Congrats! I know it was tough hunting with all that rain yall have been having. Definatly put the time in for that one

Congrats zmax , and make sure you post a picture of you and the bird and the measurements. We are very close to winning this thing. This bird will put us a little shy, but if someone who hasn't scored yet kills one, that would put us in the lead. I know time is just about out though.

Here are some pics for Zmax

Bird was killed in Ks, shotgun,40y,.3.5" 2oz of #5 winchester long beard xr,.
This Tom has eluded many this yr, he refused to go to any decoys,.would not venture far from his hens, didnt bother to come to a fan,..he would see the fan and go hide,..he would walk back out 15min later,..look at the fan,..staring,..then go hide,..lol

Ive watched him enough,..his morning routine was similar to a paper route,..about 830,..he would go to nearly the center of a section,..where he had a hill side pasture to roam ,..all the other birds would be spread out,..if one boogered,..they all would go on alert..coyotes, cattle, etc would alter that routine from time to time. It was a pure ambush from 40y,.with no dekes or calling.
I sat down about 510a,..watched them fly down,..and waited,..sometimes napping,.for just 3hrs,..there were 2 hens and 10 jakes with him. Lots of eyes

Well done zmax hunter!!!

Here is a pic of Zmax with his bird

Thank you Kelly,..i will have to use a timer as you suggest next time,..lol

I was wearing my badlands camo, in realtree xtra,..and my ghilly on top of it,..i should put it all on for another pic, including the ghilly headmask,..it actually blends really well this time of yr

zmax, can you post the measurements here for your bird? I need them for the score thread.

23lbs 8oz or 23.500
7.875 beard or 15.750
Both spurs 1" or 20.000

Total nwtf score of 59.250

Thanks zmax. We are only 7.315 points behind team 2. We were so close. I'm assuming everyone is probably finished hunting. Is anyone still hunting? I guess June 1 is the last day for some northern states.