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Well since the season is officially over in AL we have our first season of Game Check numbers to look at. There were 9,150 reported kills this spring. Assuming the same 35% reporting rate that Chuckie applied to the deer numbers, that would give us a state wide harvest of 26,143 birds. If I am not mistaken, I think that number would be down from the past few years' estimated harvests. If so, does Chuckie go ahead and drop the limit next year? I think we all know he wants to.
And just an FYI:
Top 5 Counties:
1) Jackson - 324
2) Dallas - 268
3) Barbour - 252
4) Coosa - 243
5) Marengo - 238
Bottom 5 Counties:
1) Lawrence - 43
2) Marshall - 33
3) Cullman - 31
4) Limestone - 24
5) Morgan - 7
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Thought there wasn't no turkeys in Jackson County??
Carrying a gun isn't comfortable; but at times it is comforting
"Cause the cause for the pause you think you see is really concentration on the steel” NonPoint
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Man that's pitiful reporting!!! I can probably think of 20-30 turkey hunters I know personally that accounted for 100 birds... not sure of their dedication to reporting the numbers however.
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The stupid app is a POS; I've already had an account created w/a conservation ID, etc. & when I tried to report, it kept wanting me to "CREATE NEW ACCOUNT"... So ... there's at least 1 missing from the #'s, F it...
And I work in the technology industry (software company), and not to be arrogant, but if I can't figure the damn thing out, I pity the guy who's not very tech-savvy...
Last edited by BamaGuitarDude; 05/01/17 10:15 AM.
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I had the same issue as BamaGuitarDude... couldn't get my account "created", wasn't sure if it was an Android issue or what but I'm not technically illerate, just no way to get it set up right with the version of app I downloaded from Google Play. I ended up having to wait till I got home and report online.
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All those counties listed at the bottom have shorter seasons than the rest of the state. I wonder what the bottom 5 counties are that have full length seasons.
"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."
"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona
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He will say there was a 100% participation rate and change the limit to 2
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Those numbers are laughable. I would say a complete failure of the "mandatory" reporting system.
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4
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"Why do you ask"?
Too many people spend money they don't have , on things they don't need, to impress people they don't know.
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Booner
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I predicted when they first said it would be mandatory that GC would show a harvest below 20,000. I didn't realize how conservative I was being; didn't even make 10,000. I sure hope he doesn't try to apply that made-up 35% figure to it. But since he has trashed the hunter survey and declared it worthless, we will now have absolutely no idea how many were killed.
The Hunter Survey from last season put the harvest at 29,000, which is down significantly from the 40,000 or so we had been having. My perception is that it was back into the 40,000 range this year, but that's just based on talking to people.
The Avid Hunter Survey may be the only thing we have for this season that is even remotely scientific. Congrats Chucky, on destroying a system that worked just fine for over 50 years. And fwiw, I reported all of mine on GC and also reported every hunt on the Avid Hunter system.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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He will say there was a 100% participation rate and change the limit to 2 But can we kill them all in one day if we want to?
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It hasn't let me check the turkey I killed on the 29th. I am within 48 hours but I'm guessing the reporting system knocked of as soon as it became May 1st?
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I called all mine in. Didn't try the app, but with the frustrations everyone seems to have with it, doesn't sound like it's worth the gb on my phone.
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Bout this time next year the election cycle for governor, state reps and senators will begin. I suggest we work together as a voting block. Quiz candidates , choose some to support as a group to , if elected, jerk a knot in Chucky and Company's tails .
"Why do you ask"?
Too many people spend money they don't have , on things they don't need, to impress people they don't know.
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238 for Marengo County is laughable.
Maybe for opening week.
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I didn't think there were 33 turkeys in all in marshall county. It's got a full season also yelp softly
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This will never give an accurate number. We all know that. Here is my example from way back.
I remember back in the mid 80's when I was cutting my teeth on turkey hunting, I was hunting a little public land close to my house. They had a sign in box with a binder in it where you recorded your kill/date. There was no one ever there to personally record your kill. I killed one at the very end of the season and took note of the number of reported kills. As I recall, it was a low number like 8 birds or something like that. Well, the final harvest report came out for all the WMA's in the AL Game and Fish Magazine a month or so later. The number reported was exactly double the number of recorded birds. I was 19 or 20 at the time and pretty ignorant about this stuff but just remember knowing they are padding these numbers but couldn't figure out why.
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Cause they "know" what's best!!!!
Smdh
Someone post up the link to the full game check results county by county so I can laugh.
Carrying a gun isn't comfortable; but at times it is comforting
"Cause the cause for the pause you think you see is really concentration on the steel” NonPoint
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All those counties listed at the bottom have shorter seasons than the rest of the state. I wonder what the bottom 5 counties are that have full length seasons. Marshall starts March 15 and ends at the end of April. I don't waste my time here though.
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