I'm in southeast Alabama. Normally we start the season (March 15th) seeing large groups of hens which get smaller as the season progresses and I generally find hens nesting by the last week of the season. This year in two different areas I hunt, there was a drove of 12-15 hens at the start of the season. By the 3rd week of April both groups seemed to be gone and in the nesting stage. The last week of the season I saw 5-6 hens with gobblers fly up and roost together in the evening in both places. Why would this many hens be together and not on a nest this late in the season?
Thanks
