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Sorry it took so long to check in.

hey welcome - glad yopu did as now we are all here and go get em!

JW

Guys I have videos pictures and all kinds of stuff to post. I've killed two in ks so far. Shot a triple beard with inch and 3/8 spurs Sunday morning. Killed a good bird Monday night too. I have some cool video I need to get uploaded. I will tonight.

Way to go! Some of you guys are already smacking down multiple nice birds! I should have gotten one this morning. Took a friend out and we had 4 nice ones coming to us...all of a sudden, BOOM!!! My buddy rushed his shot, missed of course, and spread em all the way to the next county. About ten more seconds and I am pretty confident we both would have scored. I was just a bit frustrated. At least he said, "thanks for putting me on some birds" when I dropped him off at his truck.

TN April Fool's Bird #1
 

21 lbs 12 oz r spur 3/4 left spur 3/4 beard 10 15/16 Eastern specie
4-1-12 - 7:09 AM 29 yards.....

Your score is 21.75 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 21.875 = 58.625

BD 2
4-2-12 - 5:09 PM 22 yards
23 lbs - rt 1 5/16 L 1 3/8 BD 10.00"

Really nice birds, JW! Glad you made it home safely (apparently) and had a successful trip!

Thanks Bible-Man - it was good talking to you......I don't envy you runnin and gunnin' in those TN hills....they dang near killed me but if you go slow and constant I got where I needed to be!
Now I am back to frigid Wisc.......

JW

Great job on the birds guys!! I get to hunt kansas this coming weekend and then Missouri opens up on Monday 4/16 so hopefully I can help us out some more!!

Cool one - as far as the contest we are right there in the thick of things........any bird and I mean any bird will help us reach the top.......

So luck to you guys - go get em

JW

Went out this morning and had birds gobbling everywhere....nothing would commit. Going back out tomorrow.

Got a good workout this morning. According to an app on my phone, I walked 9.12 miles up and down hills and hollers. Ended well, though! Got a jake! Some folks think it's silly to take jakes, but if it walks in like a man, it's gonna die like a man in my book! This one about got around behind me before I could get a shot, but lifted his head enough just in time to get the shot off. 36 yards, 17.6 lbs, 4.0" beard, 0.5" spurs on both sides.



Your score is 17.375 + 5 + 5 + 8 = 35.375

For some reason my picture ain't showing up...you can go to my profile and see it. Album is called "an album with pictures"...clever, I know.

I reckon that one worked...big bird for a jake...sounded like a longbeard too.

Hey Bible!
Nice job. It sounds like you had a great hunt. That's what it's all about. I'll bet every bit of that 9 miles was worth it after the smoke cleared and your bird was down.

It certainly was worth it! And this evening, when I am eating some fried turkey nuggets, it'll be even more worth it!

I have accumulated a large pile of Jake beards thru the years.
They eat so well.
I’ll be out in a week, its about time.
JW and Joe those are awesome birds, congrats to everyone so far.


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Well I filled my two Kansas tags, I will get pics and details up tomorrow. One bird was a 23 lb'er and the other was a 20 lb'er.

Looks like we might be the team to beat this year......everyone is doing a great job laying the birds down.

Way to go, onetohunt! Looking forward to seeing those pics! I'll be back out in the morning, weather permitting. Supposed to be very windy and rain coming in around 8:00-9:00 a.m. I'll get out for a little bit at least.

Shoot Bible I went back and fixed your first post and i see you fixed it later. Yep is a big ole bird for a youngun - we have a rule in Mich - it comes in Gobblin is fair game......

JW

well start with some pics

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and not for the story.
I went to Kansas on Friday and everything went right for a change. Got a break in the weather it had been storming pretty hard and the wind had laid down. I put my decoy out in a well known turkey area and made a few calls and set and waited. It wasn't to long before a couple of hens made there way through. I made a couple of hard clucks and cut pretty quick on the slate and a couple of gobblers sounded of to my left. Great I was thinking. Before long they made their way out in front of me but there was 3 birds strutting and about 10 hens now. A dream come true!! I had 2 tags for Kansas and you can shoot both birds the same day there so everything was looking good. I kept my eye on the biggest bird and sized up the other two as well as I could without spooking anything. I thought the second biggest bird had finally lined up pretty close to the big bird but it ended up being the smallest of the three when I pulled the trigger with them at about 30 yards. The Winchester Super X2 sounded off and sent the Hevi-Shot blend on its way with the 3 1/2 doing the job. It put the big bird down without a flop and the other bird was knocked down as well but it needed a followup shot on him. I got up to the two and was very pleased to say the least. The second bird was smaller than the bird that I thought I was doubling up on, but hey, I'm not complaining. I sent a few pics and here are the stats on the two birds.
1st bird
23 lbs
10 1/2 beard
right spur 7/8
left spur 7/8
eastern
Your score is 23 + 8.75 + 8.75 + 21 = 61.5 (scored by JW)

2nd bird
20 lbs
5 7/8 beard
right spur 3/4
left spur 7/8
eastern
Your score is 20 + 8.75 + 7.5 + 11.75 = 48 (scored by JW)
Both of the birds were probably 2 1/2 year olds, the second bird just didn't have much of a beard? Oh well, Missouri season starts tomorrow and I will be after another one!!

Guys I shot a good bird but all my pics went to hell when I was trying to upload them except for one. I shot a double beard Friday that I have videos of. I do have one good pic of the three bearded bird but it doesn't show the smaller beards. Which bird should I post.

Well couple of ??

First post stats of all birds you shot let's start there.

Pictures of the feet and beard as well as fan since you cleaned the bird could work too.

Can you post the video such as a Youtube link?
That will work too.
OR
Some Video cameras do allow you to take a 'Snap Shot' of one frame. I know mine does and then you have the jpeg picture file needed which can be posted.

Let me know I might be able to help.

And congrats to both onetohunt and BetterBirddogs!

JW

Ps - Hey it Bible-Man's birthday today! :) Happy 28th sonny! :)

Great birds!

Ok guys heres the scoop. I have some videos here and I hope the links work. I have been hunting my ass off but moreso taking a lot of video of others hunting. I have shot some pretty cool video I think. Here is the first video from open morning of the triple beard I shot with the bow. I'm videoing by myself so you have to forgive me a little. I had a group of birds come in and I was waiting for the last bird to make his way to me. He was the only bird in this group that was strutting or doing anything. I made a good choice. He ended up having three beards and inch and three eight spurs. I have the only pic of him that wasn't erased below. Man it pissed me off. He's in the freezer so I supposed I could get more pics of him if need be. Ok here's this hunt opening day in SE KS at about 0900.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cFT5741HaY

Here is a the video of my double beard bird from last week. Sorry I missed the kill shot. These two birds were coming right towards me and then skirted off the left. I ranged them at 41 yards and shot the double beard. I didn't know he was a double beard at the time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0yDF9YPUJk

Here is the video after I shot him. I didn't take any pics of me and him because I was hunting by myself. I hope this will suffice to allow the bird to be scored.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXMNWV3KLqA

Ok here are some hunts from last weekend with my buddy and his girlfriend around the Topeka area. Man we saw a bunch of birds. It was just one of those days. Here is the first shot of them morning. She was braggin about her shooting, in walks a bearded hen.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZlLIwmu7y8

This second hunt is about 55 minutes after the first miss on the hen. It was storming like hell when we got out of the truck that morning. The birds really came to life after the weather moved out. This video is a little lenghty but is awesome. She hammers this bird but my buddy has to finish him off. Check out what the fighting purr did to this situation. I have only had the fighting purr work one of two ways. It either scares the hell out of them and clears the field or it does what it did in this video. Shot number two on Saturday morning April 7th............ (I think my language might be questionable in this one sorry!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxWhlmnRYog

This last hunt is awesome. We fooled with this bird for 2 hours before he manned up and came on in to get a piece of action. My buddy smoked him. I love it when they come in mad. I have never seen a bird walk sideways like this one does...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WONq_oyT_U

Now for some scores. Here is the only surviving pic of my triple bearded bird. He's laying on his other two beards and you can't hardly see anything. If we can't use him that's fine. He's a cool bird and in the freezer.


Here are my scores from both birds. Surely we will be able to use one.

The triple beard

20lbs
right spur 1 1/8
left spur 1 2/8
beard 1 10 1/8
beard 2 3 5/8
beard 3 1 5/8

Total score 20+11.25+12.5+20.25+7.25+3.25=74.50.


The double beard

23 lbs
Right Spur 1 3/8
Left Spur 1 1/8
Beard 1 9 7/8
Beard 2 3 7/8

Score is 23+13.75+11.25+19.75+7.75=75.50

Both birds easterns. Sorry for the lengthy post guys!

all of the above works there sir!

Wow some real dandies.......and greaet stories.......

JW

Some of you know and some don't. But I run this contest and have for a few years. I always have fun on the team I randomly assigned to. Been in the running for mostly 2nd place and we do seem to take the All Bird event. But ya know because of you guys and with EVERY bird entered so far - I just tallied our team scores and we are running away with this.......

I just might be on a Championship team this yr! :) Course it ain't over till June and yes I am hunting now for 6 weeks or so......and yes I will enter a few more birds - but it is you guys with any bird - so whether it be a Big ole tom or a Oven ready Jake enter it - IT ALL COUNTS.
Now the scores have not been shown yet as there are a few that need to be put on the required scoring thread. I let Joe do that -

But have fun out there and be safe!

Dave,......JW

Nice birds BetterBirddogs! I mean butes! Way to go! I certainly hope that we can take you to your first championship, JW. I was on the winning team a couple of years ago, and plan on being again this year!

It be cool but talking to folks live such as you was far better!

Main thing is to have fun

JW

I'm taking my fiancee out tonight. Hopefully she can get it done. Ill let you guys know.

True! I greatly enjoyed talking to you!

Well let's just win this thing and keep the team together for a repeat!!!:biggrin:

Oh Captain - say I put up the team's scores as I was updating the Score Board.....I'll be gone now for quite some time......as I start 6 weeks of turkey hunting or so as much as I can take......

JW

Wow, six birds checked in already.
I’ll be out this weekend, the pressure is on, I hope I don’t get gobbler “fever”.

bb

Killed my first Missouri bird today. Here are the measurements on him. I will get pics up later. He went 22 lbs with 1 inch spurs and a 10 inch beard.

Your score is 22 + 10 + 10 + 20 = 62 (JW scored this)