RE: Team 17
 

Here's the picture and story. Went back to a spot my brother and I had been the previous week and bumped a roosted hen while setting up. The Toms were gobbling across the road instead of 100yds in front of me as they had been the previous week, had to stay put on the public land, couldn't move in on them onto the private land. The gobblers came in to my calls (or so I thought) to about 100yds, made a huge ruckus for 20min until a hen flew down to them. Game over, they shut up and left immediately the direction they came from.

Half hour later the gobblers start coming back! At the same time I start hearing turkey sounds from behind me, I"m on public land, it seems I have company. Then starts the longest string of hen sounds I've ever heard, pretty good calling, yelps then clucks and purrs, more yelps and on and on. The gobblers are coming so I chime in with a few yelps and this guy(I'm assuming another hunter)gets even more fired up. I'm thinking enough already, give it a rest and with a very excited fly down cackle, the hen I bumped walking in flies down and lands 80 yds to my left. No other hunter, that was a real hen overcalling to those toms.

She circles around my lone hen decoy, I can now see three toms at 80 yds through the trees to my right. At her pace, she will meet them at about 60 yds and they will all be gone. I yelp on the mouth call and she turns around and comes back to confront my hen decoy. Perfect! The toms cross through an opening at 45yds, I shot the second one, picture below.

Eastern turkey in central wisconsin, 24lbs. 7/8" spurs and 9.5" beard.

RE: Team 17
 

Well done! Congrats! Can't wait to see the updated stats. How about you other guys? Anything doing? We need more points!

RE: Team 17
 

Nice bird learningturkeys,score is posted.Scored 60.5


Got a new piece of property the other day looking better for me.We will see in the morning.Good luck to everyone.

RE: Team 17
 

Hope you get it done! good luck

RE: Team 17
 

Got one today may 7th 6:30 A.M Beard's were 10 1/2 inches and 7 1/2 inches his spurs were 1/1/2 and 1/1/8 it weighed 28 pounds. I need you guys to score it for me because I dont know how to do it.

RE: Team 17
 

Wow! Nicely done. Post all the info on the contest thread,they'll score it for you
I hope you have a picture with the gun in it I think that's arequirement.

RE: Team 17
 

Tred that is one awesome bird i will post score.Your score is 90.25.I think that is the second place bird.
Congrats again.

RE: Team 17
 

looks like were doin pretty good! ,,i went out this morning had a pair of toms hang up at about 120 yards and they wouldnt budge but ill be back out tomoro so ill post updates.

RE: Team 17
 

This is the bird i had at 45 yards the other day i could not get a shot on this afternoon i sit down hit the call
and he was there within 10 minutes shot him at 4 yards.

Eastern
Spurs both = 3/4
beard=8 3/4
Weight=22 pounds
Score=54.5

RE: Team 17
 

HJ on the board.