Moved up here for residency training and the limited time I've been able to spend hunting this spring has been lackluster. Heard one bird gobbling late March before season on some state forest land that has since had a pick-up parked on it the one time I was able to circle back. Walked back in there when the spot was deserted and saw no turkey sign at all and haven't heard any gobbling there again since season started. Spent some time out in the Washington National Forest and have seen a single hen and have not heard a gobble (the wind was up the one morning I was out before daybreak). Tried a WMA in the southern part of the state as well on a morning I would have expected to hear a bird and nothing at all. I've also wasted time walking into areas that looked good/fenced off access roads, but found that the areas I wanted to hunt/listen from had way too much undergrowth to make for good turkey habitat. Has anyone found a way to determine old growth hardwoods from newer growth on satelite imaging? I've only got four days left I can hunt this season and I'll be back in Texas next year, so if anyone is feeling charitable and would be willing to share areas I should look into via DM, I can certainly provide info on areas with merriams turkeys in New Mexico. I'm in the Richmond area, would prefer not to travel more than 3 hours which honestly makes most of the state huntable other than extreme SW portion.
