Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk ALTurkey Talk -- Beards and Spurs Not how many but what percent?

All of the posts in this thread are based on opinion. I have my opinion, you have yours. Im not here to be critical of anyone for their opinion or the way they feel. Sure its up for a discussion, that's why its posted here. But you're always going to have that one jack-leg that gets butt hurt because od someone else's opinion. Until some one provides some data it will all stay as opinion.

I agree with whoever said it should just be one a day....

And I have answered it several times starting with my first response to you, yet you keep asking it:

Preacher I agree with you to an extent. I have never taken over the limit. I may have on occasion taken over the daily limit but if I did it was by accident. But as ive already said, as long as 5 is the limit, that's my goal. But if 3 were the limit, then that would be my goal. Either way I have a goal.

As ive already said though, I can have just as much fun with them even after killing a limit.

You're too ugly to have a valid opinion

No, you just state that that's the way it's been in the past. I don't see any biological reason for not hunting them in the Spring.

Ask, and ye shall receive. FYI...These are population 'estimates'.

If I go the next 10 years without killing a turkey then I myself am a failure to turkey hunting. I didn't say that I do kill 20 a year but I could, and with killin my limit every year the places I hunt still have an equivalent amount of birds year to year, I've killed 12 turkeys out of one field in the last 3 years and there "were" 4 more right back in there this year. If you work your land and prepare the places properly you won't have trouble keeping turkeys regardless of how many you kill. I mean watch the field of Dreams, If you build it they will come, but in my case its if you plant Chufa's they will come

Great stuff! I wish there was a more recent survey!

Actually, the state is working on that now. Should be a large release of info come out next year and the next.

I wonder how they got these estimates, if it was number of birds reported killed in each county or what, where'd you find that map?

http://outdooralabama.com/hunting/game/turkey/Alabama%20Wild%20Turkey%20Book.pdf

State of AL produced the book. Map was included (page 57). There's a wealth of excellent info and knowledge in there.

I can't tell you how they came up with the estimates. You'll have to ask them and read the book.

If that is your premise then we agree - there is NO biological reason for not hunting them in the spring. I like hunting them in the spring and I have NO problem with it. Wow... carry on

They did a pretty good job on that map as far as Jackson county is concerned

Definitely estimates and not a survey. Turkeys are tough to get good numbers on as this map shows - much of it is purely a guess. Mississippi does as good a job of data collection as any State does and it is still a guess. Here is their annual pub with their methods. Alabama does not do anything like this.

http://www.mdwfp.com/media/217342/turkey_report_2014.pdf

Well we need to change that! The only two things Mississippi is allowed to do better than us in is: obesity and low test scores!

It will always be estimates until they do a tagging system like everyone else.

People that hunt south Alabama ain't got a clue how lucky we/they are. The map is somewhat true, up in north central, north west Alabama most farms and what not do not have turkeys and never have.

I could not imagine owning or having rights to a place with 26 birds per square mile! From my past experience having 4 or 5 gobblers on a 600 acre tract is dang good. I just cannot fathom having a spot 640 acres with 10-20 longbeards on it,and more to spare on the surrounding land.

Alabama has sent surveys out his year. I don't know if this is the first year or not. What exactly is MS doing better than AL in regard to turkey populations?

Glad you changed your mind.