We’ve had the same issue, cold wet springs and higher number of accipiters the past two years. We hunt Downeast (north east of Ellsworth, mainly Washington County and a few spots in Hancock county). I got some reports from the moose hunt up north, some places had few birds while others were loaded, like 60 to 80 bird counts for the week. We are starting to see that here, with small pockets that have a good number of birds and other areas that are ghost towns. It definitely is an improvement from the previous years, still a good 3 or 4 years before we are back to where we were 6 yrs ago!
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