Nice birds DTC! Congrats! I didnt hear any last Friday, I'll get to go a few more times maybe before season ends on the 30th. Got finals coming up, pretty busy now. Yall keep slammin those heads though, good work team!

Went out this morning for the opener. Had a jake in my lap about 5 minutes after fly down. I let him walk on. Moved up the ridge and called a tom to 70 yards and couldn't get him any close. He walked away, went back to his ridge and started gobbling. I walked away too, had to go to work. Work sure messes up some good hunting.lol I will try again in the morning.

Nice birds DTC! Well i went out saturday,set up about a half mile away from my dad, at 7:02 almost exactly an hour after i heard the first gobble i hear a shot and my dad got the first bird of the season, the tom maybe weighed in at 17lbs, but had a 7" beard and 3/4" spurs

DTC if you can post a pic of your other bird it will count towards your personal contest

Nice bird!!

Weather is making it very difficult here in Michigan! Let two jakes walk this morning. Had a gobbler hang up on me yesterday at 50 yds.. Soon enough, my time will come!

MO. Eastern down!!! Score on it is 63.

Had to work on Monday the opener, yesterday, had nothing near me. This morning I was gonna hunt my neighbors property across the road from my lower gate. But when I got to the gate and opened it, to park on my property, the birds were allready thundering on my big ridge. Change of plans!!! I grabbed my gear and headed for my food plot, got set up, and waited for daylight. I had the whole ridge side facing me, all they had to do was walk in. Well it didn't go as planned. The boss came in with a hen, and he was 1/2 way up the face of the ridge, wayyyyy too far for a shot, and he wasn't interested in my deeks to say the least. After messing with him for over 1/2 hour, he dissapeared up over the top of the ridge, thundering as he went! I knew where he was going tho. To my hidden pasture on the east side of my property. So I packed up and headed the long way around the ridge, keeping a good distance between us, and got to my hidden pasture, There is a small group of trees there, and a good spot to ambush him. As I arrived, I started setting up again, and gave a quick couple of clucks with my mouth piece, and he thundered back. I now knew he was below me in the valley, so I sat down quickly, and gave a couple more clucks on the diaphram. He thundered again, then I pulled out my slate and purred, the responded again. So I shut up, sat back and waited. About 45 minutes later, I was wondered if he gave up on me, so I took off my hat, facemask, gloves, and was munching on some trailmix, when I saw his fan comeing. I scrambled to get my hat and mask on, spit my food out of my mouth, and put in the mouth call, and got the gun up, he turned broadside, spitting and drumming in full strut! I kelked at him, and he stuck his head out a little, and I dropped the hammer on him! Lights outs! He ended up being 22lbs, 9 1/4 inch beard, and 1 1/8 spurs. Didn't break my personal best, but still a memrable hunt none the less!!![8D]

I hear ya!!! Keep em coming guys, we got some ground to make up! I'm still trying, but bogged down with school work and finals coming up. I will, however, be able to go a few more times and try my luck. Hope everybody's having fun! I know I had a blast this season, even though I've had a bad year. Good luck fellas! Be SAFE!

Well boys, I uped my score this morning on that ole tom that gave me the slip on Monday. I roosted him last night onan oak flat and slipped in this morning and set up on him. He didn't gobble much and I just gave him a few soft yelps. We played cat and mouse for about 30 minutes after he flew down and he just couldn't take it any more. I shot him at 14 steps, I was enjoying the show. 24 1/2 lbs, 10 1/4 inch beard, and 1 inch spurs. Can't hunt now until next Monday.

At-a-boy DTC! Yall are smackin em now. Knew it wouldnt take long! That one scores 65, nice bird! We got 128 more points to tack on, keep it comin.

I still haven't posted my picture of my other bird I killed in Nebraska. I am still waiting on the pictures from one of my buddys.