I think the temps have a major part in activity. Whether nesting or not, the temps play a factor in gobbling and turkey movement, which that is all we care about from a hunting stand point. Same can be said for deer. During the rut, mild weather doesn’t typically play into hunter success, regardless of contraceptive dates. We have a mild February and the birds start gobbling and doing their thing, and everyone complains about how they will already be done by the time season rolls around. Everyone is for dates that betters their opportunity and is against dates in the name of conservation… if science backs what conservation is preaching right now…