I’m almost tired of mentioning it, but promised I wouldn’t stop. It’s clearly needed, and that’s not really up for discussion anymore.

But will we get them? What’s the odds? Will the right people actually nut up and figure it out?

I’ll offer a southern 1/3 AL zone at M15-A20. Pretty simple really.

I would say March 10.

I can literally sit on one side of a tree and shoot a bird in front of me legally but if I turn around and face the other direction while sitting against the same tree and shoot a bird I’m illegal. And that’s hunting on private land. Im guessing the birds on the north side of the tree know their not supposed to breed at the same time as the birds on the south side of the tree. Yeah, that’s seems like an educated decision. I’m not a fan of the opening date(s) being pushed back at all. No where near as far south as y’all but I agree with the dates y’all have listed. Opening day no later than March 15.

For the sake of simplicity why not make it March 1 – May 1……Would that early of a start be detrimental to anything??......I think making decoys illegal would help offset a lot of the impact if that were a concern and if we could ever get something done about a trapping incentive then it seems like to me that would all make for a good combination of variables…..Lots of birds, plenty of time to go…..and a great hunting experience

Complete decoy banning is not a realistic option, regardless of individual opinions or if they are a problem or not. It’s a revenue stream - follow the money deal unfortunately. We can dream, but I’m not pretending anybody influential with regs will nut up that much.

I think there is a cab meeting coming up. Folks need to email the write people or show up.

All for the zones…absolutely garbage for those of us who hunt south Bama. North Bama season is great

3/15 would hav been great for me

I hear potentially CHanges are coming - not sure if they will be good - not sure if the turkey reduction across board will be solved - most states across country are seeing less turkey - think that has been mentioned here several times

Am I in the southern 1/3?

Problem is nobody knows anything and they sure don't do anything. I have dealt with the DCNR a bunch and it's broken promises or some sort of excuse everytime.

The only thing they seem to be interested in is how to make more money. If it involves them making money in anyway they are on top of it. I have no idea where all this cash ends up but I have a pretty good idea.

Far as the season changes this time, I think it was pure evil. Worse season I've had in 30 years.

Idk, but there’s gotta be a line somewhere between Mobile and Scottsboro, right? We know it’s not one size fits all for dang sure.

I was down in evergreen for Easter and walked a piece of land my wife’s family has. Meant to take a picture. The woods were so thick and greened up, you would almost have to sit on a road or field to be able to shoot a bird over 15yds away. I killed a bird a few days before on some NE Alabama high elevation land, and the woods barely had a hint of green.

The difference is laughable. The distance between Huntsville and mobile is the same as Huntsville and Indiana.

Right. I’ve said this many times here and elsewhere as an example. Just take a little north/south drive about April 1st.

There definitely needs to be a split but the traveling turkey hunters are gonna absolutely crush that southern zone if it has an early opener. Every warm blooded turkey killer with a drivers license will be sitting at a public land gate on opening morning.

Yupp. If I gotta wait a week up in the north lands I'll gladly drive two hours to hit up some public I've never seen .I won't be the only one either

The growing seasons are definitely different, but I use to kill the crap out of turkeys late season in South Alabama. Great hunting when I was there.

Yeah I hear that.........Maybe meet halfway and go with March 1 - May 1.... with no decoys until April 1.......

Most will be just getting started when the date of kickoff hits..

What public land in the southern zone. And it doesn’t matter - the little public land that exists can have a later start date. That already is in place. This is a complete non-issue.

The state just needs to go back to March 15th to April 30th dates. No need to complicate it with anything else. Especially "No Decoys" or other individuals "Dominant Gobbler Theory " or other individuals "wish list" BS.