That's about an hour or so away from me, straight shot on highway 50. Good luck this weekend.

Well I've got everything ready and I just need to pack the jeep. It's a real pain in the butt that the state only allows scouting for permit holders this friday. So I have to rely on past experience and a one day scouting trip. Last year it took me until the fourth day to get a shot, and I missed the damn thing. One good thing about a dense pattern at close range, you either blow him to smithereens or you miss him like I did. I would hate to wound a bird as majestic as our turkeys. Well guys, wish me and Brian luck this weekend, and hopefully we can start team 13 off with a couple of old fat Osceola longbeards. :biggrin:

Good luck guys, make us proud!

Also wanted everyone to know I had Arrowmaster change our team name to Team 13 Tom's Worst Nightmare.

Be safe,

Brian

Oh I hope so I have to wait till april 3rd before i can pick up a gun....saw some turkey down on a river bottom today oh boy bloods a runnen!!!

I did not hunt at all last year nor the year before. And i am hunting in a new area. Good thing i have seen more turkey around here then i have back home.

Well I went scouting today. If turkeys had webbed feet and quacked I'd be in good shape. There's damn water EVERYWHERE. The usual spots where they like to strut are under water, and the adjacent areas that the birds use as thoroughfares were absent of any tracks. I went to another spot that the birds sporadically use that is much drier and it had a bunch of new trail marking tape hanging from the three entrances that lead to it, and I ran into another hunter on my way out who was on his way to go check the same place out. I headed over to an oak hammock that I know birds like to use, and it's high and dry. I didn't see any birds, but it was 3pm by then and this has always been a morning spot. So my son and I are going to be sitting here in the morning. If nothing else the area is full of deer and hogs that might give us something to look at. Oh, I even saw fresh panther tracks today, they're pretty rare in Florida.

No birds yet, we heard them in the trees nearby before sunup, but they shut up once they hit the ground. My son had a bobcat come into his decoy, that's pretty cool. I wonder if they're quiet due to the lack of dry ground and all of the predators in the area. We have bobcats, coyotes and florida panthers all trying to keep their feet dry.

Yeah, Richloam is almost totaly underwater.. Which is good and bad. Good since the turkey have less moving room. Bad.. because i cant get to any of my spots..

anybody hunting nor cal this weekend?

Hey guys, I'm in NY, but have an Aunt in Zephyrhills. Any hunting spots there?

Zephyrhills is over near bwirth1999's area. We have WMA's all over the place but they see a lot of hunting pressure and you have to apply for a permit through a quota system almost six months in advance. You'd be better off if your Aunt knew someone with land. You can find a list of state lands at myfwc.com.

Well our season is open for another month, but my quota hunt is over without even seeing a bird. We had a bunch of rain on Sunday afternoon which made our situation even worse. Monday morning just as sunlight started to lighten the sky, an entire pack of coyotes started yelping and howling only a couple of hundred yards away from us. There is very little dry land, panthers, bobcats, coyotes and us hunters all running around on the only dry ground for miles, no wonder the turkeys are quiet this year.

7 days till arkansas youth season!!

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Good luck, I have to wait until May 1st.

Saw my first strutting gobbler today with 4 hens, it got the juices going!

Be safe,

Brian

13 more days till my hunt

Well I was watchen a field..(not sure if I can hunt it yet dad is going to talk to the landowner)and saw 2 big strutter's thats good right?well their were 30 something NOT strutting so either tons of small birds or my guess which is to many hen's..

also the rest of my scouting aint going so well havent seen sign or even heard anything except a hen :( going to go for a walk today if the wind cuts down and the rain stays away if it dont sometime this week after school i am going to look at a spot my dad says looks good..ive never seen it though

Well, no Turkey bagged yet. Did get a shot at one I kicked up...... I missed....

9 days for me! been seeing birds all over.

This weekend is my time...Youth SEASON!!Seems like I been waiten forever hopefully I'll get a shot at a big ol' tom but I'll settle for a jake to lol

four days....

Bad news all houndsman12 broke his leg and is unable to compete in the contest. He pmd me and requested to be taken out of the contest. Your new team member is clemsonfan4life. Please welcome him to your team...

hey guys. ive already shot a nice bird. 10 inch beard and 1 inch spurs and 18.6 pounds!!!!!

Season started yesterday.. however I am hunting on Ft. Knox. So the morning before you hunt here you have to be drawn to hunt. Well need less to say I have not been drawn past two days. I'm goin fishin.

DA DA DAAAA!!!Got one 10 inch beard .75 inch spur's each leg 21 pounds WHEW HOOO!!!I tell ya he put on a GREAAATT!!!Show to!



I'm bout to put him on the board's!

sc bird
 

shot this turkey on opening day. he scores 55 point something i posted it on the scores thread

i forgot to add that i was using a pretty boy and he left 2 hens in the food plot and came to the pretty boy. rolled him at about 40 steps

Team 13 scores again
 

Your score is 20 + 10 + 10 + 18 = 58
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Awsome were rollen now boy's!!!

Great job guys!!!!!!!!!

Our season doesn't start here until May 1st.

Make sure you post them in the scoring thread.

Again awesome job.

Brian

Please welcome your new team member BUCKEYEhunter140

Hey guys just checking in seen i was put on this team. good luck to all of you this season!! been seen alot of birds around my place this year things look good the farmers just spread there manore about 3 days ago! :)

welcome to team 13 "Toms worst nightmare" Mr. BUCKEYEhunter140 we've already scored three bird's hopefully you'll help us out lol...you want one of the avatar's or do you know how to do it?

Way to go, guys! I'm fired up for May 1st!!!

got my 2nd bird of the year boys first bird I called and shot while hunting by myself!!
10.5 inch beard 20 pounds 1 inch spurs each leg!!

complete story on the turkey forum its a good story!

whens everyone elses season start?

One more week and I'll be lookin to give Old Tom a dirt nap!!!

Can't wait!!!!

Good luck to everyone.

Brian

today was my last day to hunt in arkansas went out and heard one but it was ti windy and i couldnt seel the deal..still have two weeks left in missouri to slay numero 3

went out saturday and sunday. three close calls but just could not seal the deal.

better luck next time buck..you'll get em' whens your season close?

it ends may 9th. might not get to go out that last weekend though.

well if you get to best of luck..if not they'll be more of em and maybe even bigger next year!