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Shot this jake with my not parker Ithaca nid super 10. he came in fast at 25 yds shot him with 1 1/2 oz 4s this time. most of the birds the last 4 days have been hened up and hard to pull away from them.

A proper gun!!!

Tough to do when they are henned up. Nice job Scott.

Rained last night here but had stopped by morning, heard no gobbling or hen talk.
Was carrying the Ithaca 4E 16 choked mod and full. Started to come down pretty good again around 9:30, so packed it up.
Congrats Scott.

No hen talk, no daybreak gobbling, nothing answered my calls, no sightings of turkeys at all in my favorite turkey places. Two deer walked into the field where I was calling yesterday just after dawn… but no turkeys, where in past years we woulf have small flocks of up to 20 birds in several of the fields and woodlots around here.
One lone hen fed up across the field this morning before the heavy rain began and that’s it. I’m packing for home but I’ll be back later in the week.






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I think there are fewer birds this year, i put a lot of hours in compared to last year and with fewer birds to come in.

Last years torrential rains during the hatching time may have a lot to do with it. The broods last year were small and a lot of hens were alone in Aug- Sept.

Turkeys come into my neighborhood on a regular basis. Now that I think back to last year I didn't see many hens with the usual dozen poults following them. I remember seeing hens with two or three and many had none which I thought odd. This spring I have not seen a turkey in my neighborhood.

Population way down in ohio, limit dropped from 2 to 1.

Something's up across the Eastern range. The biologists are puzzled.

On our farm up until about 5 years ago I could stand on the main ridge and hear 10-12 gobblers. Now I'm lucky to hear 2 or three, and they are off the property. The State is doing all kinds of studies, and is only coming up with possible answers. I read of similar conditions in many other states.