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Well team it looks as I will be starting things off for the team. Apr. 11 cant get here soon enough. [8D]I have seen only one tom out durring scoutingbut he is a nice one:) im all ready to start gl to us all.

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I'm gettin' pretty excited to see how the birds will respond tothe DSD hen I've added to my bag of tricks this season? A couple pix i snapped this morning....

.... she sure looks sexy! :D



.... at ANY distance!

RE: TEAM #23 - New - need 2 more tho
 

Hi all Ispent today practicing my calls and playing with my daughter.
droped somthing,and when i went to pick it up i saw this in the grass


when i looked closer i noticed it wasnt a 4 leaf but a 5 leaf clover:)
put it away and then shot my bow for a few here is my grouping from 20 yrds
this is a 6 arrow group

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Today was the Youth season, here in Illinois, and my Daughter put it all together for a beautiful Gobbler this morning!

He weighed 24 lbs, had a 10 3/4" beard and had 1 1/4" spurs..... I told her it may be awhile before she tops this one! :D

The Tom must have gobbled atleast 200 times before closing the distance to only 8 yards! We used a Wood Haven Cherry Classic Crystal to call the bird in and our decoys were the Dave Smith Decoys (DSD) hen and the Pretty Boy Peep'n Tom. Man, what a morning and I couldn't be ore proud of her! :)

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congrats to the little lady on a giant gobbler IL-Cornfed.
Uhave such a beautiful daughter and now have one more lifetime memory
with her.congrats again

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Congrats to the little one,nothing better that getting a turkey that's almost as big as you are.

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Cornfed, I was just looking at NWTF's website and according to their records this bird would put her in 1st for a bird taken by a female in illinois. You should see about sending it in to the books. That would be neat for her!

If I added your score right that bird is a 69.5 typical Eastern. The #1 score right now is only 66.

http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_records.php

Check it out. Again, congrats.

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Congrats to your daughter Cornfed! What a Monster!!! You gotta be one proud Daddy!!! Would be very cool if thats a record bird! Good luck with the rest of your season.

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I know, we seen that to. The bad news is that the N.W.T.Fstates thatyou need a certified receipt from an officially certifiedscale for a Eastern weighing over 22#. We didn't even know where we would get something like that? [&:]I know I couldn't just walk into the local Hy-vee with a dead turkey and ask the meat department to give mea weight. :DEither way, it's a dandy bird and one I'm sure she will remember for a long, long time. It was cool that our local paper contacted us and wanted a photo and some stats as well. She would be tickled to death if she seen her bird pic in the paper. :)

Thanks for the congrats guys. I'm just as proud that she actually enjoys hunting with her Dad, despite the fact that it certainly doesn't seem to be a popular practice today with kids, especially with 13 year old girls!

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4 days left till my opener and its snowing here in western nc lol.
was going to go scout today ,but my clutch master went out in the car so played mechanic all day fixing things.Good thing cause i cant sit still right now too amped up and ready to go[8D].
Good Luck to Team 23 FULL STRUT ready to put us on the board.