Larry, what region or counties of the state are you hunting in?
I've been in Greene a lot and there are birds, but also heavy snow in some place that has flattened the cover.
I had intended to hunt south of Iowa City on my last trip. That was before that region got a real dump of snow. Most of it may be gone now, I think. Rain took care of that. But I had a friend hunting deer in southern Keokuk County and he said the result was a muddy, sloppy mess. Even with 4wd they were doing their best to avoid the B roads.
Had decent luck north of Ames. Not much snow around there, unless they picked up some last weekend. But it sounded like the worst of that was more up along the Minnesota border.
