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Oh cool- IL-Cornfed thats what its all about right there!!! Tell her way to go!! Nice job and a high five from me girls rule!! And a big pat on the back to you! That is where them kids need to be. It is the best feeling in the world to just see there faces when it is all said and done!!! Again Congrats to her and you for a job well done!

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Hi all, Ive got two really nice toms roosting on the back edge of a cornfeild I'll be hunting,hope they stay put for 12 more days!! Always did really well on this property but had never had them rooste there,could get interesting! Not working still so I plan on hitting them hard the whole first week! I'll be hunting the first few days with signman53 from team 25, so I'll have to shoot quick! Maybe I'll leave a jake for him . Looks like Mudchicken is up first this weekend....Good luck Muddy!! Good luck to everyone else also It's about time for team 23 to start puttin up some numbers!!!

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Well was driving home from campus and up on this hill where I saw a bird strutting couple weeks ago...they were back and I had my camera! There's actually a couple strutters and the beards on them...WOW. Too bad it isn't land I can hunt[:@][&o]Oh well...hope to scout some out closer to home here where I can hunt. Gets the nerves rattled though in anticipation:D

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Heyteam
Just got back from an early mourning scout. My two roosting toms have turned into three and they have 13 hens withem! Thats a whole lot more hens than i'd like to see with em but roosted em last night and picked out i spot where i figured i would set up on them. If i would have been in that spot this morn and it was opening day i think i'd be posting a bird right now. They came down and walked 20 yrds from the spot!! Lots of gobbles, yelps and cutting too!! Really got me fired up! Also have another spot where i seen two of the biggest toms i've ever seen the other night,but have'nt seen them since! Gonna look hard for em tonite and tomorrow.I'd love to figure those two out set up the trail cam and show y'all some pics of em, they are monsters!

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Hey j76 you may know this and I am wasting my breath, but just trying to help..A buddy of mine that is an HS Pro/field staffer has a strategy for henned up birds like that...If after a few days you don't get one and they roost in the same trees every night bust them off the roost just after dark and then they will be fired up in the morning trying to find the hens...he goes out and hour or so earlier and owl hoots...if they are gobbling early..good chance to get them. Just and FYI....Be safe.

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I stuck a trail cam right in front one of my secondary blind locations,over the last few days, just to see what was going on? Looks like I had atleast a couple of visitors that may be in trouble over the next couple weeks. :)

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Il-cornfed, nice pics! If thats at your secondary blind i can only imagine what yer primary looks like!! best of luck to ya on monday, hope ya whack a good one!!

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j76 did you do any good today????

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captain mud checking in was a nice and windy day but no birds seen or herd all day .[:@]Will be back out mon and tues to try and bag a bir bird :)

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I'm hoping, with the nice weather this week, to get out and roost some birds or at least hear some gobbling....gottag et on the ball andalso pattern my gun.

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Ok team if u want a 2009 Hni turkey contest sticker
please pm me your address and as soon as i get the stickers i wil send them out to you all

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Lost a huntin spot today!![:@]but picked up two new ones:Dfresh tracks on one and a nice strutter with two hens on the other!! Think this is gonna be a looooooooong week!!! next monday the killen starts!

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Went out in the rain all day to seezilch.

but ill be back out tommarow to try again
gl team

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I still have yet to really scout but homework has eased up a little so I'm going to get out a few mornings I think...hasn't been easy either since a girl I know from working at camp last couple summers was killed in a car accident...depressing...but she's in a better place.

Picking up a Primos gobbler call today though!

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well i had planed on going hunting this am.ButI stoped at the gas station for a energy drink and ran into my landlord. Talked to him for a few and he was on his way to my house to get some things fixed:eek:. I have been asking for 3-4 month for them to get fixed .:eek:They just left after 9 hrs of fixing things around the house.The whole floor in my daughters room had to be replaced.[:@][:@]ants were in it [:@][:@]so that required me moving furniture all day long. I hope theres no more things wrong this week and i can sneak out for a few evening hunts.:)Remember pm me your addresses for the stickers so i can ship when i get:)
gl team lets score soon

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Doesn't sound like anyone on our Team has really had the chance to hunt yet??? Of course, within the next couple weeks we should all have open seasons and can finally chase those thunder chickens !!! Good luck to all of ya!

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I called in thisgobbler this morning for my Dad. Now.... my Daughter has her bird, my Dad has his and I'm takin'both of myboys this weekend...... and THEN it will finally be my turn! lol !



All this turkey huntin' and callin' for everyone else is driving me crazy! :D

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Nice work Il-cornfed! Be thankful your at least getting out and hunting!! Just watchin em from the truck is gettin old for me! Good luck to your boys this weekend, Call em in some good ones!!

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Itlooks like monday there will be 7 out of 11 leagle team members
out in the feilds or able to be out.:):)I hope everyone is safe and has fun and scores a big ole bird. Good luck team #23 FULL STRUT

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Well I guys and gal I got mine this morning!!!!! YEA WHAT A RUSH!!! He was not the biggest one in the bunch but he was a taker. My son got a nice one as well youth season and are little lady Madsion got a double bearded tom. And friend of ours got a 29 pounder with a 1 1/4 inch spers it was a giant bird. I will post pictures and some trail cam videos later. Yea!!!!

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CONGRATS Huntinladyit sounds like you guys and gals have had some awesome huntin'!!! I can't wait to see some pix! :)

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Nice work Huntinlady!!! First Blood for the team!! Congrats to the kids also! Now lets see some pix!

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Nice work Huntinlady!!! First Blood for the team!! Congrats to the kids also! Now lets see some pix!

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Way to go huntinlady:):):) get us a pict and weight and beard length and spur length andI'll get it entered !!!!!




I had a good day but bad day at the same time.I finly had a turkey working his way to me :)I was about 50 yrds from the road and a truck comes down the road and stops. The turkey turns to leave and the guy shoots the turkey[:@][:@][:@][:@][:@]so i start yelling at the guy hes like o .......well its my turkey.I was so mad but figured id get his plate numb when he came back threw. cause we only have to have rear plates.SoI head towards the road and guess what no plate on the truck errrrrrrrrrrr. I'll be back out again next mon andtues gl to the rest of ya

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Only in North Carolina Mudd!!!

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Well it's the day befor my opener!!! But things have sort of taken a turn for the worst. My hot spot only had 3 hens in it last night and this morn, and the weather has gone from perfect to terrible! Rain all day tomorrow and then rain snow mix for tue and weds! Sounds like it's going to be a cold, wet week of hunting. But thats ok cause at least i'll be hunting!! Hoping the next post i put on here will be of a big ole bird! Good Luck to all!!!!

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well, sorry for the late post. congrats huntinlady on the first blood. I spent from sunup till noon on saturday tryin for them but we couldn't get a bird to talk. Gotta love public land. We are pretty confident the birds are henned up and people have been calling to the birds for the past 2 weeks getting them good and smart for the opener. hopefully i'll get out this week.

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Thanks guys! I was so excited to get to hunt. I had been watching the birds for about two weeks I was ready for them turkeys! I got to where I was going to set up, It was dark still and I happened to look out in the corn field and about 80 yards out I had seen what I thought was a big buck or a few deer and thought well the deer will get my wind and just scoot out of there. I had a boss gobbler going to town on the roost he was double and triple gobbling. I was all gitty. I went to put my deekoys out in my greenfield and it was then I looked over to see if the deer had left and to my surprise I could see light like a little flashlight it was then I knew someone had put a set up there. I was so mad, I could see red!!! We dont own the corn field any more it was sold to the farmer a few years ago, and I had never seen anyone hunt this field at all, it butts up to our timber where all the birds were!!! They were trying to set up on my birds!!!
I knew at that point I would have to go get set up and get on the turkeys before they came to my field. So I grab my gun, leave my deakoys and go boot scoot down into the timber. I got set up right by the boss gobbler. At this point I got to thinking and was a little concerned with who ever might be in that blind if he just set up in the middle of the wide open what else might they do? I dont think they even knew I was there!! And what if they want to get on these birds and sneak in my woods we could have a major problem!! I was watching the birds on the roost it was great he was strutting and drum-in and goblin his head off. I was loven the show but my thoughts were else where. I kelp looking back over my shoulder to see if anyone was going to sneak up on these birds. As i sat there contemplating on what I was going to do and how to go about all of this. And I dont want to do any calling who knows what might transpire? I seen a hen pitch down and kept my eyes on the boss hog to see where he might pitch down too. He pitched down and went south of me on one of my ridges. I watched them as they headed over my hill, but I knew that if I was sneaky enough, I could back out and go around the other way and cut them off !!! My big problem was still who ever was in that field needs to know I am here!!! So I slipped around to the edge of MY WOODS just to be seen and one of the guys yells out his blind thanks for ruining our hunt! I am thinking I dont want to get in a confortation with who ever it may be. And what does he mean I runied his hunt, HE or I mean THEY messed up mine!!! I have been hunting these woods for about 20 years!!! Oh, talk about mad... I dont ever think I had been that worked up that early in the morning before. I knew them birds were on the back side of my woods and I still had a job to get done, a hunt I wanted to be on!! So I went back to my field and got my phone and coulpe of other items that I may need and head to the back side of the ridge. I pulled out my video camera just to get them on video just in case anything might happen.. I think it pissed them off cause they started to walk over to my field yeppin about something. At this point I dont think even knew was a lady. So I take off my face mask and walk out. And I ask them do you guys have permission to hunt there he said the farmer gave him permission and DO You have permission to hunt there? I just smiled and said yea. He said" he had been driving this way back a forth to work everyday and had seen the birds out in the field", so they asked to hunt. I dont care if they the field but not 80 or 100 straight out from me. I dont want to get SHOT!! I said boys" I had been watching these birds for a the last couple of weeks"( well really it has been years but that is a whole other storie) I had put this birds to bed last night and had been huntin here for years. They told me that they if they come back they would hunt the other end of the corn field... I could go on and on about everything that was said, but my hunt for a turkey is what I am suppose to be wrighting about so I will. After all of that I headed up on the back side of the ridge and did a little listen and I was not hearing much thought I heard a gobble but not sure and if it was it was pretty far away ( your mind can play tricks on ya) we heard what we thought was a hen, but heck at this point it mabey someone else so we snuck though from tree to tree on the back side of this ridge we sat down and did and couple of little yelps and all of a sudden a roar of thunder -GOBBBLE- GOBBLE -GOBBLE came with-in 30 yards they were right there on the side of the ridge. I got my gun ready, and up pops a red head I put my sight right on him, but his head had tree limbs around his head like a triangle it just was not a shot I would want to take, and then out pops another tom he walked right out in front of me in a opening 18 yards. BOOM !!!! I had got him!!! WHAT A RUSH!!! What a morning?? So many highs and lows in the matter of a few hours WOW.

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Sorry-guys and gal for the spelling, I was going to do a spell check after I was all done and put in pictures, but instead I pushed submit this post instead!!! I know it is a long story so sorry about that as well... Having a little trouble getting my pictures in going to have to resize them and then post them, I see that more of the team is getting to get out,- GO AND GETEM TEAM!!! Mudchicken- I feel your pain!!!- j76 - the weather will take a turn.- IL-cornfed it looks as if it is your turn now, way to go with your DAD.- greenmachine -I know how that goes! And to all - HAPPY HUNTING AND STAY SAFE GUYS & GAL!!!- My Turkey had a 9 1/4 inch beard and 3/4 inch spurs and he weight 20 pounds.

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congrats again
nicley told made me feel like i was with u huntinlady:)
ok if i did my part right this is your score
20.0+.750+.750+9.250=
20 +3/4 +3/4 + 9 1/4
Your score is 20 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 18.5 = 53.5

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I think that the score sounds right - mudchicken. Do I need to enter my bird or need to post pictures anywhere else? I have a few pictures of my son and a video I would like to share, I put it together real fast so I could show it to my dad. He got his bird on opening day of youth season here. It had a 10 inch beard and 3/4 inch spurs and was about 21 pounds. I know it was bigger than mamas but thats all right. It seems as if I can only upload 1 file at a time so bare with me. GOOD LUCK TEAM-GO-GETEM!!!! HUNT HARD & STAY SAFE!!!! I am still all fired up...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqzd7kGnkqY

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awsome turkey video
Iposted the score already its in the books.

Ok team total thread is updated on page 11:):):):)

Total so far 1 bird entered53.5
Great Start

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Heres my first bird, I bagged him yesterday but havent had time to post until now.

He weighed 14lbs, 7 inch beard, and 1/4 spurs. Not the biggest but im very proud of my first bird.
Iwas hunting with my buddy and we doubled. His bird weighed 17lbs, 9 inch beard, 1 inch spurs.
Not to bad for our first turkey hunt.



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Congrats kybowhunter08:)!!!!!!
2nd for the team to score
14+1/4+1/4+7 or
14+.250+.250+7.0
Your score is 14 + 2.5 + 2.5 + 14 = 33


edit .that brings the team total to 86.5

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just a reminder

1. please pm me your address if u want a
2009 HNI TurkeyContest Sticker


2. please include whichtype ofturkey u harvested with your post

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Congrats to kybowhunter08!!! nice job!
Well still no bird here yet weather has made it tough! We did get a nice one this morn tho. Hunting with signman53 from team 25. signmans scored a 62! I couldn't find him a jake so he shot the big one!:D:D
seen him last night and knew the general area where he roosted so we set up on him this morn, started to get light and we realized we set up right on top of him! Luckily the bad weather saved us and he had no idea we were there. He hit the ground and took about five steps and he smoked him! we were back at the house by 7 am. weather is supposed to get nice again after today and i think my other spot is gonna be really get good. Best of luck to all!

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J76u still have time today hit that other spot[8D][8D][8D] jj .
nice but um u better post a 70 or better now lol just giving u a hardtime lol
congrats on the good scouting lol

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CONGRATS KY on you first bird! :)

My season starts this weekend and I sure hope to do my part by puttin' some numbers up for Team full Strut! Good luck to the rest of you !

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Thanks guys, Saturday I'll be tryin for the second. Happy and safe hunting.


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