I think some of what hurt us was having a couple members that had less then 20 posts. Our late addition I think only has like 8 posts total on the board. Usually from my experience you can hit a pretty good archery team. I don't know about the gun contest. But in the archery usually you get everyone to participate. I know I have only been on one team that was shady and only had 2-4 members put up a deer. I have never been on the winning team, but I know it will take a active team to beat the Dark Horses. They have won two years in a row, and just about everyone on the team tags a deer. That is the key just like in this turkey contest. Not everyone has to kill a 130" deer on the team, if everyone takes a deer you got a good shot at winning. A couple stud deer being taken on the team is the bonus and can put you over the top for sure.
But yeah, I certainly hope to run into you on another team around here. Here's to hoping anyway.