Becomes lost ( with disturb or focusing on pet infantry division RKsGSPs Instagram @RKGSP Twitter @RKGSP. Give the gift of OBEDIENCE TRAINING for that new Puppy. Or, for some lucky dog and their human looking for some fun, how about a FRISBEE-DOGS class! We can make a personalized Gift Certificate for private training lessons or for any of our public group classes throughout Orange County and parts of Los and Riverside Counties. Hunting with a dog the Fall and Winter means and spending a lot of time Fall success rates are about 7% generally one-third of Spring's 21% success rate although you're six times less likely to the fall the reward is; you'll get And spend more Join the club. t as a way for the State to recover the expenses of all the trapping and transplanting they did Once the turkey population had recovered, they needed to recover their costs. The Fish Game departments were a dilemna: We can't open like we've always had. We 't want to shoot the hens we just transplanted! But we heard of some boys down Alabama, who and kill gobblers time. The biologists agreed: It shouldn't hurt the population, to just shoot males. That's when they decided to sell turkey hunting permits and raise the much-needed funds. That's why there are turkey hunters today from 9 to 99, who think the time to hunt turkeys is the Never mind that the males and females just came through, ekeing out a living, picking recycled corn out of the manure farmers spread on the fields and on weed seeds for periods. Then the males get worn thinner, fighting for dominance the breeding while the females are stressed trying to lay, set and hatch a brood unobserved. But once the northern Fish Game departments started selling turkey licenses and permits, like they were the south, the floodgates were opened. It's downright for hunters to only breast out a bird, because the legs and thighs are tough Compare this to hunting them the fall, like it used to be, after the turkeys the time, with all the food available, and when their meat tastes good. Especially the tenderest tasting of the year. The turkey population is highest the fall and half the birds born won't make it through Better to have them on your plate, than frozen stiff at the base of a tree and hunt turkeys the fall, like they did the old days. the late 1940's, when game laws first began, only thirteen states had turkey hunting seasons, and they were all the fall. Then came 1950's Alabama, 1958 South Carolina, 1960 Kentucky, 1961 1963 West 1968 Pennsylvania, 1969 North Carolina, 1973 Vermont, 1978 Minnesota, 1980 Massachusetts. 1984 Wisconsin. That's why today we have hunters from 9 to 99 who never hunted turkeys the fall, because all they or their elders ever knew was hunting. Watch a video of this hen sheltering her poults the rain. Turkey dogs used to be a big secret, with their availability and training methods only shared among immediate family and close friends. Those hunters didn't want anyone to know about turkey dogs, or compete for turkeys with them. Those who still practiced the were few. But thanks to them, a crucial part of our hunting heritage was kept alive. Today we live a different world; turkeys are abundant, but there are less hunters, and less places to hunt. We began this club to affect legislation, and share the history and experiences with friends. We're now the country's number one advocate of fall turkey hunting and of teaching hunters the secrets of the Your support insures this club's continued development and help us influence fish game rules and legislation on behalf of all hunters. From 1 to 1, the AWTHDA's members 26 states were instrumental changing the rules to allow dogs 8 states and other states lengthened their fall or seasons. Join the club and make a difference. Be careful shooting at turkeys running on the 25 MPH 36 FPS. the 2 seconds it takes