What do you all think

Start it a week earlier.  Weekend after opening day of trout and dump the youth day.  Take your youths out with you regardless.
 
Hunting is much more enjoyable before the bugs and fully leafed out.  For us weekenders, we really only get 2 Saturdays before skeeters and leaves.  And usually one of them is terrible weather.  While they're at it, open Sunday too.  Get rid of the second tag if they must have some balance.

Leave the season as it is. The biologists are correct. Do away with the second tag and eliminate all day hunting. Do not add Sunday hunting. The turkey population is down over 30% "statewide" and more than that in many areas. Putting more pressure on the gobblers just assures we will not have many mature birds to hunt in future years. I refuse to shoot jakes and that is mostly what I have seen. I should have been one and done but instead am still out there disrupting the hens trying for the second bird. The hot weather and bugs suck but better that than having only young birds to hunt. As with deer, If the population was healthy "statewide" I would probably feel differently.

OK I am NOT from PA.
 Experience however on this issue is in Ct- We started our season early a few years back. Its a very nice time to hunt with fewer leaves and bugs and often finds the Birds in full mating time.
 How often have you hunted in mid to late May only to find that IT is generally over and Toms are silent and hard to move ???
    A week earlier solves that and makes a much nicer season- especially for those who have limited time in the woods- it gives more quality time .
  Yes birds seem on the decline pretty much all over- yea there are pockets but generally- down- even where hunting is limited or even not allowed at all- something is happening..
   Here they still have a 3 Tom limit ???.
 I might well agree with fewer birds- something here like one Tom in Spring and one -any bird- in fall. Presently we can total a half dozen all together- not realistic considering the trends we seem to be seeing..
 I do NOT believe it impacts poult production- where I hunt there is well over a thousand acres and only 67 is hunted and only by me- the large numbers of birds the area boasted for years has gone- even without any hunting by me in the past two years. NEVER shot hens there as I liked to 'manage' the flock to some degree and observed the decline start some time back..
   I stopped going there because of the decline even though it is in my backyard hoping they would bounce back in time- It got worse.
    . The general decline clearly is due to other factors..

Your right 10- we are VERY much smaller and VERY much more urban and highly populated which results in  even lower acreage to hunt.
 And-- we still have a 3 Tom limit- not realistic IMHO.
  One might think the real comparison would be a birds to square mile number which I dont know. All too often here we are stuck with 20 or 30 acres surrounded by Urban sprawl as opposed to the 'big woods or  farm areas.
   Same with our Deer Hunting. Surprisingly  those areas are often teeming with game because of the surrounding NO areas- seems much game has acclimated to those kind of conditions. Your still stuck with one stand or spot for the day in many cases though.
    Not the same as being able to pickup and just move.
  IT CAN GET IRRITATING WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO GO TO A 'SPOT' AND SOMEBODY IS OUT DOG WALKING THAT MORNING -LOL.

Might have to agree with eyes on the south of 80 comment. I have relation in several places that direction and they claim to have lots of birds and it does green up much earlier on average. Hell, I had tracking snow a few days ago for the mornings hunt.

eyesandgillz
Open the season a week earlier south of I-80.  South of I-80 leafs out sooner and I think the breeding is affected as well.  

I haven't even been out this year but I do know there are plenty of turkeys in the areas I travel here in the SW corner.  

 
Pretty much what I have been asking for but keep getting pushed back by the biologists concerned about the impact of a earlier start. With climates being so different, the northern areas are 2-3 weeks behind the southern areas.  How is it that somehow the northern birds can handle a start that is earlier, climate wise, than southern birds. I don't get it at all.

Leave the seasons as they are .number of reasons for turkey decline hunting is a small part . predators  are having a big impact on poults especially in years with poor hatches.
 
 

Been watching a rather big contest to monitor success rates.  Last year hunters enjoyed a 21% success rate. With only a few days to go this year, success is running at 18%. Was the earlier start the bad thing the turkey biologists keep warning us about? I think not. It is something other than hunting that is affecting the populations. 
 
I know one thing, hunting in this part of the state before green up got out of control was a nice change. I don't think it affected success one iota but the hunt was surely more pleasurable this year.