Team 5* ~The Turkey Killers
 

Team 5
1. Phil from Maine*
2. blackheel*
3. bigc870*
4. kellyguinn*
5. SouthernStrut56*
6. camokenny*
7. Talondale *
8. mmorgan9812*
9. dano111*
10. jepcho*
11. swampbuster*

*= checked in
e-mail sent 3/8

Checking in..Hunting Maine..

Camokenny here to win this deal. Let's get this gobbler busting going team. I will be hunting Iowa neb and maybe Missouri this year.

I'm here. Hunting Alabama and maybe some other places.

I'm checking in. I'll be hunting only my home state of Iowa this year. I can't wait to get season started!

Checking in, Hunting Mountains of North Carolina

Team two is going to win!

Ha, Ha, Ha... This is funny stuff right here... :lolabove::lolabove::lolabove::lolabove:

Haha. I'm not too worried. I think it's going to be a pretty good season!

swampbuster has been added to your team... :)

Welcome swampbuster. Boy am I ready to step into the turkey woods.

Swampbuster checking in. I will be hunting in Arkansas and Kansas.

checking in. I'll be hitting mainly public here in Oklahoma

Welcome to the team swampbuster.... Do not forget we need to get these guys to sign up as well as a team captain in 4 more days..

anyone sent pms to the missing team members?

I am not sure if anyone has or not so I went ahead and sent one to them all..

I am looking forward to the season even though the snow is almost waste deep up here..

good job Phil and if they don't respond I'll pull their e-mails and use that for you. Let me know

JW

Thanks JW!! I have heard nothing as of yet but, should give them another day to respond..

Also guys who wants to be the team captain??

What is everyone's season dates?? Mine is April 28th and runs until May 31st with a 2 bird limit..

I'll start hunting when I take my little brother youth season beginning April 5th. I start hunting myself April 18th

e-mail sent to all this team's 'missing links' :D
We will wait a few days and then start replacing with alternates.

Have fun boys and girls and be Safe Out There!

JW

Our season starts here the 6th of April and goes till the 6th of May. And I think my vote for el capitan will go to Phil.

Checking in! I actually remembered to register early this year then a bunch of snow storms drove turkey hunting out of my mind. Will be hunting public and private land in VA. Mountains and Piedmont regions. Before the snows hit I was seeing large turkey groups with some boys strutting already. Got a good feeling about this year. Had several close calls last year and I'm making some adjustments for this year.

I hope your little brother gets to shoot a nice one.. It is great to hear others taking the youth out.. They are our future of hunting for all..

Thanks for checking in Talobdale! I know about the snow it is still very deep up here with a prediction of more on the way maybe around Thursday for us up this way..
I was very surprised to see a turkey strutting this morning in a guys driveway. I could not tell when I was driving by if it was a tom or a jake from the angle as I was driving by.. None the less it lets us know that the hunting will soon be here..

I leave to go to Kansas April 12th. Our season starts April 19th and it runs for two weeks. I vote Phil for team captain

Thanks guys for your votes.. If anyone else wants to be captain speak up.. Also we are in need of a team name.. Lets see what everyone can come up with for any ideas.. Then it will not be long and some of you will be out trying for a longbeard!! So lets float some ideas around and get this contest started!!!

Yeah Phil's got my vote for captain as well. I'm not any good at the name picking thing, so let's here some ideas from the rest of you guys. Lol.

Thanks jepcho, if no one shows up I will be your captain in the morning.. I am not that great at picking a team name either so lets hear some suggestions.. I am hopeful that we win this years contest as well!! We will be showing them all what it is about!!!

The past 3 years I have tagged 2 birds up here and hopefully with our new season hours I can make sure both birds are large ones. Good Luck guys and lets see if we can come up with some sort of a team name!!

Man it sure was great to chase turkeys again today. We had an awesome morning. We took advantage of this 15 year old's final year to go on the early youth hunt. This bird was clever. Instead of coming straight in to our setup over the hill between us, he flew up and perched in a big oak to survey the area and find the hen that was calling his name. Staring at this turkey at about 50 yards up into the tree, I was able to slide my hand up and cover my mouth completely, then give some ever so light yelps. He pitched down into the road then turned and came up the hill right to us. My wife's cousin shot him at 20 or so yds. 10-1/2" beard, 1" spurs, 20 lbs. His 2nd bird in 3 hunts with me. I think I've spoiled him a little. He gobbled a dozen times or so. Hopefully they'll be a little more fired up next week. Great day in the woods and thanking the Lord we were able to bring him home.

Congrats to the young fella!!! Way to go!! Way to go as well Southernstrut56 on getting him onto a bird.. That should help get everyone's blood pumping... It is hard to believe I can see no snow in your picture with the young fella! I can hardly wait for it to leave here.. It was great to hear your story Southernstrut56.. Taking our youth out hunting is a very important part or our way of life.. I hope we all have success on the long beards as we get our hunting seasons going..

Well guys it looks like our team will be short 3 members :confused: at least for now anyways!! I have no idea what has happened to them.. I hope all is well with them..

For those that voted for me to be the captain thanks for the votes!! I am the type that will razz folks at times just to keep things stirred up a little to try and get the birds up.. Do not take it serious and if I appear to be a little hard on someone let me know and I will clearly back off.. It is my nature to joke once we all get hunting. The down side for me is I am one of the last one's in the group that will be hunting and the pressure will be on me then.. lol The main thing is we all enjoy our time out there hunting whether you get a bird or not..

Naturally we all want to get a bird up on the score board and win this contest!!! I know we can do it just as well as any other team can!! Thanks again and everyone stay safe and bring your stories back to us. We all want to here about them... Good luck hunting this spring and stay safe everyone!!

Way to go SS - taking our youngsters out is the way to go. I in fact get to teach a Learn to Hunt program soon and then all students get placed with a mentor for a turkey hunt on a free license. Great program in this state!

JW

Ok guys I need your help on picking a team name.. So what do you think would be a decent name for our team?? I am still having a hard time thinking about turkey hunting with all the snow we currently have.. Now they are calling for even more of the white stuff.. Some stations are saying 12 to 18 inches and others are saying 10 to 16 inches.. We already have way more than enough of it here.. Good grief send it out to sea or some place where they want or need it...

Well we had around an inch and a half of snow this morning and I went out back and saw 2 hens out in the snow that took to the air the moment they spotted me.. Those that may not know i have a small amount of food out trying to help them threw this crazy winter we have been having up here.. The big snow we are supposed to get has moved farther north of us now they are saying and we will get snow and rain mixed??? They always keep changing the amounts we get almost every hour it appears.. I hope it all goes north of us if that is the case..

Now for team names?? Any suggestions? I have been trying to think of something. Just do not think they are very good.. Here is a couple that I have been thinking about and I know I am not very good at it... Beard Busters, Long Beard Stoppers, Lets here a few more ideas that you guys can come up with..

Hey team looks like we have some goods guns on here we should be able to give all the other teams a run for the title. I will be good for 5 to 7 long beards depending on if I get to Missouri or not. 2 in Iowa 3 in Nebraska and 2 in Missouri if I get down there. I am so ready to be hunting.

Good to hear from you camokenny! We are not only going to give them a run for the money.. We are going to blow their doors off on the way by!! Also any ideas on a team name??

Any name is good with me. I like something simple and to the point.....Turkey Killers

It sounds good to me SS!!

Does anyone else have something in mind?? Thank you..

Lets see if we can come up with a name for our team...

1) Beard Busters
2) Long Beard Stoppers
3) Turkey Killers

Any more suggestions? If not please take a second to pick one of these.. We are a team and we are going to win this contest!! So your help would be greatly appreciated!!