Originally Posted by bald9eagle

Last year we saw tons of what I call "Super Jakes". The 2012 season saw a very warm and dry February. The hatch was very early. By opening day in April the birds were winding down.

Fast forward to 2013 season we had tons of older jakes sporting 6" beards and gobbling like big birds. The jakes were everywhere. 2012 was a very, very good hatch.

This year I expect a lot of 2 year old birds. What 3 year old birds are out there will be drowned out by the huge numbers of big 2 year olds.

I'm pumped.