Your post inspired me to go this morning. 34 degrees and not a gobble heard. Dead quiet. Almost froze by about 9am so I came home. Down here they like it about 50+.

I have hunted Vermont turkeys with snow in patches on the ground and leaden skies spitting the white stuff. My first longbeard was killeg under just such conditions.






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Snow on the ground can make hunting them easier. You know they'll be at bare patches and can set up accordingly. Even better to be set up next to freshly spread manure. Nice bird and congrats!! Our season doesn't open for another week.

Unfortunately, in VT it is not legal to spread manure on top of any snow at all.






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What are farmers supposed to do with their mischt???? Just because it snows doesn't mean the cows don't produce manure!!

Whhaat, Cmon that has to be a late April Fools joke. :)

Or its one of those crazy laws on the books like you can't put ice cream in your pocket.

I agree it's totally absurd but it really is the law.

https://www.manuremanager.com/state/...n-begins-12683




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Too bad they don’t have a similar law in D.C.

Don't know about all the manure that's being spread, but that's a very nice gobbler, snow or no snow. :)

I didn't know what to expect with this first season with this kind of snow but we have been getting some calm sunny days and the turkeys are ready for spring so they have been very active. I have heard several reports of turkeys being shot and guys hearing lots of gobbling and seeing strutting birds.