Team 1 Strut Stoppers
 

1. Arrowmaster
2. RPD63
3. xOEDraganx
4. car
5. Western MA Hunter
6. bornagain64
7. dmills
8. mookyj
9. Swamp Slayer
10. Grizzlyman
11. DTC Jr
12. onetohunt

Im here. Lets repeat :)

Ray (RPD63) checking in. Time for a repeat.

Checking in.

Gonna be mainly in Central Florida and SD this year

Hows everyone doing?

checking in, heading to Texas in three weeks, then I will hunt NY, with slim possibilities of VT, NH, and Maine

Doing good Arrowmaster...how have you been.
Mooky, where you headed In Texas? That's a hunt that I'm really wanting to do.
Ray

Im doing ok. Trying to get the knees in order for this season. Its hell getting old hahaha How ya been?

Pretty quiet over here on team Strut Stoppers. I'm guessing everybody is out scouting.

My season is full go down here. My younger brother shot a decent one this morning and came really close to pulling a double yesterday but no dice. Soon mi amigos!

I will be in the woods this weekend, finally opening day is here. Hopefully the turkeys cooperate and other hunters stay away. Good luck everyone, lets repeat as CHAMPS again. Hunt hard and hunt safe!

I sent out pm's to our missing team members. I guess it's a little early for many to be thinking spring turkey.

Checking in from Ohio. It looks like I'll only be hunting in my home state. Good luck to all!

Hopefully either myself, RPD, or bornagain can get us on the board this coming weekend!

I'll be in the woods this weekend but not carrying a gun. Trying to help a friend from North Carolina get a bird. I'll be hunting that following week though.
Ray

Good luck teammates get us on the board. RPD63 you are still the captain :)

Thanks Arrowmaster. I can do it unless someone else wanted to be captain.

Osceola down. Story, score and pics to come.

Osceola down.

weight 17lbs 7 oz
beard--9"
lft spr--1 1/8"
rt spr- 1 1/8"
score is 57.9375

I had a couple birds gobbling. Some how a bird ended up behind me on the road I walked in on. He probably gobbled over a hundred times. I heard one out in front of me, to my left, but thought he was a pretty far out there. Just tried to do some soft calling, every now and then I would get a little more aggressive. I think it was a hunter, but it could have been a hen, out to my right. Every time they would call, I would cut them off. If it was a hunter I was trying to let him know I was there. After about an hour, the bird behind me is still gobbling his head off, and every now and then I would hear the bird to my left gobble. Finally I see a white head coming through the woods. He is not coming to me and I do not think he ever saw my decoy. He is making his way past me to the bird on the road. As I called to him he would start to strut and look my way, but would not come in. He changes his angle and was coming closer but was still heading to the road bird. He was directly to my left at about 50 yards, he was moving slowly to the road and would gobble at my calls. I decided to get my gun on him when he went behind some pines, I was able to get on him and only had a small window to shoot.
I estimated him at about 40 yards, When I shot he went down. The shot did not kill him, so I ran over and stepped on his neck. He was probably further then I thought.

long walk back to the truck, He felt like he weighed 30 pounds by the time I got there.

Way to go John. Nice when a plan comes together.

Awesome Congrats :)

We on the board again amigos! Just one issue...Wasn't able to snap a pic of the weight scale at the check station because I left my phone at home. So what do we do about that? He only weighed 14 pounds so maybe they we can pull the honor system? Because if was gonna lie I'd at least beef him up to 25 pounds!

Don't worry about it. It seems to be pretty laid back on this forum. Congrats on the bird.

Did you at least get a picture of you with the bird? That and your stats will be fine. Post it over on the kill thread.
Thanks, Ray

Here is a picture of my bird in the woods.

Yep got everything else. I'll try to put it up tonight or tomorrow. He would've scored pretty good if his weight was up. Rocking a 10 inch beard with 1.5 inch spurs.

Nice bird boss!

Thanks you too. If you kill a bird on public land, you have accomplished something.
I did hear at least 1 other hunter, but he did not affect my hunt.

Wow! You guy are killing them!! Congrats! I've have a trip to Georgia at the end of this month, but no time to try to put together hunt. Guess I'll have to wait until the Ohio season starts.

Yea there were a few guys around me, but they seemed to be very strict blind hunters. It also happened to be the very first hunt with my 4 year old son and that couldn't have gone any better even if I paid someone to tie a bird to a tree for me.

I just noticed that DTC Jr hasn't checked in for you guys. I am taking him to TX this weekend for youth season. I will try to remind him to check in.

Swamp Slayer, maybe I missed it but did you get your picture and stats posted yet? If not, post em over on the kill thread.
Thanks, Ray

No I have not. Sorry the Navy hasn't gotten around to putting me near a computer at all this week. Unless there is a way to post pics off of your phone?

I use Photobucket on my phone and IPad. No worries, do it when you can. Interesting, I work for a Navy contractor.

Sweet I'll check that out! But I am active duty stationed down here in Key West.

Public land Osceola down in Central Florida. Picture and stats over on the picture and score thread. Thanks Bornagain64.

Nice job RPD63. Now you can relax a little and enjoy the rest of the season.

Thanks DTC. Were ready for him to put a big bird on the ground

Checking in. We are headed home from Texas with smiles on our faces! I killed a good bird with my bow. Will get pictutes and measurements up when I get home!