If you would like to compare it to the fisheries, they could just set a limit on the number of birds that can be harvested by the state or by county similar to red snapper and if that number is reached then they shut down the season early. Only problem is that has the same issue we have currently. If the goal is reached early, then too many are being harvested instead of “we have plenty”. Or if the goal isn’t reached then “we don’t have enough, we need to lower the goal”.
I’d be more than glad to support some sort of group or petition to have Sykes removed from the DCNR. The only problem I currently see, is who do we want to replace him? It would suck to trade one bad apple for another.
The problem with this comparison is twofold. One, we have a fairly good idea how many snapper their are and how many we can harvest to maintain sustainable populations. We don't have anything near that with turkeys and populations are too sporadic with little spread from one population to another like snapper. Two, snapper harvest is highly monitored with a significant number of boats being checked. I understand there are pretty good fines for over limit and not keeping fish documented with snapper check. We don't and really can't do anything like that with turkeys. Wish we could.
