Lol I’ve seen bout half those posted to Facebook and acted like some kind of big bad turkey killer after either killing a hen or jake lol

400ish hens REPORTED in Tennessee. Actual harvest was much higher because the state tells its hunters it’s ok to shoot them.

Were hens killed in Alabama? Without a doubt some hens met their demise because of collateral damage or some occasional frustrated hunter, but 400? Let’s not be asinine here.

Do you hunt Tennessee? Your whole argument seems to be the defensive reaction that a lot of children use.....points finger “well y’all do it too”.

Hens have been legal regardless of beard in the fall season for years. Tennessee has always had some messed regulations. I believe the use of decoys”fans”like PCP said has put a hurting on the population. I know people that couldn’t kill a turkey without it if their life depended on it.Ive fanned a couple myself and it’s nothing more than shooting a turkey. Almost every turkey hunt on TV uses them including all the big names.

Absolutely, I live in Tennessee. Not defensive, I wish they would outlaw it. it's just laughable to think it hasn't happened in every other southeastern state with the amount of hunters there.

I know of a couple that got dusted on purpose in Lauderdale county, so I'd say the counties that actually have a population have had a few killed.

For what its worth, I've not seen a negative impact anywhere I've hunted in the state, except for Lawrence and Wayne counties that border Alabama. Whatever happened to the turkeys we had in those counties, had absolutely nothing to do with harvest of any kind, as I understand it's happened in Lincoln and Hickman to.

out of touch??? Sure I am. I started killing turkeys 53 years ago, have killed over 150 myself, another 100+ called in and killed by guests beside me. Spent 26 years as an Alabama Game Warden catching law violators. 400+ hens killed in Alabama??? You are a fkn moran if you believe that bullshitt.

Troy, you don't believe that 5 hens per county are getting killed?? I'll bet that many are killed by pure accident or novice hunters.
Personally I got no problems shooting hens, especially where there's too many. When the gobblers are still henned up on the last day of season, you need to thin some hens

I have never known anyone who admitted to killing a hen in Alabama even by accident but I'm sure it happens especially in the fall when everyone is deer hunting.

You can’t have too many hens in the south. It’s not like they can over-populate. Or run out of food. They can eat anything. Hen turkey in the south have enough life obstacles to deal with already.

I dont care what you have done, I never accused you of killing hens, but to say it doesn't happen here is a joke. If you honestly believe that there aren't many hens killed in alabama, you live in a fairy tale world. Theres no telling how many are killed by non Turkey hunters during deer season, or in the spring when they randomly show up in someone's yard because they started a nest on the edge of it.

I apologize for calling you a fkn moran. You ain't that smart and I just dissed a bunch of legit morans.

This is a good example of Tennessee applying Alabama Style game laws to a situation and realizing at least in part what they did was totally stupid.

Good for Tennessee. They have needed to make a change for a while. Hopefully they will lasso in their doe blasters very soon as well.

🤣🤣🤣 but you have no argument against it, just childish commentary.

I dont agree with needing to kill hens, but you are 100% correct on the rest of it. I'm not sure why some are so naive to it.

I’m sure that you have data to back up your claim then, right? If not you are the one with something that is just opinion. I’m sure he can dig up hundreds of idiots on Tennessee turkey hunting pages beating their chest over shooting a hen whereas you can only offer an opinion. An opinion not shared by many I might add.


I’m not trying to say there’s a better class of hunter in Alabama. We have our idiots and novices just like any other state. The fault lies at the feet of the Tenn DNR. If Alabama said it was open season on hens you can bet there would be a pile of them shot every year........ as stupid as that is.

Why is it stupid to kill hens? Just curious.

Cause mama said stupid is as stupid does

Because it’s not a biologically sound practice when we as hunters are removing more birds from the landscape than the birds can replenish on a yearly basis. Turkeys are a renewable resource, not an infinite resource. Killing hens is stupid.

Rock, you just have no argument here, have you shot any hens in Tennessee? There’s absolutely not as many hens killed here. Neither one of us can prove it so we can leave it at that.


I doubt very seriously the hens killed in Tennessee has decimated populations in some areas. I do believe most of this is caused by a few people like mentioned all over social media. I honestly haven’t seen a lower population anywhere I have ever hunted other than the area I have hunted in Nebraska. That’s all BCs fault.

Because you can't kill a gobbler when they are henned up is not a reason to kill them. A large population of hens eats bugs and worms , turkeys are not like deer that can overrun carrying capacity. More hens = more gobblers.

you have absolutely NO evidence of the numbers of hens being killed that YOU claim. Just your stupid opinion. Sad, really sad.

Like I said, I worked 26 years in conservation law enforcement. I think I remember arresting two folks for killing hens, both in deer season. Maybe knew of another dozen bearded hens being killed. My experience is close to dozens of other conservation officers I worked with over that TWENTY SIX YEARS. There is no evidence that 400+ hens are killed in Alabama each year . Only the raving of a lunatic from Teen(where they probably kill a hell of a lot more hens that 400).