Aldeer.com Forums Alabama Deer Talk ALTurkey Talk -- Beards and Spurs March 16th Opening Day

About the same point litter does.

I’d go ahead and brace for 3

When they inevitably move it back to April, I wonder if half the WMAs will continue to open a week after private land. And as far as I know (at least where I'm able to hunt), you only get to hunt half a day. So if you got a full time job, you have, at best, 8 half-days to hunt. Throw in church which takes priority for many of us, and it's down to 4.

But let's all heed that turds threat to someone he's supposed to serve.....self-righteous twat

I liked all his answers. If you have not seen a severe decline in Turkey populations over the last decade you are very fortunate. I hope they do whatever it takes to get the population back to what it used to be.

Guess I'll be the outlier here. Props to Chuck and his response. All very valid points that I agree with. Of course I wear those biologists glasses too. It is not every day you get a tailored response from an agency's wildlife director.

Maybe yall could appoint him in MS. We'd gladly send him over

Hell of a good resume, just ask him

I wouldn't be surprised with a 3 bird limit next year.

Alabama FINALLY gets a qualified MAN in there who makes decisions based on RESEARCH and Biological evidence.....and Folks still want the "Yes Man Puppets" that were in that position since the department was started. Not to mention the fact that the research/evidence compiled by Auburn University back in the 50's is why the restocking program was as successful in Alabama as it was and other states followed suite. The GOOD OLE BOY in office days are OVER.....Get your Butt off your shoulder and realize some things have to change along the path......

what part of "just moving it so that everyone can hunt on a Saturday opening day" did you miss? has zero to do with anything biological.

Down in lower Alabama our season starts on the 9th anyways.

Yeah it kinda went like this ..
.. “We ain’t got no turkeys”
“Ok let’s turn some loose”. Not like it took a lot of research or a team of geniuses to come up with it. And Alabama wasn’t the first state to try it.
I can’t even respond to the rest of your post.

Only if you let it.

Read this S L O W L Y

“It’s a day that just about everybody has off,” Harders said. “If it comes in on a Thursday and you’re in a hunting club where you’re the only person who can get off on Thursday, it gives you a big advantage over everybody else.”

Fred Harders, Assistant Director

BrentM: Research the restocking program Bigboy....yes others "Tried the release of pen-reared wild stock"..didn't work. Auburn researched the habitat needs and trapped in-state-----actually traded some to other states. Some of you folks on here I wonder if you actually have Pubes yet....

Dear Chucky and Fred.....

Roll with the 15th, just don't post pics on Facebook or ALDeer. Don't post looking through a scope or with corn on the ground and you will be fine.

I think he’s simply commenting on the change and trying to convince people to look on the bright side..

That's the everybody gets a trophy mentality. If Turkey hunting is important to ya , you'll take opening day off during the week. If Saturday was their goal , should have made it the 2nd Saturday. Chucky and Co. just gotta mess with everything.