Originally Posted by cartervj
Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by 3toe
I don’t have any data to support my guesstimate, but I’d guess predators are carrying a 10:1, maybe 20:1 kill ratio over a turkey hunter. So……..


The coon population is out of control. Highest I’ve ever seen it. The amount of tracks on roads and creek crossings is crazy. I caught seven coons at one trap location early April.

Also - avian predators are on the rise in AL.

There’s a chance we have the highest coon population and avian predator combination we’ve ever seen in the south.



I agree especially about the flying cats, coons around here seem about the same

Turkey hunters in the other hand, they’ve definitely increased


Hunting pressure has not significantly increased in every area of AL in the past 30 years. Some areas - yes - I understand that.

But consider this - there’s a point where all factors of turkey hunting come together- with small parcels of land with fragmentation and rural human populations - that the limit one hunter can kill - doesn’t matter if it’s 1 bird, or 1 million. A turkey limit changes nothing.