Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher



It is concerning to see those counties on the eastern side where the harvest is declining. I hunt some in one of those counties and that place has followed the trend down. But it's not any great mystery why; it's all about the habitat. We used to be surrounded by forests; now we are surrounded by 5 yr old cutover and 10 acre home lots. The turkey population goes down when that happens.


On the flip side of that…..I think if you look at the growth that is occurring across such a large area of south Alabama it would likely point to some kind of environmental condition as being the root cause……..either rainfall or temp……..I’m going with rainfall as being the culprit at play……I’ve been looking at rainfall maps trying to find a obvious pattern but its tough to say for sure……What it appears to me though is that we’ve had really wet March’s and April’s…….like so wet that it would have probably been difficult for anyone to burn during these time periods over the last 4 years or so……Maybe its something else about the rainfall pattern that's causing it, I’m just sayin. smile

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