I hope you get one of them treebeard. 6 days to go and I will be taking my cousin out for youth im pumped. 9 days and I can hunt. cant come fast enough! Hows everybody doing any luck? seeing any birds scouting? ive got two nice longbeards in my spot behind my house. been listening to them and 3 jakes gobble like crazy every morning.

I will be in the blind in 29 hours, can't wait. Looks to be an ugly first day though. Rain, snow, and wind the first morning. Day 2 looks better though. However I will definitely be out both days trying to score one!!!!!

Good luck man i hope you get one!!!

Well guys! I will be in the blind in about 5 hours. I'm working til 4am then it's off to the turkey woods!!!!! Hopefully this nasty weather that's moving in won't mess them up too bad.

How did the hunt go man?

Ya what happened?????????? :)

Well, I'm sorry for keeping you all in suspense. Monday morning was a total bust. However, Tuesday morning my buddy and I doubled up on a couple nice sized jakes. Mine was a little bigger than has. He had a 4 1/2 inch beard and 1/2 inch spurs. He weighed around 20 pounds. I will submit the pics and official measurements later. Now we will be going after a long beard next. I will be back at it next Monday morning. Anyone else having any luck?

Leaving at 1:30am driving 3 hours I am pumped don't know how much I will sleep lol!
Postin picks from the stand see ya all tomorrow
Treebeard

It was kind of a crazy hunt. After Monday's hunt we knew we had to move the blind. We moved it to the only place we thought we would have a chance at the gobblers we were targeting. The only problem is we had to go through the roost to get to the blind. Tuesday morning as we are stealthily creeping along to our blind we jumped one bird off the roost. Just after 6AM we figured it must have been the real big one we were after because we never heard him gobble. However we were over run by hens. They were everywhere which was very good for us of course. We really didn't even have to call any. The hens were doing the calling for us. As we are quietly talking in the blind and hens are clucking on all sides of us, all of a sudden my buddy says get your gun up now!!!!! He says there is a Tom standing about 15 yards directly in front of us. We never seen where he came from and he never made a sound. It was as if he appeared out of nowhere. He was all puffed up, tail feathers spread and he was strutting his stuff. I didn't even bother looking at his beard, I just put the bead of my Remington 870 12 gauge on him and let him have it. He went right down for a good old dirt nap. This was at 7AM. My buddy says well, let's get going. I said, are you nuts? Turkeys are singing everywhere and they still were even after I shot him. So just a little calling and by 7:30AM he took a 40 yard shot and another one and it went down for a dirt nap. Now we will only be shooting Long Beards. Unfortunately, I can't go back out until next Monday. I think we also found another way into the blind without having to walk right through the roosting area. I was hoping for a Long Beard first and his score isn't much, but hopefully I will be able to upgrade with my next bird. Well, here are the measurements and the pics.

Eastern

Weight - 17 pounds

Left Spur - .5"

Right Spur - .5"

Beard - 4.5"

TOTAL SCORE = 36

Congrats man of fall way to go!

checking in.....bird numbers must be down in my section of michigan but good team work between county man team 6 and myself got the job done. long story and not enough time to tell 21.2 lbs 10.75 in. beard 1 in. speers ,opening day. pics to follow

On the board with a double header my buddy and I tag teamed two Toms this afternoon:woot:
Mine is 21.8lbs, 1" spurs and a 9 7/8 beard
Score is 21.5 + 10 + 10 + 19.75 = 61.25
Congrats Manofthefall I will post both scores shortly
Long day I am off to bed
Treebeard

Congrats Signman now were movin :rock:
Your score is 21.125 + 10 + 10 + 21.5 = 62.625
Treebeard

Congrats signman and Treebeard!!!!! Looks like we may be moving up the ladder!!!!!

Posting this pic for my Uncle signman53, nice bird, congrats!!! But my wife is gonna shoot one bigger this weekend!!! :happy0001:

Way to go guys keep up the good work! cant wait to get out there

Add one more fellas!! Blasted a mature gobbler this evening! 1 inch spurs 10 inch beard will post pics tomorrow!! Let's go!

Great job Chelps!!!!! Congrats!!!!!

Atta boy Chelps cant wait to see the pic :)

Hoosier state bird down today 4/28 at 0830. 21lbs, 20 and 21mm spurs and 10.25 beard 57.64 (note the picyure is on photobucket, but won't post....) http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...0002483_n1.jpg

Nice Firelt :)

Hey everyone please don't forget to post pics and species :)

Had to pass on a Tom tonight he was just out of range I was using my cross bow dam this might be harder than I think!

Btw mine was eastern. Keep up the work you will finish the deal

Way to go guys keep up the good work. I cant hunt til tuesday getting real close. Was out hunting all weekend for youth weekend got on a few birds had some at 12 yards he just couldnt shoot dont know why. but im ready for tuesday to get out there and hopefully get a bird down for the bearded nation!

We threw 4 down last week. We should be moving up the standing board some! Can't wait to see the updated numbers. Good luck Ryan, I may have to move if I had to wait this long!

sorry guys been a little busy. Here is my kill from Friday night. Eastern weighed 16.125 lbs. (sorry kinda skinny) 10" beard and 7/8" spurs on both. My best bird to date considering last year was my first year turkey hunting and I killed a Jake. I was super excited!!

Good job chelps......another one down

Good job chelps! wow teams really knocking them down now. I hope I can do the same tomorrow morning im headed out opening day!!!!!

WTG Chelp every one of them helps out!

Great job Chelps on #2. I didn't have any luck on Monday. With my work schedule I probably won't be able to get back out until next week. We can also start hunting all day the last 2 weeks. Also congrats to firelt.

No luck for me yet. been out one days thats it stupid work be back out sat morning.

Nothing to be ashamed of,his beard was the same length as mine and the spurs likewise even though mine weighed in at 23 lbs. The food source was better for mine than yours,thats about all that made the difference. My first bird was a Jake and I was just as excited as when I killed my 3rd. bird Sunday. Good Job!

Nice bird chelps :)
Your score is 16.078125 + 8.75 + 8.75 + 20 = 53.578125

Headin out in the morn trying to up the ante!
:)

Turkey's have been really quiet lately I wonder if it is cause of the early spring?
I think they are all nested up I only see the odd bird now and then.
My hardest year so far learning lots :)

Been a very hard year for me to not going well guys im not giving up tho.

Got one
 

I didnt give up guys I got one!!!! Not the most exciting hunt but ill take it. 18.7 oz 3/4 inch spurs 10 inch beard. Your score is 18.4375 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 20 = 53.4375.

Nice Ryan atta boy :woot:

I like a hunter that does not give up! Good Job Ryan!