It was a cold and snowy opener this morning in the part of Indiana I was in. However, I ended up getting on a lone bird and a group of 3 longbeards before 9AM. The lone bird was well inside private and had no interest in coming closer. He shut up once the snow started melting off the trees and falling down everywhere. I moved on and shortly struck a group of longbeards, again on private land. I didn't think they would leave their field and come up the hill into the public woods but they closed distance fast. With the wide open woods, I sat down in a bowl so they would have to look for me. Sure enough, all three came over the lip of the bowl at 20 yards. Indiana is a one bird state so I was done. Indiana is also a new state for me, first morning I had hunted there. Since I still had planned to be off work, I drove to Kentucky and am hunting there now. Even though I have called birds across the border and killed them, I have never gotten a bird in KY either. I actually worked a bird this evening but it didn't work out, he acted like he knew the game. Back at it in KY for the next few days!
