Turkey hunting in the north east (new england) was tough this year because of the weather. Alot of experienced hunters i know did not sucesfully seal the deal on their bird this year due to a few reasons. I myself had alot of trouble getting a bird, as a matter of fact i didnt harvest my bird until 2 days before the season was over. I had been out every day of the season on the weekends and had a few nice birds come in but could not find a nice shot to put on them. I had hunted many different areas but still could not find a bird that would cooperate. The reasons for this was because of lousy weather conditions. In the north east we had terrible conditions for most of the season. We had a few cold snap's that shut our birds up, they wouldnt even respond to the best calls we put out. The wind was rediculous on most days also, we went out one weekend and could hardly hear ourselves call (we did not even hear a gobbler that morning). This all happened during the early season which hurt our turkey season because near the end of the season they are harder to connect with. But despite bad early season conditions, we had great weather conditions for the end of the season, i harvested a bird and my friend got one as well at the same time. If i can say one thing about this turkey season, it was that we got our birds due to hard work, determination, and extreme patience. We hunted hard all season long, and did not quite. But the bottom line is you will never know what will happen unless you hunt hard all season and never stop trying for that bird, and that is what will provide a succesful turkey season, even if a gobbler is not harvested. This is the turkey report for New England, happy hunting and be safe.

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