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Good job Zub!

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Well, here is bird number 2. Even though we can only enter one for the contest, I thought I would post it anyways. Besides, I believe JW has a seperate score sheet for the total number of birds taken by a team...even though I believe we are in last place...lol.

Itook this guy Sunday morning. I seen him strutted out with 3 hens about 200 yards away to my right. I then had a hen come in to my decoys from my left. She milled around the decoys and was yelping & clucking...so I put my call down and let her do the dirty work. She called enough to get the Tom & 3 hens to start working their way over, then she started going out to meet them. They met up about 100 yards away. So I picked up my call and started doing some softclucks and purrs. Sure enough, the group of hens started coming in and he followed behind them. Had them all within 30 yards, but he wouldn't break strut. After the hens milled around the decoys for a couple minutes, they started to loose interest in my foam decoys....lol. Since the Tom wouldn't break strut, I hade to take himat 27 yards when he was in half strut. 23 lbs, 8" beard, 3/4" spurs. Tagged out in Iowa. Good luck to anyone still chasing birds.



Your score is 23 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 16 = 54

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Hey guys. I havnt been on in a little bit but i have great news! I finally got a big bird down. Ive had many downs this year missed 2 diffrent birds. So i ended up switching guns. but any ways heres the story. I didnt get up and go out this morning i heard the weather was going to be crapy. I get up at 6:30 to a txt from a friend and they had got a bird i look outside and its beautiful out. So i get in my new 09 silverado and head for a ride to find some birds. I ended up seeing 3 big toms with hens in this one field so i decided heck ill give it a try. I ended up sneeking in from behind them and calling and they gobbled but werent coming any closer. So i said well ill try to move in on them. So im sneeking threw this thick stuff and i look over to my right and sure enough theres a strutter at about 40 yards. so i find a little hole to shot threw and and put it on his head squeeze the trigger boom and the bird takes off running. I was so upset was the 2nd time i missed this year. i look at the hole i was shooting threw and lets just say i did some good trimming and my pattern couldnt of been very good. The birds i was trying to sneek up on stayed out in the field and slowly worked there way to the woods. They ended up going down in a ways so i waited a few mins and sure enough they were down there gobbling. I ended up sneeking down to were they were and got within 30 yards of them. I call to him a little he gobbled and was strutting spitting and drumming. I couldnt take it any more i pull up and shot and all i get is a click when i ejected my last shell i was in such thick brush i ddint fully eject the shell. so i said well if i do it fast enough maybe i can get a shot. So i pump the shotgun and the turkey gobbles at the noise. so i pull up and shoot and the big longbeard drops. i start to run up to him and sure enough there was another tom with him i pull up and shot and i hit a tree and the big tom runs closer to me i go to shoot again and i was out of ammo would of had 2 birds but im happy with this one. He is a double bearded turkey my first ever.

he went 19.4 oz has one beard thats 9 inches and one that 7.2500 inches and both spurs are 1.2500 inches total score of.....76.75

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yup

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beards

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Nice ryncam...almost looks like 3 beards in the pic. Finally starting to drop some longbeards.

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ryancam, that looks like 3 beards to me, you may wanna look at that again. Great bird! My lil guy was 12.5 pounds, .25" nubs for spurs and a big 3.5" beard, lol. My smallest bird ever. I'm still chasing the big boys, let 3 jakes walk on Saturday.

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Here's a pic of my brute. He weighed a whopping 12.5 pounds, had this 3.5" paintbrush of a beard, and .25" hooks, uh nubs on both legs [&:]

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Yea he looks triple bearded Its just real hard to tell he has a real messed up beard and theres rot inbetween the two lower beards so i think it just fell off or somthing. I dont no how i would get it judged or who to bring it to up here in vermont.

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heres another look

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heres another look

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We will take it RIStrutStopper. I know we havea long ways to the top, but hopfully our birds will bring us out of the cellar. :D

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I myself would score it as three beards. Let me kwow what the new score ends up being.

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If this bird is three bearded i have a chance at the state record so i should probly get it looked at.

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Your score is 19.25 + 12.5 + 12.5 + 50.5 = 94.75

think thats right 19 pounds 4 oz both spurs 1.2500 beard 1- 9 inches beard 2- 9 inches beard 3- 7.2500 inches

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WOW! Nice bird!

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Is it the biggest bird in the competiton right now? the game warden finally got back to me but the birds up at my cousins he is taken care of the mount for me. just the beards and fan. I wish i had the money for a body mount.

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Does the team captain post the bird on the scores page or do i do that?

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Catain is supposed to do it, but he hasnt been around, I need to check in with him.

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Still nothing but that jake. Seems my honey hole shut down since the last time I visited it. I had toms gobbling and hens yelping on the ground in the rain, 3 jakes putting on a show for better than a half hour as close as 5 yards. That was last Saturday. This Saturday, Nada. The land owner said there haven' been any birds around since last week. Oh well, slept in today, plan on hitting a different farm during the week. Word has it there's an albino turkey lurking around there too.

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Since Mossy hasn't been around. I reported all the birds and scores to JW already.

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Thanks zubba, I talked to mossy via pm. I was going to post scores, but got busy this weekend.

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This is what I have to date

okay-Team 7--------
1-AUTiger--------
2-Canned Heat--------
3-DawnPatrol--------
4-Illinois Buck Hunter--------
5-johnnybravoo77-1-1-55.2500-----
6-mossbergman11/OH--------
7-RIStrutStopper-1-1-24.5000-----
8-ryncam16-1-1-94.7500-----
9-TheMiz54--------
10-zubba-1-2-61.6250-54.0000----
11-npaden--------
-Total-4-5-Total 11 man 236.1250- Total All Birds-290.1250

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Looks like we have a shot of getting both the biggest and smallest birds of the contest:D

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Hey guys, I got the contest stickers. You all should have a pm. Send your address, and I will get them out asap!