There was a long discussion in the General forum about it soon after the CAB meeting. A female member made that motion, and she also made a motion to reduce the limit. She resigned soon after the meeting. It certainly looked like she was working for someone else. The limit reduction failed, but they will get it through eventually. It was said at the meeting that they should go ahead and reduce it now since the Auburn study was going to recommend it. That sort of confirmed what a lot of us suspected when that study was started - that it's primary purpose was to provide a "scientific" reason to reduce the limit and shorten the season.

Our director has wanted to do both for a long time. I have argued for years that our dcnr should be telling other states how successful our system of turkey management has been for the past 65 years, but he wants us to just be like every other state. I suspect he will eventually get his wish.