Good job bull!!

Thats two for us this year, hopefully we can keep it up.

Well, me and a buddy passed on some jakes this morning, and looking back I wish I had taken one. Not because I want to get on the board with it, but because I want some fried turkey with Cracker Girl seasoning! Cannot wait for that! And there ain't no better eating than a good jake!

Well team my season starts this saturday :) got several mature birds scouted out and hopefully one makes the mistake and visits within 40 yards of my blind haha

Cant wait, the birds are fired up:biggrin:

I hear ya my season starts monday and looking for 1 dumb tom.

Well team I feel like a junkie looking for a fix. The birds have been getting all worked up the last few days. Today I was out working on the mower. I could hear 4 toms it was surround sound. I can't wait for saturday. Good luck to all.

Mark

Got my Best Gobbler yet !!
 

Tue. I checked out the two areas I wanted to for Rios and saw no sign so I headed home for 5 hrs sleep and headed out for some Merriam's in a new area I had not been in but believed it held some turkeys.
I arrived and parked my truck at 730 am and to the believed roost area about 815am.
I thought there was a good chance of finding a gobbler still strutting and soon I found a hen yelping so I followed her hoping she had a tom with her and shortly I found him strutting for her.

I stayed mostly out of sight following what I found was a small flock consisting of 1 big gobbler 1 smaller gobbler several jakes and at least 3 hens. I was busted once by the jakes but I froze and they never sounded the alarm, I was waiting to get ahead of them but never could, I challenged the hen but she never came.
They went up a mountain and I set up by another roost area, they came down but not to me so when they headed into some trees I ran around out of sight and about 125 yards closer so when they came out I could get a shot.
I got my shot when they all came out of the trees and took him down at 40 yards.
Merriam
19 lbs
Beard 9 in
Spurs 1/2 in

Wat to go RMG!!!!!!!!!! Great gobbler! Congrats!

Here is a pic of my smaller one. Im waiting on the pic of my bigger one. I guess we can add this for total birds in contest. Good luck everyone!

One week to go gang cant wait :)
Treebeard

Congrats Rocky and Bull well done hope to join you in a week!

Well opening day was a big letdown....rain, rain, and more rain...and some lovely wind too! Once things calmed down around 9 the birds started being vocal and called one in but didnt get a shot :( stayed just of of reach.

Always tomorrow!!

Heres my bigger Rio. 18lbs 4oz. 7/8 and 15/16 inch spurs 9 1/4 inch beard.

Good going bull! Wish we could get more than 1 over the counter here.

I thought of something. What do you guys think? I would be willing to make some of my plastic pot calls up with our logo in it. All I would ask for is money to cover shipping. What do u guys think? Just a thought...

Can you only get 1 tag in Co?

Good job everyone!!

I entered Bull's and Rocky's gobblers in the contest.

Here's what I think...I like the way you think! That would be cool! And I'd be more than happy to throw in a little more than shipping.

Bullmoose38

I love the pot call Idea and would like to pitch in for shipping + It would be great to use it in the future and bring my team members along.

In Colorado we don't have the large number of turkeys that other states do although our numbers are growing every year and this year most of our draw only units opened to over the counter units.
We can kill one bearded turkey with a limited license(draw only areas) and one bearded turkey with an over the counter license for none limited areas.
It can take years to hunt some limited areas as they take a certain number of points to hunt each area and you get a point each year you don't win the lottery to hunt a limited area, most limited areas are for Rios.

Are any of you folks on Facebook? Heck maybe we are friends already on there. Look me up sometime and we can come up with ideas for our calls. Name is Adam Spittler. I might be heading to Virginia this weekend for a turkey or 2. I hope! lol

I sent you a request on Facebook, Adam. My name is Jeremy Gargis. I am also welcome to any adds from you all.

Thanks buddy! Got it!

Well folks my first day was a bust, not really a bust just didn't bring one home. Had to go to 2 different farms to hear one but finally got on some at about 8 am. Called in 3 longbeards at about 65-70 yards. They seen the decoy and all they wanted to do was strut. They wouldn't commit for nothing. I think I could have killed one but I wanted my wife to shoot first and her 20 guage just won't reach out there that far. Got busted by 1 hen, she flew over the gobblers heads. 30 minutes later they were gobbling again but not interested in coming to a decoy. Man i just knew 1 of them stupid birds would come in for a looksy and get a load to the face. All well get em next time. I get a 4 day weekend to chase, hopefully the rain holds off here in Missouri. Good luck folks

T-Harvester,
Go Get'em! Good luck to you and your wife.

Good luck Turkey Harvester!
My gobbler wasn't interested in my calling and I couldn't get the hen in either so I stalked em tell I could get a shot not sire it was going to work.

You will get em in if not now in a couple of weeks!

:cool2: Ye-ha just read the contest update the Kee Kee Krew is number 5 and number 6 and I am in first place for species! I am the only hunter with a Merriam on the board LOL

We are still in it! I think my jake wasnt entered for the overall tally.

Hey guys, I have some bad news. I had to take a dog to the vet in an emergency the other night, and it cut severely into my hunting budget for the next month or better. I have vacation scheduled which was supposed to include a turkey hunt in Utah and attending a field trial for my hounds here close to home. Now I have to choose between one of them, and unfortunately, the turkey hunt gets the shaft. I am a major part in actually putting on the field trial, so I can't back down now.

I am not sure what everyone wants to do, so let me know. I can talk to the mods, and we can figure our an alternate, or I can stay and still keep track of scores and root on the rest of the team.

I feel bad about this, because I dedicated to doing it, and it just won't work.

What say everyone?

Thanks, and sorry,

Marcial

P.S. - Moose I probably forgot to enter the jake in the scoring thread. I will work on that today.

Marcial,
Sorry to hear that! But dont feel bad things come up some times. Even though you wont get out your still a big part of this team! Hope the trials go well for you! And hope to see you on here also.
Adam

Not a problem you decide what you want to do and I am sure we will be behind you know matter what your decision is.
Sorry about your dog, glad you got it taken care of! Life is what happens when we are trying to turkey hunt!

Went scouting 3 days this weekend. I found lots of birds for this weekends opener. Watched 13 gobblers and 12 hens this morning. I been watching this guy regularly the last week with my game cameras. Think I have a good chance of tagging him opening morning.

Nice looking bird moose. Also - I looked for the information on your jake, but I could not find any. Did you ever post a picture of it, or just the mature tom. Or am I just blind.

Thanks,

Marcial

Busted one Friday morning, been stuck behind flood waters in south Mo and just now getting to a computer. Haven't scored it yet but it weighed 25 lbs, had a 10 inch beard and a whopping 1 3/8 sprus. It was a dandy. When my wife gets home whe will download the pictures for me and i'll get them posted along with the story. Almost pulled a sort of double, my brother smoked one about 20 minutes later, a 22 1/2 pounder. Pics comeing later.

Thats an awesome turkey! Congrats!

Its on page 9 post 88. thanks

Right on! Go Krew Go! It's good to see my teammates busting a few heads out there.

CB...no worries mate, we'll back you up. Just think how sweet next spring season will be.

Swing and a miss opening morning here gang!
Sorry my buddy Adam and I were going for a double header and got ****y we should have just let the first one have it.
Turkey's 1 Treebeard 0 DOH!
This week is all rain so I hope that Saturday morning will produce I will do afternoons this week weather permitting.
Treebeard :bash:

Turkey's weight:25 lbs. oz.

Spur length Right:1 3/8 in. Left:1 1/4 in.

Beard length 10 in.
Eastern

Your score is 25 + 13.75 + 12.5 + 20 = 71.25
Woke up Friday morning it was foggy, misting, and the wind was blowing. It had just got done storming about 3 hours earlier. The wife was sick in bed, so she didn’t go. My brother and I went to our spot and kinda laughed about the weather. It got about 6:08 and I told him lets make something happen, so I hooted. A turkey gobbled about 80-90 yards straight in front of us. So we set up, in the same spot my wife and I did the first day, put out the decoys and waited. This bird gobbled his freaking head off for 15-20 minutes before pitching down in a small field to our left. It was foggy and I couldn’t see the bird but I could here him strut. Finally he come walking in gobbling every step, stopped when he seen the decoys and began to strut. Crossed under the fence and displayed for the ladies some, then I couldn’t take it no more he got shot in the face. This bird weighed 25 lbs. had a 10 inch beard and had a whopping 1 3/8 rt.spur and 1 11/4 left spur. He was a dandy for sure, and he read and played the script right.
After I shot we heard another turkey gobble about 150-200 yards away. So I grabbed my bird, tagged it right quick, put it behind the tree we were at and we took off after the other bird for my brother. Grabbed the decoys and went about 50 yards and he gobbled right in our face. Put the decoy about 10 yards to our left, should have stayed where we were, and called . We heard 3 gobbles and they were getting close. 2 lookers and 1 strutter came walking down the edge of the field, walked on feathers of the one I killed, and seen the decoy. That was it they came in and my brother smoked a 22 ½ pounder had a 9 ¼ inch beard and 1 inch spurs. By far the absolute best turkey hunt I think I’ve ever been on and done it with my little brother.

Way to go! Awesome bird, man!

These stinkin' birds are just not acting like they normally do this year. I have generally tagged out by this time, and have been skunked so far! Still have a little over a week to get it done, and will be in the woods every opportunity that I have. Tough, though. They aren't gobbling, they aren't in their normal areas and have abandoned some strut zones I observed them in during pre-season. From the scouting success I had, I had very good feelings leading up to the season, but they just simply are not hanging around there anymore.

I by no means plan to be skunked...I will do everything that I can to score! Weather looks less than fortunate for most of the remainder of the season, but I will be braving the conditions, and hopefully will soon be posting some pics of my own!

Best wishes for continued success, KREW!!!

Saweet nice bird! :)

Turkey harvester,
YEEHA! Fantastic bird!! Way to go team we are looking better all the time!