Really have no clue what the season will bring. The farm I've been hunting in the upper Shenandoah Valley is still on the market and hasn't sold (knock on wood) so I'll get another season out of it. It doesn't have much food IMO, but it has big open fields and about 4 places with big roost tree's that seem to always hold a gobbler and it has fantastic nesting cover. Birds always show up late. No reason to even scout until about 2 weeks before the season because they seem to move in late.

PS. The good news is last year I had quite a few Jakes around and I sure didn't shoot any so there should be some 2 year olds around.

Covid will dictate whether I go to Tenn to chase my sisters birds. The wife and I are on the list with about 40,000 other folks in the County where I live. Va has not done a good job in that area at all. Would also like a trip out to the mid-west. We shall see.

In the meantime, I bought a new Turkey choke for the 20 gauge 870 so I'll be doing a bit of patterning next month to see if the choke likes the loads and vice versa. Haven't jumped on the TSS train yet. Have a bunch of the old Federal Heavyweight in size 6 and its been really good to me in the past several years.

Double PS. Late in the season I always like to hit the public land in Va. You get into the May time frame and you have the entire National Forest to yourself. As a retired fellow, I can pick out a nice day mid-week and go into and area and just walk and hammer the box call. Seems like I always get to work a bird late, but normally that bird doesn't get a ride in the truck. Later season public land gobblers are tough suckers.

Tut, maybe the new owners will be amenable to letting you keep hunting. Hope so.