuhat
I don't know about MS, but in LA, you must remove feed 2 weeks before season.
Posted on 3/14/11 at 9:42 am to Salmon
It's frustrating having them just out of your reach.
I had a shot at one this weekend (~8" beard) he was 50ish yards away but he was headed to roost and wouldnt stop. No way of hitting that bobbing head through the woods at that distance
I had a shot at one this weekend (~8" beard) he was 50ish yards away but he was headed to roost and wouldnt stop. No way of hitting that bobbing head through the woods at that distance
Posted on 3/14/11 at 10:14 am to mylsuhat
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It's frustrating having them just out of your reach.
Its still early in the season, once the hens start sitting on nests the fellas will have some free time on their hands and then the ball game changes entirely..
This post was edited on 3/14/11 at 10:17 am
Posted on 3/14/11 at 10:44 am to Salmon
In Louisiana there can't be a single small grain of feed starting 2 weeks before the season... in other words removing feeders 2 weeks before doesn't cut it.. all grain must be gone
Posted on 3/14/11 at 10:48 am to wiltznucs
I made a call at him and he stopped to check it out, and of course, his head was behind a big arse pine tree and then the hen he was following looked pissed off and he continued to follow 
Posted on 3/14/11 at 10:52 am to mylsuhat
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I made a call at him and he stopped to check it out, and of course, his head was behind a big arse pine tree and then the hen he was following looked pissed off and he continued to follow
Its funny how things in the animal world often mimic my everyday life...
Posted on 3/14/11 at 10:54 am to wiltznucs
quote:this is all I could find on their website
DECOYS AND BAIT
It is illegal to hunt or trap any wild animal or wild bird with the aid of bait. Liquid scents may be used. Electrically operated calling or sound-reproducing devices may be used for hunting nuisance animals and crow only.
More Information, just as confusing, in this link to the "Mississippi Digest" Pg. 16 (17 on Adobe)
any help breaking this down will be helpful
This post was edited on 3/14/11 at 11:03 am
Posted on 3/14/11 at 11:05 am to mylsuhat
Some states are funny with baiting laws. For instance, in GA you can feed using a feeder all year around and so long as your 100 yards away and cannot actually see it you can hunt near a feeder. Whereas if theres feed on the ground and not from a feeder its illegal, period. In some states anything goes...
I've not turkey hunted in MS, but if I remember correctly there are designated periods of time when you are allowed to drop feed(bait). Based on reading what you've posted I'd say its pretty clear you cannot bait during an actual hunting season.
I've not turkey hunted in MS, but if I remember correctly there are designated periods of time when you are allowed to drop feed(bait). Based on reading what you've posted I'd say its pretty clear you cannot bait during an actual hunting season.
This post was edited on 3/14/11 at 11:06 am
Posted on 3/14/11 at 11:06 am to wiltznucs
yeah thats kinda what I took from it too but I wasnt sure if the 100yds and out of sight thing was applicable for turkey
Posted on 3/14/11 at 11:10 am to wiltznucs
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Its still early in the season, once the hens start sitting on nests the fellas will have some free time on their hands and then the ball game changes entirely..
Yep, at about 10:30 AM.
Posted on 3/14/11 at 11:13 am to windriver
quote:gonna send you a email in a minute...
windriver
ETA: YGYM
This post was edited on 3/14/11 at 11:22 am
Posted on 3/14/11 at 11:26 am to mylsuhat
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you can hunt between the feed and roost correct?
I don't think you can do this either.
Posted on 3/15/11 at 2:27 pm to mylsuhat
the laws were mended in louisiana 2-3 years ago. no bait to now you can have bait, but must hunt 200 yards away from it. i thought in mississippi baiting was illegal altogether? either way, baiting is not good for turkeys. it messes up their natural patterns, for starters. imo, the worst thing baiting does is give predators places to ambush turkeys. i don't bait, and i had birds using a small food plot often - i found a pile of feathers 3 weeks ago.
Posted on 3/15/11 at 2:28 pm to HECKFIRE
allowing corn in mississippi now has ruined hunting
Posted on 3/15/11 at 2:44 pm to LSUfootball222
in north louisiana, where i am from, have grown up hunting and will always hunt (until it turns to solid pine bushes) has turkeys scattered in flocks around the parish. due to logging and "neighborhoods" scattered around the rural areas popping up 5-6 trailer house "developments", the turkeys can't travel around like they should. instead, they have to hold up year round in the same area. well the predators are getting used to them using the same places to feed, etc and are anihilating them. corn is making the birds live in thickets and places you would never think a turkey would be, and now they aren't in the big timber and places that they should be...it's crazy, and what makes it worse is that the state does nothing to improve this...maybe they will when the population begins to drop drastically in the coming years
Posted on 3/15/11 at 9:49 pm to mylsuhat
Look our for Green Jeans and Whop Head Dolly
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