Finally things heating up in the N East

[turkaholic]

It's the slowest start I have seen in 30 years in my area of CT. This week has temps in the 70's and low 80's. Had some hens in my fields and a group of gobblers following. Had strong gobbling for a change. I have only herd a hand full of gobbles where I would have normally started to hear them in early March. Numbers still seem down but very glad to see and hear them on my farm, finally!

[chatterbox]

Up here in NH, every spot I hunt is flat covered in birds!
We had a huge jake hatch 2 springs ago, and we're now reaping those rewards!
I have never heard this much gobbling for a long time!
Last weekend of April is our youth hunt, followed by our May 3rd opener.
I know there will be tons of hunters out there, but I just wait for them to leave the woods by 9 when they don't shoot one at 5 am and get discouraged!