Please, if you can, show me where I ever said that there was any biological issue with hunting them in the spring?? Once... anywhere... go ahead and go back as far as you need... just one quote...

Were talking total turkeys not gobblers. You would have to think maybe half that is hens so about 12 male birds so maybe half jakes half longbeards. So 6 longbeards on 640 acres seems about like 25 turkeys/sq mile

I would be happy with a limit of 1............. Per day.

Comprehension is a wonderful thing. no biological reason does not mean any biological issue with spring season, positive or negative. It means just that - no biological reason for spring season. They set it because they liked to hunt gobbling birds and it there is no biological issue with it.

Yes it does. Which brings me to my op. What is the biological reason for having it in the Fall verses the Spring? Besides, because that's when they set the seasons years ago when they first started hunting seasons.

I'm going to let someone with more patience take over from here.

No, that was long before I became a preacher.

He was young and dumb; didn't even know it was against the law to kill 2 in a day. Willingly opened the trunk of his car and showed them to the GW. Paid the fine and they actually gave him his turkeys back.

I don't really think I would kill more than 5 if the limit was just one a day; 5 is just the number in my head after all these years. I would be unhappy if they changed it to 3.

But I really think there is a good chance I wouldn't feel the pressure to hunt as hard with a one-a-day limit. With no goal, it wouldn't matter if I killed just 3 or 4. I think I would take a more laid back approach. I'm not sure of this; would have to experience it to know.

What they really need a season limit on is ducks. I haven't killed a single duck the last 3 seasons, while other guys kill dozens or even hundreds. How is that fair? They should give out tags and strictly enforce a 3 duck season limit. Nobody needs to kill more than 3 ducks in a season.

I've almost lost mine with you. Just tell him he's right!

The problem is - if they set a 3 duck limit you would then, naturally, go out and kill your 3 ducks, thereby increasing the overall harvest! Now that I think about it, I know a lot of folks that give away deer meat - maybe no one needs to kill more than one buck and one doe a year. I feel that is a fair limit

I agree 5 birds is 5 birds but if there were no daily limit in place There would be more gobblers killed,the first bird I killed this year had 2 other gobblers with him,I know I could have killed both with one shot easily,since that day those other two gobblers have not been killed yet and may not get killed this year,you said you could have doubled one day but since you couldn't legally kill more than one per day you've only killed 2 birds this season instead of 3,do you see how the 1 per day keeps less birds from being harvested?I've had several seasons where if I would have killed the multiple gobblers that I called up together I would have limited out,instead I fell short those years and only killed 3 or 4 those seasons

Thanks to the 100% accurate game check system . Before long it will be a half a turkey a season and 11 point or better on deer. Sorry to have to say this but I think that's all a big waste of money that could have been spent on the wildlife itself. For instance in the bankhead I can take anyone to field after field that's not seen a seed in years maybe a bush hog ever now and then.

MIGHT AS WELL GO BACK TO A 3 BIRD LIMIT,, HELL THEY SAY YOU CAN KILL ALL THE DEER OFF A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

What started out as a good discussion has turned out to be a dumpster fire!

I think the seasons are good, season limit is good, and 1 a day is good. The only chance I would like to see is a real tagging system such as the one Tennessee uses. And screw the deer hunting.

What purpose does that serve? Same purpose as the failed Game Check.... It serves none....

I am not going to mess around with you and argue. It gets an idea of how many birds are killed each year and in what county. Game check failure because it isn't required. If they would require us to check birds in at "gas stations" it wouldn't fail. Some what get away with it, but I am talking about the majority.

I'm not looking to argue... I simply told you it's purpose... It has none...

I'll give you a "real purpose" for a tagging system. It allows a GW to actually ticket a person for an untagged turkey...you know those guys who always have killed "four" birds?? The ones that kill 7-10-15 birds a season?? I knew a guy from Pickens Co that killed 45 in one season.....

I've never heard of anyone being ticketed for killing over the season limit..never.

Every enforcement Officer I ever knew was in favor of a tagging system to slow down the chronic offenders. Catch em coming out of the woods with an untagged bird...BAM. It won't stop em but most of us thought it could make a dent in the illegal kill.

I agree Fred. If someone is against taking 25 seconds to put a tag on their bird, well.... You might just be an outlaw.