I’d believe a fisherman before a turkey hunter. Especially a hardcore one. They’ll lie to your face, they’ll travel miles to take their pic somewhere else tha where the bird was killed. Gunterville duck hunters were just as bad. Taking pics in a freenimys hole. I used to carry spent hills and Turkey feathers for fun.

The internet makes it fun deciphering the truth

You poseeee be filling out that little paper and calling it in lol

It was still in the 90s into the early 2000s but my buddy says it’s gotten bad over there to the point he doesn’t hunt it as much. He’s a straight up turkey killer bclc knows him and will vouch.

I agree, Tallapoosa use to be loaded with birds. Not if, just how many you would hear.

Shame , they were so thick you could stear them with a stick .

I never hunted them there had places close to home .

They use to be stuck on #4, now they’re just stuck on #3. The 4 bird limit will not matter to most.

Thanks numbers may be close. BUT I know of at least 10-15 birds between Madison and Jackson co not on the counts.

We had so many birds back in the 90’s and 2000’s that Ray Charles could kill a limit. 🤣

the 90s were the heyday before all the flat bill wearing facebook heroes came of age

Reckon who raised them hoodlums?

The hoodlums the 60s and 70s . Hell they might have been worse

you gotta point

Love it! Generations of parents forget where the finger should be pointed… there’s an obvious root cause at the core of a lot issues.

CNC your graph is worse than the last presidential election, yet you believe it's the truth.

Good point that I raised with a biologist friend this weekend. There are 3 of us that have been turkey hunting since the mid 80's. We have all had kids and nephews, etc. We have trained directly 13 other turkey hunters now and we are still alive so what was 3 in the mid 80's is now 16 turkey hunters roaming the woods.... regularly.

It would add up fast

That’s a fact. I know it’s not good for my personal killing but it’s hard not to show the ropes to the young bucks in your family who don’t mind walking a few miles and not complain. I had an uncle teach me a lot of what I know and now his boys are out knee booting like I used to do having a ball. Much better than them running the roads and getting in trouble though. The woods are a good place to be

They numbers may change by a few birds but for the most part the season is over.......Here's the final numbers. These are for the last 4 seasons starting in 2020..........


.............2020..........2021.......2022.......2023

Total......16867......14947.....15673.....17937


By county..........

Autauga.... 227.... 201.... 229.... 299
Baldwin.... 234.... 241.... 276.... 349
Barbour.... 375.... 327.... 432.... 537
Bibb.... 220.... 174.... 168.... 210
Blount.... 228.... 188.... 227.... 263
Bullock.... 268.... 173.... 248.... 317
Butler.... 210.... 253.... 251.... 310
Calhoun.... 380.... 336.... 298.... 316
Chambers.... 266 ....178.... 219 ....282
Cherokee.... 466 ....386.... 359.... 349
Chilton.... 300 ....299.... 323.... 377
Choctaw ....302.... 281 ....271 ....254
Clarke.... 313 ....321 ....363.... 379
Clay ....286 ....250 ....204.... 197
Cleburne ....344.... 243 ....229..... 245
Coffee ....153 ....170.... 237.... 294
Colbert ....168 ....213.... 194 ....217
Conecuh ....149 ....188 ....205.... 293
Coosa ....451.... 366.... 323 ....390
Covington.... 242 ....263..... 303.... 410
Crenshaw.... 217 ....219.... 241.... 301
Cullman.... 92 ....121 ....107..... 138
Dale.... 295 ....264.... 309 ....409
Dallas.... 323 ....312 ....295.... 337
Dekalb.... 212 ....156.... 134 ....180
Elmore.... 208.... 175.... 178.... 173
Escambia.... 191.... 164.... 196.... 255
Etowah.... 134.... 154.... 150.... 148
Fayette ....317.... 258.... 212.... 248
Franklin ....325.... 317.... 264.... 289
Geneva ....97.... 122.... 126 ....156
Greene ....211.... 215 ....235.... 266
Hale ....173.... 139 ....164.... 189
Henry ....305.... 299 ....351.... 407
Houston ....104.... 103 ....86.... 101
Jackson ....771.... 717 ....551.... 623
Jefferson ....301.... 263 ....260.... 244
Lamar ....266.... 208.... 208.... 207
Lauderdale.... 237.... 221.... 205.... 263
Lawrence.... 101.... 96.... 106.... 129
Lee ....201.... 157.... 192.... 187
Limestone.... 67 ....46.... 76 ....80
Lowndes ....193 ....167 ....248.... 244
Macon ....194 ....149.... 223.... 239
Madison ....248 ....267 ....223.... 248
Marengo ....318 ....245 ....314.... 323
Marion ....309 ....275 ....265 ....342
Marshall ....118 ....113 ....128 ....128
Mobile ....114 ....70 ....100.... 133
Monroe ....262 ....284.... 265 ....320
Montgomery.... 229 ....174.... 200.... 296
Morgan ....25.... 25 ....68.... 63
Not Specified.... 7.... 0 ....0 ....0
Perry ....164.... 171.... 192.... 179
Pickens ....402.... 317 ....356.... 391
Pike ....252.... 233 ....305.... 375
Randolph ....213.... 140.... 147.... 185
Russell ....180.... 124 .....190 ....224
Shelby .....196.... 183 ....199.... 186
St. Clair ....283.... 237.... 244.... 244
Sumter ....337.... 262.... 276.... 282
Talladega.... 333.... 233 ....197.... 223
Tallapoosa ....393.... 244.... 265.... 250
Tuscaloosa ....373.... 348 ....326 ....375
Walker ....229.... 230 ....229.... 262
Washington.... 249.... 193.... 216.... 261
Wilcox ....218 ....230 ....252 ....278
Winston ....298 ....256.... 240.... 268

Here's another way of looking at those numbers.......The counties in yellow have shown a stable harvest over the last 4 years.........the counties in green have shown a steady 4 year increase.......and the counties in red have shown a 4 year decline.......give or take.....A few counties are kinda on the bubble between yellow and red.....Seems to be a pretty clear pattern though for areas of growth and decline

Just think the first year decoys we’re allowed 72,000 we’re killed. Before 2006 we averaged around 45,000.