Originally Posted by turkey247
Originally Posted by ALFisher
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.


Killing more birds is a good thing. I’m not even sure how to spin that negative. They were gobblers, not hens.


More than likely it is purely a function of Covid 19 and people being home and not at work.