I dislike this May portion of the season. Just move the damn dates back to what they were for years and years. March 20-April 30!

Yessir...agreed

Wish Southern zone = 3/12 to 4/22 never happen - I would conseed several days to get it in earlier

Think we likely see some management changes from what hear from very close source - we see what else happens w rules

Yes Sir Anthony. This is a mess. We have morons in charge of the Dept now.

Absolutely garbage and I’ve been very vocal about it. What’s even more frustrating is Sykes is from Washington co and knows how bad it is at end of april down there yet still was all for it. I wish everyone of em would lose their jobs

Sykes grew up in Chocktaw county - but that not a ton of difference that Washington county

Sykes is from Choctaw county. The rest of your post I won't argue with.

I say let’s drag Sykes out of his office and revoke his hunting privileges for life. Screw him and screw the CAB. I should have started hunting on March 15 when they were actually gobbling.

Yeah that’s right…my bad! I knew he did some huntin in Washington co around my cousin…got it mixed up. Either way, he knows how bad it is. Carry on.

Yep he knows how bad it is late that is why he probably started hunting on 3/15 like most in those counties🤣

He certainly hunted opening day, and also the even earlier youth hunt for years after he had started saying that the season and limits needed to be changed. And he used to write a column that often sounded like bragging as he told about the double digit number of kills he had been in on that season. He didn't pull the trigger on many of them, but all the turkeys were still dead.

Why would he participate in hunting on March 8, and then be in on killing a dozen or more mature gobblers if he really believes that is harming the resource? My guess is that he wouldn't; he likely knows that all this dominant gobbler stuff is nonsense. I noticed he has quit writing that monthly column. I guess even he could see the hypocrisy involved in his actions.

If I had ever believed I was harming the turkey flock by hunting 3/15, I wouldn't have done it. I wouldn't have needed the state to make the decision for me. And if I really believed that the season should start 4/1 as he has publicly said, then I wouldn't start hunting until then. Either he doesn't really believe what he is saying, or he doesn't mind harming the resource if it benefits him. I think either one of those are bad. With the position he has, he shouldn't start hunting until 4/1 and he should make that decision public.

I just fired this letter off to as many people in Wildlife Section as I could find emails for.

Dear Sir:
I am writing to express my extreme displeasure with the 2022 turkey season dates. The May portion of the season is a complete waste and ought not to be.
I was drawn for a hunt at Portland Landing this year, something I’d been looking forward to for years. The April 29-May 1 hunt on one of the premier pieces of property in the state was a complete dud because the turkeys were finished gobbling.
Fast forward to this weekend at my regular hunting spot near Grant in Marshall County. The hunting was a dud because the turkeys were finished gobbling.
For most of my adult life - for most of the time Alabama has had a season for that matter — it ran from March 20-April 30.
Please, please change the dates back to that. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. It doesn’t have to open earlier or close later. Just give us back the traditional Alabama dates. I don’t care if the limit is 5, 4 or 3.
I just want to hunt turkeys when they’re vocal and doing their thing.
Thank you,
Anthony Campbell
Guntersville
256-302-1353

Let them eat cake

This

I saw a pic of Sykes & someone on their FB page today showing a fella who killed a bird... no doubt as a way to subtly day, "look, we killed a bird on last Sat of May". Too much politics involved to see through to the truth at this point.

Yep…..turkey hunting in May in Central AL blows. Sykes can lick my taint

Damn I didn't realize they changed the date . I see no reason to change it . When I hunted I killed 5 most years and never less than 3 .

It's bad that ever time they change some thing my first thought is , ,,,,,, OK what big money is behind it

Just my opinion but it seems they are trying to make hunting too hunter friendly and I don't think that's a good thing .

I don't mean to make people mad but making hunters happy over what's best for the wildlife aint what we'll need

I don’t think y’all are getting the big picture. The season change was not designed for hunter satisfaction. It was designed to allow less turkeys to be killed early with no loss to overall revenue. I haven’t checked the numbers in fake check but I’d say it probably accomplished what it was designed to do.

Which is easier to kill , a henned up Tom or a lonely one ?