I calculated the score for Nauticstar bird with the NWTF Calculator and got:

Your score is 16.5 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 21 = 52.5

Wouldn't hurt for someone to double check on this.

Thanks, I really appreciate it. Truth is I should have killed on the next two days as well. Got really close, but had to come home yesterday. Didn't hunt today, but going back Sat-Sun and Wed-Fri. Hopefully I can scratch another one or two out! Good luck. I guess we should have let everyone know that it was an Eastern. I forgot to say that.

I changed your score, I had it wrong. I guess I pushed the wrong number on something.

It is 52.5

I updated it here, team captian thread and also the Scoring thread.

I hope you have a good time on your hunts coming up!!!!

boys i got so worked up over hearing that we got one down. i hopped out the bed on st.paddys day morning and went and killed me a doe ( yes.it was legal urban archery til march 23) them longbeards are in trouble my mind is set and my aim is true! damn good job nauticstar beautiful bird.

Wow! Deer hunting in March? Really? Glad I was able to motivate you! I'm officially mad at them now. Heard crickets this morning but will be back at it tomorrow.

actually i told you a lie i get to kill one more between now and march 26th. i was cheating myself outta 3 days!
this part of va is swamped with deer and where its no baiting or sunday hunting they make up for it by extending urban archery which is fine by me b/c after i fill my buck tags in the regular season. i can take a break and come back fresh and be sharp for n.c./ va turkey spring season. i'm chomping at the bit waiting on turkey season

Congrats on the bird Nauticstar thats a fine bird!

I went out scouting yesterday and i found them i guess...








I can hunt the the field where I am taking pictures from. All those birds would have been in that field but a thunderstorm was about to roll in so they started to head back to the trees. I counted 44 strutting toms out there the majority appear to be 2 year olds there was only a handful of jakes out there strutting. There are a couple monsters out there roaming around. I also have another field that has a bunch walk through every day to go feed there are a couple giants in there. Archery season is less than 2 weeks away i cant wait.

Those are some awesome pictures! I can't wait to go to out to Texas and Oklahoma! I get to see bunches of birds like that out there. Cool for this Alabama boy! Good luck!

Hey guys!!!

Welcome steve2064 to your team!

ksfowler - those are some SWEET PICS!!! WOW ... I need a napkin for the DROOL! LMAO

Kim :)

Hey team I see we are on the board. Thats great. I will be hunting Iowa, Neb., and Missouri again this spring. I start in Iowa on the 11th of april. Cant wait. Last year I shot 7 longbeards in only 4 days of hunting( thru out the season of course). I put 7 scores on the board for the team last year out of the 9 we had registered. With this being my 32nd year hunting longbeards it just keeps getting better and better each year. I just love it!

Hello, it's great to be on the team. I'm from southern Ontario and are season starts April 25 to May 31. I will be hunting with a shotgun or crossbow. Great team name, good luck to all.
Congrats to Nauticstar, nice bird.

Awesome camokenny! These are the kind of results we need! Ha! Ha!

These Alabama birds are giving me fits. I hunted Wed-Thurs. and had four encounters that ended in their favor. I've hunted turkeys my entire life and never had them be this difficult. Henned up and lucky as ever. Going to stay after them. I will hunt a few more days here in Alabama, then it's off to Fl, Ok, Tx, Ga, and Mo. I hope to inundate the board with pictures when I get back from each trip. Good luck everyone!

Been away a few days, love those pics of the turkeys!!!!

Anyone been doing any scouting lately? I for one just can't find the time to do so and my hunting spot is around 150 miles round trip so this like every other year I am going in blind but this year maybe a harder I am going to try a new area, it should be interesting considering I don't know how much hunting pressure the birds get.

I have been kicking around spending first day or two at the area I hunted the past few years and just see if there is anything there since I know the area but if I do that I will not be sticking around if there isn't much happening there.


Just a reminder if you haven't pmed me your mailing address please do so that way when I get the turkey hunting contest stickers in I can send you out one.

Hello guys, sorry it has been a while since i have been on. Been working a lot but have managed to do a few days of hunting. So far the birds have eluded me during hte hunting times but have seen several great birds while scouting but have also seen a lot of hunters while on public lands and they have not helped the situation. Will be going out this weekend, so wish me luck.

Here is my second bird. He weighed in at 18 1/2 lbs, had a 10 1/2" really thick beard, and 1/2" spurs. Believe it or not, both spurs were broke off at the tip. Not sure what happened, but he lost about 1/4" on each side. Oh well!

Quick story: My wife Shai and my three boys Jacob(7), Lawson(5), and Alex(3) drove up to my place yesterday afternoon after their baseball games. We cooked out and shot guns, rode 4 wheelers, etc. Great time. Woke my two oldest up at 5:30 and headed out.
Got to our listening spot and heard one gobble about 300-400 yards away in the bottom in front of us. My 5 yr. old doesn't get around the woods that well, so I scooped him up and Jacob followed us until we reached a tree on the edge of the bottom where we could see the bottom below and the ridge across from us. Absolutely beautiful spot. The bird was gobbling on his own really well. We all sat on a large pine tree and I got out my slate and gave him a little tree talk. He answered immediately and kept gobbling on his own. I called very little and he finally flew down to our left. We all saw him, but he disappeared behind some brush about 75 yards away on the opposite ridge. He never gobbled on the ground, but he was drumming really loud. My 5 yr. old spotted him first as he strutted down the ridge to our position. I had said a small prayer before we left the truck this morning....."God if you were ever going to shine on a hunt today would be a really good day." I let him get to within about 30 yards below us and just as he started up the hill I gave him the business. The boys got to him pretty quick and I joined them for a great celebration! I literally cried.......I know kinda wimpish, but I was overwhelmed that they got to experience that hunt with me. We grabbed him up and headed back to the truck so we could reunite with my wife and youngest son for pictures. Thank you Lord for such a great time!
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Enjoy the day, it's later than you think!

O.K. guys, my luck is starting to turn around. After my great hunt with my boys Sunday, I had audits to do in Choctaw county so I arranged to hunt some property on the Tombigbee River yesterday and today. I took this bird on Tuesday the 29th. Awesome hunt as he is one of my best turkeys ever. He is my third of the season and weighed an even 20 lbs., had 1 3/8" needle sharp spurs, and an 11 1/4" beard. I'll post the pictures and then give the story later.

Hunted an area that is all Riverswamp with sloughs all over. I walked in the dark until I reached a slough and decided to stop because I didn't know how deep it was. I backed up and sat against a huge Cherrybark oak tree and waited for it to get light. Everyone says I'm the luckiest guy in the world and I am starting to believe that when a turkey gobbled about 75 yards in front of me. He was roosted over the slough and it really scared me when he gobbled the first time. He was gobbling in his own at a rate of about once every 15-20 seconds. Really hot. As it got lighter I could hear several hens with him and decided not to call. I figured I had a 50% chance they would fly down on my side of the slough. Well, when flydown time came some of the hens pitched down on my side about 100 yards to my left. When this happened I decided to call to let him now I was over here! He cut me three straight times so I put the call down and got my gun positioned for a shot. He finally flew down and landed about halfway between me and his hens. I softly yelped to him and he started my way. He got to within about 40 yards and was standing directly behind a big oak tree. He gobbled several times and finally walked out but was just barely visible, so I decided to wait. Just then he decided to head back to his large harem of hens. I was so scared he was about to get away so I yelped at him. As he walked back towards then hens, he angled away and finally got out from behind the tree. I clucked to stop him and bombed him at about 38 yards. I walked over and saw his spurs and got a very big smile on my face. I hope everyone appreciates the pictures because the mosquitos were about to eat me alive. They are horrible this year and it will be a short season for the majority of hunters around here. Tough to hang in there with them. Headed to Florida tomorrow for three days then off to Oklahoma for Rios. Keep the reports coming in guys. Have a great season.

I loved your story with your family involved. That had to be an awesome experience for you. Really cool!! That second bird is one fine animal. Those are some of the longest spurs I have ever seen. I appreciated the pictures btw. Great job and awesome stories. Again the family hunt is my favorite! I am headed out this weekend for the opener for archery here in Kansas. Hope I can get it done with my favorite weapon, my mathews bow.

I appreciate it. I was a little overwhelmed with the hunt myself. One of those hunts that everything went right. Good luck on your hunt in Kansas. I'm headed down to Florida for three days then off to Oklahoma for Rios. Going to be fun!

Congrats with the birds Nauticstar, that second one has huge spurs. I bet your kids had a blast on that hunt!

I am going out this weekend as well for the opener here in Kansas. I only have a few days to get it done. Two mornings ago there was about 100 turkeys in the spot that I hunt. I couldnt tell what they all were but there were a couple nice toms that i could see. Hopefully my Maxxis can draw its first blood.

Congrads Nauticstar!!!!! Man you are really putting the pressure on!!!


Your score for your 2nd bird is... 18.5 + 5 + 5 + 21 = 49.5


Your score for your 3rd bird is.....Your score is 20 + 13.75 + 13.75 + 22.5 = 70

Today I finally received my kids permits for a youth only quota hunt in Arkansas. It is April 9th and 10th. Should be a good time if the weather does it's part.

I just love taking a youngster hunting whether it's my own kids or someone else's child. Nothing like see them have an good time on a hunt tag filled or not.

This will be my 11 year old daughters first turkey hunt, she seems to be looking forward to it except for getting up early.

Hoping to go over there next Friday evening to see if we can put one to bed like we have done the past 2 years with both birds getting harvested the next morning. I love it when a plan works!

Good luck to you guys. I'm in Trenton, Fl and killed my Osceola the first 15 minutes of my hunt. Crazy! My host also got his just after me. Mine was 18 1/2 lbs., 11 1/8" beard, and 1 1/8" spurs. Not a monster, but really nice bird. I will post the pics when I get back from here on Sunday.

Thanks!! Nauticstar

Damn man you must be in the zone or something!!!

You have 3 birds already and I am still have until the 18th before I can hunt!

But in just over a week i will be out there with my kids which is by far my most favorite time to be in the woods!!!


Grads on the bird!!! Keep 'em coming!!!

I ran the score on bird #4 with the numbers you gave and got 63.25 which is good for the highest score so far according to the list!!!!

I will wait on the pics to post it in the contest thread.

sorry boys been down w/ a held cold for a couple days but i'm back in shape now nauticstar damn fine bird! helluva job! youth day starts saturday in n.c. unfortunately my schedule isnt going to allow me to get my son in the woods that day but opening day he'll be ready to go.

Congrats Nauticstar on yours birds.

I was able to seal the deal on a nice tom this morning. I started off having two toms in front of me probably 150 yds. They were both gobbling like crazy but there were no hens with them so I called once and shut up. Well 5 min. later I look up and there they are about 55 yds away strutting. I called to them again they gobbled and strutted some more. they eventually left. A little bit later three toms a couple jakes and some hens come in. I could not get turned on them soon enough to have and easy 10 yd shot. I let them walk past me and they stopped and the toms strutted a bit. I drew back and put my second pin on the biggest tom and let the arrow fly. But I watched it go right under him. I am not sure what happened but i got over it. 30 min later some more come, again there is 3 toms some jakes and hens. But I was ready this time and when the toms walked by I nailed one of them. He took off running but only made it 10 ft and piled up. I was pretty excited since that was my first one with a bow. He had a 9.25" beard .875" spurs and about 20 lbs. nothing huge but I will take it! Pictures to come

Congrads ksfowler!!!!

Looking forward to the story and the pics!!!

Awesome Nauticstar - you're slaying them!!!

ksfowler - great story and that's a heck of a come back! Congrats on your first turkey with a bow!!!!

Kim :)

Plus 1 ksfowler! Congrats. I just got home and doing laundry now. I'm leaving for Oklahoma Tuesday at lunch. Exhausted after driving back from Florida. Didn't take another bird on the trip but very happy with the one I took the first morning. Good luck guys and keep the pics and stories coming in. I will get my pics and story up soon. My wife isn't very happy with me right now as you can imagine. I will get all this done when everyone is asleep. LOL!

Well here is the picture from yesterday. It is not the best but you can only do so much by yourself.


A good friend and I went out this morning to the same spot. He has never shot a turkey with a bow either. So I let him have the first shot. Before we went I told him that he was in for a pretty good show and they did not disappoint us. I brought the pretty boy and pretty girl and two other hen decoys. The first birds to come in were two jakes that thought they ran the place. They strutted around the decoys for 5 min. I was able to get some good pictures of them since neither one of use wanted to shoot a jake. Then two nice toms came in and ran the jakes off then came in to deal with the pretty boy. My buddy drew back but the toms wouldnt stop moving, they were bumping the decoy and pecking at it. He finally got a shot off but he was off his mark and ended up hitting its fan! A short time latter a whole herd of turkeys came in, there was two nice toms in there as well. Every one of them ran into the decoys including the hens, once they got there the toms wasted no time getting to the pretty boy. they were bumping him and purring and pecking him like the previous ones. This time my buddy drew back and made a perfect shot one one of the toms. As soon as he shot i drew back and put the pin on the other tom. But i got caught up in the moment and rushed the shot and ended up shooting a nice piece of wood. Oh well it was one of the better hunts I have been on in a while. I will remember that hunt for a long time!

Here are some pictures of the jakes...

Nice Bird!!!!


I need pics of the measured beard, spurs and weight if you have them.

Just a reminder for everyone if you harvest a turkey please take the time to take pics showing the beard length, spur lengths and weight and post them along with a story about the in our team thread then I will post them in the scoring thread.


If on the recently harvested you don't have the pics contact me through PM and I will get with TG to see how we need to handle it.


Thanks everyone!!!!

Awesome pictures and story! Congrats on a fine bird!

ksfowler

Got your score and entered it in the scoring thread!

Your score is 20 + 8.75 + 8.75 + 18.5 = 56

Sounds like you had an awesome hunt!!! Great Job!!!!

JGreen76

Got your bird scored and put in the scoring thread!



Your score is 23.75 + 12.5 + 11.25 + 20.75 = 68.25

Great job!!!!

O.K. guys. Exhausted as I type this, but it's part of the responsibility when you get involved in these contests. I just got home from Florida yesterday and leave for Oklahoma tomorrow. So this is my Osceola hunt. Guide drops me off at this 4-way intersection and says the road to the west leads to a food plot that is about 200 yards away. Birds generally roost over a cypress pond behind it and will eventually make their way down this road. It's one way in and one way out so he felt I should sit here and I could put the odds in my favor. They drop people off way too early at this place and it was pitch black dark so I sat against a tree and waited for daylight. About 20 minutes after he left a group of wild hogs squealed really loud behind me which shocked two turkeys into gobbling less than 30 yards behind me. It was pitch black so I decided to grab my stuff and tip toe down the road towards the food plot. I tried to find a place to sit down on the road but it was too thick so I eventually made it to the food plot and turned left and sat down against a tree below a burm where I could see the entrance of the food plot about 25 yards away. At daylight they lit it up gobbling every 30 seconds or so. I called really soft and they cut me every time I touched a call so I put them down and got my gun ready. They flew down into the road and gobbled all the way down the road. The first one came into the field was probably a 2 yr. old and had about a 7-8 inch beard and looked really slim. I waited and could hear the other one drumming and he eventually followed the other one into the field and I let him have it. My hunt lasted less than 30 minutes and I had the second leg of my grand slam. He weighed 18 1/2 lbs. which is really good for an Osceola and had an 11 1/8" beard and 1 1/8" spurs. Great bird for Fl. I spent the rest of my hunt guiding a friend who has never killed a turkey......still. LOL! But we also fished, shot clays, etc...

My solo pic moment with my Osceola.






My host and friend Steve with his bird he bagged about 1 hour after me.

Few pics of the lodge and facilities. Definitely first class.

Nauticstar does it againwith bird number 4! Now I am really jealous!!!

Very nice turkey!!!!

Got in the scoring thread and here is your score:

18.5 + 11.25 + 11.25 + 22.25 = 63.25

Man you are going to be a tough act to follow!!!!:hail: