Two strutters heading towards three other toms out of the photo to the left. 
Two toms relaxing in the sunshine. They were in half strut when I first spotted them. 
Two strutters with 25+ hens (most are not in the photo) 
We will be hunting CO and IL only this year. The NE trip we've taken the last three years will be put on hold. I had also looked closely at KS and OK instead of NE, but those are off also.
The CO season starts on 4/9 and Isaac has drawn a limited entry tag on the eastern plains. The SWA we'll hunt is on the CO/KS border along a cottonwood riverbottom. We've scouted it once and already saw quite a few birds, so we have high hopes for Isaac to kill a Rio this year.
I have not decided if we'll hunt it the first weekend. We would like to, but the round trip uses about $125 in fuel. The IL trip starts the following weekend and we can stop there for a 2 day hunt (one afternoon and one morning) on our way back, then plan accordingly if it doesn't work out. However, I'll be driving to the OTC area we hunted last season this Saturday to listen and scout. If the snow is still too deep and I'm not hearing or seeing anything promising.........we'll suck it up and point my truck eastward for Isaac's tag and hunt our OTC mountain tags upon our return from IL.
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