I live in N. E.Pa. and noticed a huge decline in bird populations, So I started to take a closer look. I heard that disease is affecting the birds along with overabundance of predation. Last year while trapping yotes I caught a ridiculous amount of possum, and coon( which all were dispatched) they have a huge appetite for eggs. Along with a wet spring does not help either for laying hens. This spring seems better, but only seeing inmature males,this being said I decided not to hunt at all. Hoping that the jakes live long enough to reach maturity, Which really sucks! But at my place the deer herd is doing well using some of the above princibles,shoot does instead of young bucks. Foodplots and cover, and kill every yote possible! (trapping or hunting) Do more fishing! Just my 2 cents-