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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: Southwood7]
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02/19/19 10:37 PM
02/19/19 10:37 PM
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Old Mossy Horns
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Ben, I’m sorry to hear that. What county are you hunting in if you don’t mind me asking?
Perry. Have had 2 properties about 10 miles a part and both of them went from large populations to extremely small populations. I am talking about seeing flocks of 30-60 birds at times and hearing 6-12 gobblers a morning to hearing 0-1 bird per morning, seeing 0 babies, seeing a few hens a year and rarely seeing any turkeys in the winter
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: bamaeyedoc]
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02/19/19 10:52 PM
02/19/19 10:52 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
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Remington270
Freak of Nature
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170 killed in Wilcox Co??? those numbers are a joke. Yep. Killed and reported are completely different. Dr. B There’s probably single days here that many are killed there.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: Ben2]
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02/19/19 11:13 PM
02/19/19 11:13 PM
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Southwood7
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Ben, I’m sorry to hear that. What county are you hunting in if you don’t mind me asking?
Perry. Have had 2 properties about 10 miles a part and both of them went from large populations to extremely small populations. I am talking about seeing flocks of 30-60 birds at times and hearing 6-12 gobblers a morning to hearing 0-1 bird per morning, seeing 0 babies, seeing a few hens a year and rarely seeing any turkeys in the winter That’s awful. I’d be flat out depressed.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Job 33:4
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: Southwood7]
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02/19/19 11:33 PM
02/19/19 11:33 PM
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Ben2
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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Ben, I’m sorry to hear that. What county are you hunting in if you don’t mind me asking?
Perry. Have had 2 properties about 10 miles a part and both of them went from large populations to extremely small populations. I am talking about seeing flocks of 30-60 birds at times and hearing 6-12 gobblers a morning to hearing 0-1 bird per morning, seeing 0 babies, seeing a few hens a year and rarely seeing any turkeys in the winter That’s awful. I’d be flat out depressed. The good news is having hardly any turkeys has made me a better turkey killer. When there is no option you stay on the bird that gobbled longer and become a better hunter imo. But man I would love the kids to hear turkeys like we used to hear.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: bamabr549]
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02/20/19 07:27 AM
02/20/19 07:27 AM
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YEKRUT
Turkey Nut
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Turkey Nut
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Been dealing with it for 13 years now in TN and I’m still waiting on it “cycle back around”. Whatever it is y’all better get used to it, hundreds die off and a handful is all you are left with for years to come. I’ll continue to chase them around the South until there are no more populations nearby worth hunting and then move out west somewhere I guess. Southern middle TN went from Mecca to wasteland, north Alabama is too, and other areas are heading that way along with other areas of the state as well.
Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: YEKRUT]
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02/20/19 07:33 AM
02/20/19 07:33 AM
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BrentM
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Been dealing with it for 13 years now in TN and I’m still waiting on it “cycle back around”. Whatever it is y’all better get used to it, hundreds die off and a handful is all you are left with for years to come. I’ll continue to chase them around the South until there are no more populations nearby worth hunting and then move out west somewhere I guess. Southern middle TN went from Mecca to wasteland, north Alabama is too, and other areas are heading that way along with other areas of the state as well. What’s weird about your part of the world is that it can back pretty strong about 3-4 years ago but then seemed like it kinda faltered again.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: BrentM]
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02/20/19 07:49 AM
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YEKRUT
Turkey Nut
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Turkey Nut
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Been dealing with it for 13 years now in TN and I’m still waiting on it “cycle back around”. Whatever it is y’all better get used to it, hundreds die off and a handful is all you are left with for years to come. I’ll continue to chase them around the South until there are no more populations nearby worth hunting and then move out west somewhere I guess. Southern middle TN went from Mecca to wasteland, north Alabama is too, and other areas are heading that way along with other areas of the state as well. What’s weird about your part of the world is that it can back pretty strong about 3-4 years ago but then seemed like it kinda faltered again. It was/is spotty and I just don’t see how it can ever return to anywhere close to what it was. Thousands of acres and a couple dozen turkeys is all that inhabits any of it.
Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters. —Archibald Rutledge—
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: Ben2]
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02/20/19 08:09 AM
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Atoler
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We have 1200 acres on the one spot and have never killed more than 5 turkeys off it in a season in the 30 yrs we owned it So obviously a reduced limit isn’t going to help the population problems much..
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: bamabr549]
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02/20/19 11:02 AM
02/20/19 11:02 AM
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CarbonClimber1
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Welp yall have thuhruhly dapresst me....might as well take up a new hobby...maybe collectin fanny packs..yeh that sounds nice.
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: Atoler]
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02/20/19 11:16 AM
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Remington270
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We have 1200 acres on the one spot and have never killed more than 5 turkeys off it in a season in the 30 yrs we owned it So obviously a reduced limit isn’t going to help the population problems much.. Correct.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: bamabr549]
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02/20/19 11:23 AM
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I credit it to a lack of nest predator control...a lot of it is the lack of education of the damage that coons and opossums do...Also, burning during nesting season on WMA's and National Forest lands...
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: bamabr549]
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02/20/19 11:41 AM
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Turkeymaster
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I have a place that I've had for 8 or 9 years now and there have been over 100 turkeys killed off of it since we got the place and until this year we only had 1k acres. there are more coons, yotes and bobcats than any other place I've ever been to, they cut the absolute piss out of timber around there and there are chicken houses everywhere. guarantee you on a good morning you will hear 12-20 gobble on just the 1k acre section. between 6 counties last year I saw 43 longbeards, 63 or 67 hens and 17 jakes on less than 3k acres of land, I don't think the states popluation is declining I jst think certain areas are low on numbers, same thing with deer populations
"All is fair in love, War and Turkey Hunting"
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: bamabr549]
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02/20/19 11:57 AM
02/20/19 11:57 AM
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I still to this day don't understand why DCNR went from the three bird allowance to the 5 bird allowance. That's over a 60% (sixty percent!) increase of the killable population, and then not expect an already fragile population, along with rising number of turkey hunters and natural predators, to be drastically reduced.
Don't go looking for TROUBLE, it'll find you soon enough!
There are old, wise men and then there are just old fools. The sooner you learn this, the wiser you will be.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: Super Dave]
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02/20/19 12:46 PM
02/20/19 12:46 PM
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Posts: 4,582 Coosa County, AL
Coosa1
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Populations were good in my area in the 90s. I could hear 1/2 dozen birds gobble any given morning. Now lucky to hear 2. Used to see several flocks during deer season, seldom see them these days. Even saw a bachelor group of gobblers that numbered 17 back then. I suppose some areas hold more birds but pretty sad hunting in southeast Coosa these days at least on the properties within hearing distance of the property I hunt.
David Same deal for me, and I'm probably not far from you. Our place is off of 231 below Rockford.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: YEKRUT]
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02/20/19 01:08 PM
02/20/19 01:08 PM
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ridgestalker
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Been dealing with it for 13 years now in TN and I’m still waiting on it “cycle back around”. Whatever it is y’all better get used to it, hundreds die off and a handful is all you are left with for years to come. I’ll continue to chase them around the South until there are no more populations nearby worth hunting and then move out west somewhere I guess. Southern middle TN went from Mecca to wasteland, north Alabama is too, and other areas are heading that way along with other areas of the state as well. Folks think I’m kidding about Skyline but there isn’t 1/4 of the birds we had 15 years ago.
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: wheelgun]
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02/20/19 01:15 PM
02/20/19 01:15 PM
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dsayer
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3 point
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The numbers don't lie More turkeys killed in Henry than Clarke and Choctaw? BS. Maybe more REPORTEDfrom Henry than Clarke or Choctaw. Serious question, is there a good reason to suggest that reporting rates would vary by county in Alabama? For example, differences in internet/smartphone access? Amish (or similar) communities that may not report? Etc...
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Re: Turkey Populations in Alabama?
[Re: rulebreaker]
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02/20/19 01:15 PM
02/20/19 01:15 PM
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Posts: 12,099 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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Booner
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I still to this day don't understand why DCNR went from the three bird allowance to the 5 bird allowance. That's over a 60% (sixty percent!) increase of the killable population, and then not expect an already fragile population, along with rising number of turkey hunters and natural predators, to be drastically reduced. To my knowledge, AL has never had a 3 bird limit. It was 5 in 1959 for sure; could have been 3 at some point before then but I have never heard of it. Charles Kelly said that they wanted a generous limit so that landowners would be encouraged to manage their land for wildlife. It was just the basics of capitalism applied to wildlife. I think it worked very well; AL had good populations of turkeys long before most southeastern states. Gobblers don't assist in raising poults. I've always been of the opinion that legal hunting makes no difference to the overall population. I know for certain that I have hunted the same land for over 50 seasons, and our turkey population is about the same as it ever was.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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