i took my only 2 spring birds in 03 and 04 so far! lol.....really i think its the weather the last few springs....i remember one day mid may we drive to the mountains..get there..it gets windy...cold started spitting rain....we were walking across a clear cut and watched the rain turn to snow....weve had very wet springs for a while now....i learned to do it right when you can.....both my birds were taken within the first week...last year it was the second day of the season...last nice day all season i do believe.....then this year it was the first thursday.....beautiful morning i didnt have to work and we got out of school ealry so i went hunting....but thats how im doing it for now on...this spring weather is crazy.....gota do it when you can.....guys that only hunt weekends ect arent scoring becuase it rains alot of days...if you cant go when its nice your chances are down...