Mighty warm down here in the South

[Strick9]

Chas SC area have heard birds rolln since late Jan.  Buddy heard 8 hollern this past Sat. That said I have hunted enough to opine that photoperiod trumps temps.

[owlhoot]

The photoperiod is interesting.
But the weather plays an important part on how hunting conditions develop.
The hens on the nests for instance have a affect on the amount of gobbling  and this will change with the weather. Everything I read said the weather played a role on the increase or decrease of the breeding activity.
Ground temperature  can effect hen nesting .
From what I read photoperiodism has to be at an amount of daylight for breeding to begin .
Temperatures can speed up or slow down the breeding cycle.

[deerhunt1988]

Interesting read on the early spring:

https://www.usanpn.org/data/spring

[tha bugman]

roads be slicker than whale snot from all the rain and mist we are getting right now