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Good luck to you arrow and fire! Sounds like the anticipation is eating you 2 alive!

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Actually it is very funny to me I am relaxed, but in the same breath excited. I was under a HUGE amount of stress in the last 8-10 months (Arrow knows)and Thursday one of the big stressors was done. I have not felt this at ease or relaxedin a loooooong time. I can't wait to leave Sunday and I have a ton of things to do today, but it is all good!!!! Monday morning is going to be a blast literally!

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Oh its so close I can taste it...

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Arrow I am together save one deke stake. I'll get that coming over in the morning. I have everything including the HE card. I am ready and primed to smack one down. I am ready to get the flockers on the board.I have calls, camo, snacks, cooler, bedstuff and extra clothing. I have 1 tote and a trash bag :) and the extra cooler.

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Its getting close guys, i cant wait for monday morning!

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I think Im gonna have to find JWs number so I can call him Monday after Fire and I knock a couple down.:D

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Guys, I hope my luck doesn't go your way. Perfect morning after a brief rain. Birds pitched down and went away so I followed. I called, they'd gobble then walk away. This went on for about an hour and 3/4 of a mile jaunt. (Those birds sure cover alot more ground than I thought). Caught up to a group of 2 jakes 6 hens and 5 toms. The jakes came into 25 yards but the toms would just not come in. By the time I realized they were heading away it was too late to put a shot on the jakes. Never could catch back up to the group. Seen a few more toms struttin with hens, but they were in the middle of pasture or crop fields. Either they'd see me and take off or they were happy to have the hens already and didn't need to come to the call. I'm just gonna go beat myself with a cow pattie or something. Frustration definately setting in!!

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dont beat yourself with a cow patty. lolthey will come mottz

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well, I'm sorry to dissapoint you all, but i didnt get one this week.. They just were not gobbling at all anywhere. We were in the woods from 5 in the morning till 745 at night with no luck. We had some really cool things happen to us though.. we actually had hens and jakes get up and fly to our calling.. but the tom just wouldnt come. I did not want to shoot a Jake for the same reason as QDM- let him go so he can grow.. these Jakes were only yearlings i think because they didn't even have an inch of beard on them.. Oh, on the way back to the truck, just as we got out of the woods, there were 3 toms strutting in the middle of the road so we put on a stalk with no luck.. they were some HUGE TOMS! their beards were about 2 inches from the ground and 2 out of the 3 had double beards.. so, it was an extremely fun hunt and i have another tag for 5th weekhere in WI and I will hopefully get one then!

Brandon

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Don't give up outdoor! I haven't had the best of luck. Maybe that just means I'm gonna get a monster?? Have to see how arrow, fire and MOdid today.

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Don't forget the tear away camo.[8D]

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MottzI really hope you guy's lose to my team and all.But i have been reading your post and i hate to admit it, but i'm rooting for ya.You are really trying hard with bad luck, keep trying.

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'll have to make it happen another day. Got to our spot about 5:40, turkeys were gobbling at 6 am. Didn't hear the birds that I thought I would but we heard a few. Set up on 2 gobbling like crazy, UNTIL the hens started pitching out of the trees. It looked like a flock of black birds.Needless to say those birds shut-up and done their business. So we saw 4 more in a field, set up the decoys and started calling. They were coming to investigate what was there and when they were about 70 yards 2 coyotes stampeed the flock and that was done. Sooo we walked around from field to field and spotted 3 longbeards. Set up and they came to us, my wife was going to shoot first, she hasn't ever killed a gobbler so she had first crack. They split up and 2 were in front of us at about 60 yards. She was looking at those birds I was looking at the one that was 35 yards to our left. I counldn't shoot and she didn't see the one I was looking at so no shot. The other 2 gobbled a couple of times but shut up and left. By then it was about 12:30 and we left. Going to hit again Friday and the rest of the weekend.

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MottzI really hope you guy's lose to my team and all.But i have been reading your post and i hate to admit it, but i'm rooting for ya.You are really trying hard with bad luck, keep trying.

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Thanks hj!! This year has carried over from where I left off last year. Sometime my luck has to change. And good luck to you and your team!!

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The Arrowmaster knocked one down Monday at 625am. I'll get the pics posted and the score.

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Round one for the fire was a flop...but I'll be headed back out to MO to smack one down

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Alright Arrow!! Good luck to you fire and turkey harvester!!

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Ok heres the bird. 25lbs, 7/8in spurs, and 8 3/4 beard... Score is 60.00

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Good job arrow!! Glad your having some luck, the birds areabsolutely kicking my butt right now, not sure what the deal is.[&o]

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Good lookin bird arrow! Keep at em MO!! Notice the guy having the worst luck(me) still trying to keep the energy high;)

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Keep at em guys. Fire and I went after one this morning. We had some action. The birds just didnt cooperate. Its like the Tom had a range finder and just stayed out of range. It was tough this morning. We even had 2 hens at 30 yards and he still didnt come to us.

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Nice job Arrow!!

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What he failed to mention is I got sent to the HONEY HOLE hehehehe.....ZERO for old Lt.....I smell a set up.;)

Now for Indiana.....1 gobble... on property that wasn't mine to hunt....I have a back up plan....back to the same spot in the morning:).

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I heard 10 different gobblers this morning. Couldnt get anything to come in. I'll be back out in the morning...

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Arrow it got better today 6 different toms. I know where they are hanging first thing we'll be there! Maybe tomorrow will be a great day!!!!

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I couldnt seal the deal this morning. Hadtwo hang up at 75 yards. Tried to get back on top of them as they moved away. No deal. Darn turkeys are making me a nervous wreck. hahahaha:D

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Sounds like the turkey you had was related to out big boy in MO...70-75yds but no more. Man he was a beaut Clark! I'm going back just for him :)

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Looks like my karma is werking!

I had a long talk with dem turkeys and tolddem Don't Karma any closer!

JW

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Nice JW...

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JW take your Karma someplace else....Hoosier birds are not slow witted birds like you took. They's got sum smartz.

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i knew youd be coming back for that bird. just cant stay away from him can ya. hey does your wife know your cheating on her with a turkey?

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She know she is a turkey widow this month.....Doesn't know about the return trip yet...Does your wife know I am staying with you guys Mo???;) Actually back to Grand River...Don said come back and bring dad (he will play golf) for no charge on the return trip. They treated us pretty good out there. I am sure they could do things better and worse, but the folks are great people and the food was too.

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she doesnt know about the return trip? oh man your dead. you may have to stay with me. lol. you should have good timing. the gobblers are just now starting to fire up.

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Wont be an issue....I tell her how much those gobblers cost,, my dad want to go play golf, my food and lodging is free now, the cost will be about 30 for my part of the fuel....easy right :)....

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Hey guys scored one this morning. Man the wind was crazy but he gobbled like he was supposed to. Shot him at 14 steps giving my hen decoy the stink eye. I'll get the pictures downloaded sometime today hopefully.


Turkey's weight: lbs. oz.

Spur length Right: in.Left: in.

Beard length in.




Your score is 24 + 10 + 12.5 + 20 = 66.5

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sounds easy dont it fire. lol
hey congrats turkey harveter

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Alright turkey! Can't wait to see the pics!

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2009 gobbler



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Well guys, a MO gobbler made a mistake this morning. Shot him at 7:45. He gobbled great on the roost but after fly down he shut up. At about 7 he fired up again and i was able to call him across the feild i was in. He came in to my decoys at 25 yards, i shot and somehow missed, he started to run so i pumped another one in and rolled him at 40 yards. My biggest bird to date.
species: eastern
weight: 25lbs
left spur: 1 in
right spur:1.25in
beard: 10.5 in
Your score is 25 + 12.5 + 10 + 21 = 68.5

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Great job guys. Awesome Nice birds congrats