SportsmanNH I am in Washington County near the Calais area. We had a lot of birds up here as well. Then we had a very hard winter with something like 160 inches of snow. Most of that was powdery and we lost a lot of birds. Then the bobcats also made a big rebound add that to the coyotes and everything else the turkeys had taken a big hit.. The added fall hunting season and the shooting of hens has hurt it as well..