Alabama has an awesome season with length and bag limit. What I don't understand is with all the lip service given toward hunting safety they moved the opener to a set Saturday. Many other game management agencies in other states do this as well. They talk about safety and lengthening of seasons to produce fewer accidents. But then make moves doing the opposite. I understand they get complaints about seasons opening midweek, so I guess the complaints mean more than the hunter safety lip service.

Personal interests plain and simple.

Chucky? That you?

Lmao

It came in on March 14th in 2015.

Opened on the 20th and the limit was 6!

It only opens on the 16th on public land. I don’t remember setting that date on my property!!

Meh... no big deal

Maybe not to you.

The hell you say!!!

I’m going to hunt Chucks property tomorrow

Nah, I bet Chuck hunts those locked up, high-fence turkeys.

Email I got just now about it:

Press Release
March 14, 2019
Contact: WFF Wildlife Section, 334-242-3469

Turkey Season Opens Saturday, March 16, in Most Alabama Counties
Delayed season dates on select WMAs

Spring turkey season will open March 16, 2019, and close April 30 for most Alabama counties. In 2018, the Conservation Advisory Board passed a motion that set the start date for turkey season as the third Saturday in March each year.

The decision was made to allow as many hens as possible to breed before the males are harvested. Research suggests that slightly delaying the season could have a significant impact on increasing the turkey population. No changes were made to the bag limit, which is one gobbler per day with a total of five during the combined spring and fall seasons.

“The Advisory Board’s decision is related to growing concerns of an observed decline in wild turkey population growth in Alabama,” said Steve Barnett, Wild Turkey Project Leader for the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. “Harvest data shows that many adult gobblers are harvested in the first two weeks of the season. That’s well before the peak of nest initiation.”

Additionally, spring turkey season will be delayed for research purposes on the following Wildlife Management Areas: Barbour, J.D. Martin-Skyline, Hollins, Oakmulgee, Lowndes, Choccolocco, and Perdido River. The delayed season will run March 23 to April 30, 2019. For more information about the delayed season, call 334-242-3469.

Hunters are reminded that all turkey harvests must be reported through Alabama’s Game Check system either online at www.outdooralabama.com or through the Outdoor Alabama mobile app. The Outdoor Alabama Mobile app is available at www.outdooralabama.com/contact-us/mobile-apps.

For more information about seasons and bag limits, visit www.outdooralabama.com/hunting/seasons-and-bag-limits.

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources promotes wise stewardship, management and enjoyment of Alabama’s natural resources through four divisions: Marine Resources, State Lands, State Parks, and Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. To learn more about ADCNR, visit

You joke, but predator free turkey hunting is way better

Stupid is as stupid does. Chucky, game check, Ivey and gas tax all come to mind. Oh and opening turkey season on a saturday, just because!!

Just go “coyote hunting” tomorrow.

Fact

Well if that is the reason then they should have a study design that tests for it. Is their reasearch only on the WMAs or have they set random locations on and off the WMAs with the same habitat management. Should only take 1 year to look at if the delay of a season by one week has a significant influence in poult production.

Guessing they have not set their research up to answer that question and nobody will see any data that supports the hypothesis.....but I could be wrong.

With an average of 1 and maybe 2 GW's per county, you will be an unlucky bastage if you get caught tomorrow