ORIGINAL: Cornelius08
Just curious, what wmu blackpowder? Im talking 2A, though specifically greene county.
I travel and hunt just about all corners ofGreene county pretty good bit, its unreal the difference. Not just talking a year or two though, as that would easily be explained by a year or two of wet springs or a harsh winter... The density had gone down a good bit by the 2000's. Then a bit more recently, but seems to have leveled out. but man, the diffence between the last several and the mid and late 90s is ungodly! (LOL)
Some here have speculated that around that same time the bobcat and coyote numbers increased, which there numbers had increased over previously by leaps and bounds around here. Never saw a b'cat here prior to 10 years ago. Now I see them fairly regularly. Coyotes numbers are much higher than a decade ago, as my hunting success, random sitings and reports of others random sitings and signhave allgreatly multiplied since then.
Could be some weird diseases limiting numbers...Something like west nile etc?? Maybe banner years of oppossum and coon destroying nests..
Corn, I live in and hunt mostly 2C. But also have hunted turkeys in 2A and 2D. I know at least in my area,again we have been getting these freak cold spells late May and early June. Accompanied with lots of rain. As a matter of fact,we have had to many of them in the past 8 seasons.I'm by no means saying this is your soul problem in your area. But I know you have been getting this goofy weather pattern too in recent springs. I also know what you mean as far as birds back in the mid 90's. My buddy first took me down their in "92". I'll just state it like this,never saw or heard so many birds in my life in two days of hunting.First light sounded like I was in the middle of the pen rows at a Butterball poultry farm.
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