Perhaps we could have morning shooting hours, too, like with ducks. That would help stockpile more gobblers.

Or maybe we have morning-only hunting and a 3-bird limit. We'd be up to our eyeballs in gobblers in just a few years just like the other states ... that also are suffering declines and problems, too, despite having morning-only hunting restrictions and 1- or 3-bird season limits.

It sounds like we're on the hairy edge of "We gotta just do something!" similar to the gun-control people after an event or the virus-control people. "Do something! It'll be better! Doooooo somethingggggg!"

Unless there is sound biological data that supports a limit reduction or hunting hours change or anything else related, tinkering with it just because, or to appease someone (or a group, like with buck limits and antler restrictions) is not how it should be done. If there is solid data, let's see and hear about it.

The bottom-line basic question always should be, "Would this be biologically detrimental or beneficial? Is this necessary or unnecessary? Is this based on biology and solid data or is someone applying pressure to just do something?"

If it involves money, companies or someone's ego then it should be ignored. Unfortunately, that's not reality.