15 years ago is when decoys became legal.

Does the decoy ban on the first 10 days also include the youth hunt? With this dominant theory crap why even have a youth hunt since almost no hens are bred?

All of ours will be bred before next years youth hunt seeing how late it will be now.

I've got a few friends that "hunt turkeys" use that term loosely. They sit on a chufa plot with a decoy and wait till one comes in range. I think this is the folks that will be affected the most. I don't even own a decoy so it won't change anything for me.

Heck, if they're sitting on a chufa plot why would they need a decoy.

Why have a youth hunt regardless, take the kids with you on every hunt!

As a new member, ya'll are gettin' toward the points that bring out some of the reasons and issues. Dumbazzes don't kill many birds legally, they just shoot the birds off of food plots during deer season from off of the ground shooting houses. I've got relatives (most are dead) who would kill any turkey moving no matter when or where with whatever, even baiting them. One person spot lighted them out of trees. A kid at Walmart bragged that he shot a bird during deer season off of a food plot. That is one problem that the State will not admit. Out of state hunters will deal with the decoy ban, for they come early to Alabama's early season before their season starts. Example: Oakmug WMA was loaded with hunters from Ark. Public lands are gettin' murdered with large numbers of hunters early with declining birds. Strange, when people show up, birds numbers goes down. I wonder why? Environmental conditions are going to get worse and survival rates are not going to improve. What to do?......... Alabama hunters should be first inline for access to the birds. Out of state hunters with one bird limit imposed for private land only, no public hunting for them. Limits for in state hunters should be dropped, limit one public bird, two per season until numbers increase. Bring back the decoys but mess with public lands rules first to see what works, then look at private lands. This is to see if the "theory on dominate birds" works, what a joke! Everybody knows that a lot of hens are bred by secondary birds who sneak in. I have a question? Was Joe Biden at the meetings?

None of these strategies the state has implemented will work
The predator population must be controlled before the turkey population can thrive
I've seen this work too many times and am seeing the predator control method work again after just 3 seasons with a huge turn around in the turkey population where i hunt
Guys we got to work to elect a Governor that will fire this senseless crew that currently reside over our game and fish dept or if there is a way to get this job changed to a elected position rather than a appointed one then thats the route we need to go

Would coons be at the top of the list?

So your saying that because I live in another state but own land in Al and pay property taxes I should have a diff limit? I already pay an azz load on a license where if I lived in Al I wouldn’t even have to buy on.

Spec, your lucky. I sold land in another state because they would not let me hunt my own land for free, because I did not pay that state enough taxes. Different limit? Same limit for everybody on private land...........Alabama hunters beware, a quota system must be used in the future if the number of birds keep dropping with higher hunter pressure, esp on public lands. How would you feel if you were forced to skip a season, and allow an out of state hunter to take your place on public land?

Coons are absolutely #1 on the hit list then followed by coyotes, hogs, possums, bobcats, foxes
They all prey on turkeys and I will not give any of these a pass even if it means messing up a hunt
Come February I’ll turn the burners wide open with approximately 50-70 sets waiting for a foot to enter