Some areas (TN Valley for instance) can not perpetuate turkeys with a long season. The population is impacted in such a negative way it can not rebound, given all other environmental factors equal. Season length can definitely increase or decrease populations. That's fact.
Matt,
I can not say thank you enough times to Steve Barnet and all the biologist who have made an effort to at least stop the bleeding up here. I hate to call names but Ron E. never made any attempt to help us in any way. He only muttered nonsense about turkeys not being able to live in Limestone, Morgan, Lauderdale and parts of Lawrence Co. What we need now is additional support from the department to protect the birds we have left and educate land owners and managers about what they can do to help what few birds we have try to rebound.
