The trend is for states to close fall seasons. With the popularity of deer hunting in GA, I doubt you'll see any of deer season given up to turkey hunters.
kill the hens!!!
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No doe December to shoot the hens December
I LOVE this idea.
I like keeping the doe harvest like it is and adding a hen tag for turkey.
you are missing my point or maybe I did not make it fully, TN KY and several other states allow turkeys to be harvested during the fall during deer season , there is no seperate season for turkeys.
Sorry I was not clear... We also have more then enough turkey in GA now t allow a limited harvest..
I stated the facts as I have seen them. I would like a fall season for hunting turkey with dogs.
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Not with the current WRD staff. It will not happen on their watch, guaranteed.
I'd be perfectly fine with a one hen limit around Thanksgiving as I'm confident the population could handle it.
It is difficult to over-harvest the turkey population with a gobbler-only season in the spring. A single gobbler is able to mate with numerous hens during the spring. After mating, a hen lays about 12 eggs and incubates them for 28 days. If a hens nest is destroyed, the hen is able to re-nest without mating again. A high spring gobbler harvest might mean that fewer birds are heard in the spring, but enough will remain to mate with the hens to produce good turkey populations for the future.
