Team
Tschaef thought it would be a good idea if I reposted the summary of our 2009 season, and I agree. I posted it in the '09 team forum after it was apparent we had won the contest so maybe not all of our original team had a chance to see it. I agree with Trevor that it would be nice to stroll back down memory lane once again and perhaps would give the new teammembers some background on how we got here.
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You know, I was thinking about the season while driving to a business appointment the other day. Here is a recap:
1. WestonAU gets us started with a 2-year old bird taken in Alabama (Weston is a student at Auburn University). Not a trophy but a solid start to the season. Regrettably this is the last we heard from Weston as he didn't post again.
2. The infamous Florida Huntress tags in with a nice Osceola. I knew she would too.
3. Peter (my son doall hunter) takes an outstanding typical 65 point turkey in the last minutes of the Tennessee youth hunt. Now we are rolling. This was a really good turkey for our area in Tennessee.
4. Huntress tags in with a double-bearded Osceloa, the first of two double bearded turkeys for the team. This 67.5 point turkey put us in the top position in the standings. A great turkey, the first multi-beard turkey for the Huntress..
5. I kill a nice 3-year old on the third day of the Tennessee season.
6. Peter and I tag-team another one four days later.
7. On April 11 Hog kicks in with a two-year old Rio, the first of two.
Nothing happened for the next two weeks until the team closed the season like champs
8. On April25 Peter and I scored again on our best turkey of the season, a 4-year old bird that scored 62.5 points.
9. Tschaef kills an 80 point doublebearded turkey in Canada on May 3. I haveseen a bunch of multi-bearded turkeys in mylife but never with twobeards thatlong on the same turkey. This 80 point bird is almost like two birds. Along with doalls 65, Huntress' 67, and my 62.5 that is 4 really high scoring turkeys. The average for these four was almost 69 points per bird and this is one of two reasons we are in first place today.
10.Hog kills one on May 6 and upgrades his score from his first one. Nice job.
11. Bang Flop steps up to the plate and takes a mature gobbler on May 10. Really big for the team to get anotherteammate on the board.
12. Pinsapex7 finally puts the bow down (just kidding Pex) and shoots a superjake on May 17. Initally he seemed disappointed with the jake but this is actually the turkey that puts us out front. Without this bird Pex we would be in second place now.
So, my conclusions for why we are currently in first place are:
1. The combination of two high scoring double beards (Huntress and Tschaef) andtwo more high-scoring typicals (doall and me) over 62 points.
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2. We had 8 huntersscore at least one bird each.We are the only teamin the contest with 8hunters killing a turkey
the fact that Weston, Hog and Bangflop all killed mature turkeys
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Pinsapex7 stays with it, doesn't give up,and tags a superjake on the last weekend of the season put us over the top.
NICE JOB TEAM 21, THE LASTGOBBLE !!!!!!