If the wildlife biologists determine from good field work that a reduction in bag limit, season adjustments, etc. I am all for it. What I am totally against is the state's legislature "regulating" game laws. Leave that to the wildlife biologists.

As for personal observation on the 3050 +/- acres that I hunt, over the past 10 years or so I have seen fewer and fewer turkeys despite improvements in habitat ... such as thinning about 1600 acres of pines, regular control burns, planting turkey specific food plots, promoting wild plant growth such as rag weed and vetch, etc.

We have an avid group of turkey 7 hunters in the guys I hunt with, plus a 3 guests that come off and on. Four of these guys are excellent turkey hunters. The rest of us, me included, are just so-so. Last season all together we took 5 gobblers. Personally I had only one decent chance but scored. I set my La. buddy up on a good gobbler. Two of our best turkey hunters took the other 3. Everybody else was skunked. Our typical number has been 9 - 10 for many years.

So far this year we have taken 2 gobblers of this property, but collectively have heard very, very few. It's still very early in the season, but it sure feels a lot like last year.