RE: How many birdless in 2003?
I was out 9 mornings . . . and went 0 for 9. I almost had to skip Opening Day because of the impossibly dense fog that made driving to my hunting spot extreemly dangerous--got there late and jumped two off the roost on the way in anyway. It was cold most of the time--snowed TWICE and temps in the 20' s--with wind! It rained several times. I jumped turkeys in unexpected roost locations SEVERAL TIMES! Most of the birds were on the other side of the stream from me--property I can' t hunt. I had a fox try to attack my decoy one morning when bird was working at about 50 yards--that ended that! I had beavers behind me slapping the water another day, so I moved. The move scared off the gobbler that HAD been coming in. I relocated to a field and scared off the 2 big gobblers there--chased them to the other side of the stream where they stayed the rest of the time I was there. But I had fun!