Maybe these data have something to do with the changes proposed:
2020 Season Totals
16,651 gobblers total harvest reported to Game Check
Private land: 15,228
Public land total: 1,423
WMA: 631
Federal: 401
2019 Season Totals
10,854 gobblers total harvest reported to Game Check
Private land: 9,875
Public land: 979
that's a big swing.
So where’s the number for how many we had before those were killed? What is the magic number they are looking for to justify dropping the limit? I’m sure there are folks that don’t use game check but I also know several people that buy license every year and sometimes never kill a thing, are they just assuming that everyone that buys a license is killing stuff and not reporting it? I haven’t been turkey hunting near as long as several on here but in my experience the numbers are about the same in the 3-4 counties I hunt, some years are better than others but I haven’t seen a drastic decline. I will never understand how counting dead turkeys is a way of determining what shape the population is in
