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no bawls

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Oh no ... :(here we go again ... relaxe Okbowhunter20 ... Siman and I been thru enough already , he's ok in my book. :)

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Ill see YOU, in Illinois Will

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Hey lads, I'm finally getting caught up. I had a chance to work on an avatar-althought something is going wrong with my photoshop program. This is what I have so far:

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I like it ... it shows alot character and the cartoon stlye is nice to look at.

Good job iamyourhuckleberry ... good job indeed.

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Here it is sized:

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It was just a little humor RD. Caleb and I give each other s*** all the time.

And Caleb, bring it on [8D]

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Oh .... well in that case ... have at it :D

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I got it done this weekend! After a long hunt this morning I thwacked this nice turkey.

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Way to go OKbowhunter20
Looks like a nice big bird indeed but please tell us the details, weight, beard length, you know the whole nine yards and don't for get the story of the hunt.
My congrats to ya, you got our team on the score broad. :)

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One of our very own members, ZachCL, generously invited me to hunt with him this weekend. Yesterday evening we roosted a gobbler and noted his location so we could set up on him in the morning. After we got set up this morning the action was slow at first, but it got heated up really quick . We were sitting in the blind and talking about nothing important when suddenly Zach looks up and says "There they are!". I look up to see a tom and 5 hens RUNNING toward the dekes. The turkeys came within 10 yards of the blind, but they worked around our South side (where we couldn't get a shot ).

Here he is in the thick grass...laughing at us


When they wandered off we ditched the blind and went after them run'n'gun style. We were able to get in their path, but only the hens got close enough, the tom stayed 60 yards away. We went back to the truck and gathered our thoughts. After some rest we went after him one more time.

We walked into the same area and Zach hit his call, and we heard a gobble in the distance. We worked toward it as close as we dared and set up the blind and dekes. He stareted responding pretty well to the calls and we could tell he was getting closer. About 20 minutes later Zach spotted him on a hill about 80 yards away. He hit the call, the tom spotted the dekes, and he began to close the gap. He walked toward us with a cedar tree inbetween us the whole time. When he finally stepped out from behind the tree, he was at 20 yards and I thwacked him. He immediatly flopped over and was dead within seconds.

It was an awesome hunt

Stats
Beard: 8 5/8"
Spurs: 1 1/2" & 1 1/4"
Weight: 24 lbs.

Your score is 24 + 15 + 12.5 + 17.25 = 68.75
Check out these hooks

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Awesome hunt story and a great score as well, thanks for sharing and the inspuration to get us all geeked up.

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Awesome job Will! Chalk two up for the Wills!

Holy

Mine will go in the book with a 51.0625 score. I'll post the story in the morning (my butt's dragging from the drive home).

Holy moly on the spurs Will! Congrats buddy!

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Went out this weekend and the birds got the best of us. We had 2 nice toms together come in yesterday, we had too many windows open on the blind, and they saw me and putted and were gone b4 Emily could even shoot. Well, Emily couldn't roll out today, so I went by myself this am. I wasn't set up over 10 minutes, and this guy came in silently. I heard no gobbling this am. The Spitfire Gobbler getter anchored him right where he was shot. As I stood on his neck and praised God for the success, 2 more toms came walking in. Then as I was doing a photo shoot, 1 more came in. No gobbling what so ever this am; not even while on roost. 20 yd shot. Dead bird at 6:18 am. Very impressed with the Gobbler getter head. Went in his back and put a nasty hole in him without the arrow leaving his body, but the head exited the front of his chest. He barely flopped after the shot. 7/8" spurs, 9 1/2" beard, 24 lbs

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Three out of five so far ... thats really good , thanks Hardcore , iamyourhuckleberry and OKbowhunter20.
That just leaves Hick442 and myself to score on a bird , my hunt starts next week and I'm sure I'll be able to tag one before it ends May 6th.
My congrats to the three of you , great job on getting us the score card.

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We're hot right now!!:D

Congrats hardcore and huck. Those are both awesome birds.

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Congrats Don! IDK, it looks like that beard might be closer to 10 inches from the photo. It's based on the longest strand and there's one in there that's look well beyond 9.5. You might want to check that. Your spurs look longer than 7/8 also -could be the angle of the shot. Anywho, NICE bird!

Loaded for bear...we gottem right where we want em!

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Thanks guys and congrats to you too!!! Will, you are probably right and I was just being conservative.

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Sort of an interesting thought...

We only need a Gould's and Osceola to have an intrasquad turkey slam. So Richard and Isaac, who's going where? No pressure....LOL, good luck guys.

Will and Don, it's up to the three of us to cheer from the sideline...."GO TEAM"! I let the returning champs know we're on their six!

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Its a 3 dog fight now. Team 16is on both our 6s withtwo big birds on the board now. WCL

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Here's the story. Sorry for the delay...:

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1164153&da=y

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First day out .... saw one jake and had a henwalk right beside my blind , eight more days to go.
Wish me luck cause I'll be back out tomorrow and the rest of the week as well.

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Luck Richard! Stay after him and stay positive!

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Last weekend's hunt in Oklahoma:

http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/view.php?id=1170901&da=y

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It sounds like you had quite an experience here in the great state of Oklahoma Will.

It's not always easy here. I often laugh when I hear people complaining about 20mph winds. That would make for a lovely day here!

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That is quiet a story , I couldn't imagine how you felt.
Sorry to hear about your hog, I'm sure it won't go to wast.
My second day out was cold and wet with no bird activity at all , will try again tomorrow.

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It's funny Will, I was telling Zach about the hunt. I mentioned something about how big your Okie balls must be to live in all that hell (tornados, wind, heat, insects, etc.). Then I realized...bloody ticks probably eat their share of nads. I had 14 on me just the first morning. My body is still crawling!

I hand it to you Okies, That was some tough hunting...but fun! I do it again in a heart beat.

Richard, I would have sure liked to have that hog...

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Set up this am by 5:45 am and was thanking God for my success at 6:10 am. I just got this new GT500 off of AT classifieds yesterday, setup a limb driver on it, sighted it in, and killed this 25 lb 10" beard 1" long spurs within hours of owning it. He came in and attacked my pretty boy and knocked him off of his stake. I drilled him at 20 yds with a Spitfire Gobbler getter from my Double Bull Matrix while he stood on pretty boy. I got a complete pass thru, but the arrow never left the bird. I shot him broadside right where his wing attaches to his body.

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Sweet Don, congrats again! You are the man!

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Thanks and you are too. We are smokin' every other team I assume?

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Way to go hardcore. You are really toasting birds this year!

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Yea .. a double congrats to you Hardcore , I wish I had your hunting skills and the birds to go with it. :)

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How'd we do this weekend?

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Hey Don,

Make sure you get your first turkey picture in the "turkey score sheet" post. We want credit where credit is due...

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Alright....done. 24# bird, 1" spurs, and 10" beard. You were correct in your observations.

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Sorry guys ... I didn't get one [&o]... been hunting for this big boy the last four days and today I found a pile of feathers with some blood on them , my guess is that some coyotes got to him.
This picture was taken two days ago and he was about 85 yards out , I had to zoom my camera in as much as it could to get this.