Y’all may remember I emailed Chuck about the CAB moving the turkey opener to the 3rd Saturday in March a while back. I posted his response here. I followed up and emailed him back a couple weeks ago and asked him some more questions regarding the Auburn turkey study and if he had the information on how many hunters killed limits last year since they are discussing lowering the limit. I have been critical of Chuck but I have to say I am impressed that the director has taken the time to email me back personally several times. He emailed me today and told me that the Auburn study will wrap up this fall and they will be discussing possible alternatives then. He also sent me an attachment which details the 2017 and 2018 harvest data. This is the while whale that PCP has been asking to see for years.

In 2017 123 hunters killed 5 turkeys which was 2.42% of the reported harvest.
In 2018 178 hunters killed 5 turkeys which was 3.21% of the reported harvest.