I hunt zone 7 up north. Struck out on the tag drawing this year (applied for C & D), but scored 1 of the 218 leftovers for (F) 6th season... better than nothing I guess, and I have a pref point for next year. 1 point is usually good enough for the time period you want. I never apply for A / 1st season up north. I learned that lesson the hard way. If the snow has melted enough by mid April that you don't need snow shoes to get off a road and into the woods, by then the woods roads are impassible mud holes. 2nd season isn't much better for access. It's usually when the weather does it's dramatic shift. Heavy jacket one day, t-shirt the next. I've hunted 2nd in a white t-shirt & painters pants as makeshift camo, in 65 degrees but in calf deep snow.
3rd & 4th are the prime weeks this far north. 5th & 6th aren't too bad weather wise, if you don't mind the skeeters & ticks. This year is the rare exception. IRRC, 2010 was the last 100% snowless 1st week of turkey season here.
I also have a tag for the U.P., as I like their season structure better. My tag is good from April 20th to May 31st, all 6 weeks, for the entire upper peninsula. There's more birds up there than there is here. Last September, on a drive to my daughter's house north of L'Anse, wife & I counted 23 turkeys along the road in the 100 mile drive. Further north we got, the more numerous they were. Weird.