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Hey Team! I just got home about an hour ago. I scored on a nice osceola to complete my grand slam on Thursday morning. He weighed 19 lbs, 9 1/4 " beard and 1 1/8 spurs. I got home at 3:40 AM and left at 5:00 AM for Texas. I scored on a 20 lb rio with a 9 1/2 " beard and 1 " spurs. I am very tired but what a week. I will get my pictures posted soon.

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well today i went out again, me and my brother in law turned a corner well wandering around the property and there was one at 20 yards, i saw the 9 1/4" beard and just said "Take it." weighed about 23lbs and had 3/4"spurs, next week hopefully will be my turn, i just knew there are some big ones on the property i hunt

and DTC i will post your score when you have the pics up

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Here is the picture of my rio that I killed Sunday in TX.

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Here it is, the turkey that completed my GRAND SLAM. I never thought I would achieve this but with some support from the wife I got my wish

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nice birds! ill go find your score and post them, your Osceola scored 60 and Rio 59 lol

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my brother-in-law and the Rio we walked up on, i could have shot but i wanted him to get a bird cause i get alot, 20lbs 3/4" spurs and a 9.5" beard

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Team 19, sorry for being out but I had a good excuse, I WAS HUNTING!

Was in Georgia last week and it went rather well! I was blessed enought to take three Gobblers.

I'm going to post some pics but I need another primer on how to do that the 'easiest' way.

Any quicks suggestions?

Anyways, I'm pumped cause I'm heading for Texas on Thursday this week.

Here are the scores for my three birds;

21 lbs. 10 5/8 beard 1 in. + 1 1/8 in. = 63.5

23 lbs. 10 7/8 beard 1 1/4 in. + 1 1/4 in. = 69.75

19 lbs. 9 1/4 beard 7/8 in. + 7/8 in. = 55

That middle one is a whopper!

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OK, Someone tell me how to post pictures, and I'll show you some better ones that the one above that is obviously too small to see anything!

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http://photobucket.com/

Go to Photobucket, upload the picture, copy the entire "direct link". Now you need to be here on HNI, when you post click on the far lower rightsquare with the mountain in it. Paste the "direct link" into the url that popped up. The picture should be in your post!! send them to me if you want at
[email protected]
and I will hook you up.


Congrats everyone on your birds. I will be lucky to score one let alone three!!!

good luck to thoes still hunting.
I have a month to go yet!!

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Man that's awesome on the 3 longbeards. Congrats and good luck in TX.

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Wow! Turkey season is still a month away in NY ...it's great to see you guys nailin 'em!!!! Congrats! I cant wait to be the cherry atop the desert you guys are serving up! ;)

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Looks like Team 19 is off an rolling. Good luck all and keep up the good work.

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Ok guys, here is another try with some pics, lets see if they make it;

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OK, posting pictures for the computer challenged, lets go one more time here;

Here are the first two birds, harvested at 12:30PM with the help of B-Mobile, my first double ever.



I got this two year old the following day at 9:30 AM




Here is a shot of all three of the spurs, beards and tail fans

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Nice birds, We here in MI can only harvest one per season.

You all seem to be very knowledgable turkey hunters.......here is my question.....please reply

I have located the turkeys roostin a pine grove about 60 yrd X 150 yrd.There are tons of droppings and feathers about in the center of the grove. fields on both sides, one side I can hunt. Part of the pine grove has woods butted up to it with a two track dividing the hard woods from the pines.

setups in my best opinion would be in the field edge next to there roost???? Is it wise to set up in the pines say 30-40 yrds from there roosting trees??? or maybe on the two track dividing the two woods???

I can tell you how I would deer hunt this but have no idea for turkey, and knowing where there roost is kind of throughs me off. I would want to sit in the pines for an evening hunt I am guessing.

Little help so I can post you a bird!

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wow look at the hooks on the far right!

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OOO one more, what decoys do you use? I just got a PretyBoy, and have 4 others. two toms and two hens.

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well slip into the woods SILENTLY well before daylight, im not sure if i would use a deke but if i did id just use one hen and one jake about 10 yard to the front and left of me(or right if your left handed) if your allowed to evening hunt(we're not in CA) set up 5-60 yards away to try to minimise distrubance. if your season hasnt started yet try to get some scouting done to see where the turkeys go, into the two-track or the feildd? and if you set up where they want to be only use very light calling to not distrub their pattern, do you agree everybody?

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Goll darn MR. K. dang nice - awesome!

Jw

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Great going!!! Nice pics, too!

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Way to go, guys! I've been away for a week and when I come back... It's hammer City!

I'm fired up to go.... Wait, I still have a month before season opens :(

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preacherTony... where do you live? I'm on the east side of Rochester

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Here is a picture of a couple birds that I hunted last year. I was glad to see that they are still around. The look like butterballs to me.

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Wow...those are some hefty looking birds! good luck!

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The rain doesn't seem like it is ever going to end here. The birds are starting to gobble a bit. Youth season starts Saturday. I am just waiting for the 21st. Good luck to all.

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thank you DTC, im out again tomorrow, this time with less people so i will be focusing on my bird

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Sat out Sat. to scout. Arived at the property at 6am, back to there roost 6:15, started to hear a few gobbles about 6:20, they did not get warmed up and start flying down untill 6:45-7:00, I used a owl call 4 times to locate them, when the flew down they went away from the hard woods-two track, They seemed to stay in the pines.... I moved away from the pines to the next fense row and had a flock of 8 with one tom come in from a different direction then the pines, but went that way after milling around in the field.

I think my plan of attack will be to set up in the center of the field next to the pine grove. I have a tent blind I will put up a day or so before season so we can slip in. I think I will use two sets of decoys, one on each side of the blind. Maybe the Pretty boy and hen on one side and a couple hens and jake on the other.

There sounded like maybe 7 or so gobblers on roost in the pines, should be a productive hunt!!

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thats cool we are in first so far. Great job guys. I was wondering about how they were going to work more than one bird..... only the biggest gets counted. Keep it up..

Who yet is not hunting?

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Yes, they only count the biggest bird. Hoot has killed 3 really nice toms but only the biggest one counts and I have killed an osceola and a rio and only my osceola counts. Our youth seson opens Saturday and regular season opens the 21st. Listend this morning and heard about 25 birds on one of my spots. Went to my other spot(whre I have been getting pics of those 2 big toms) and never heard a bird.

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well i spent all day yesterday trying for them birds, had 5 jakes walk within 5 yards of me and watchd the three legal ones line up their heads, so tempting to shoot cause then id have the best shot-bird average outt of my family cause ive missed three times..... i may nnot be able to head out for a couple weeks but me and my dad are trying to either get an afternoon hunt or a early morning hunt sometime this week

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bhw = no hunting until May 1st

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Hey guys,

Sorry its been so long.

The birds around here are coming around slowly. They are strtting and gobblin some.

I leave Sat. Morning to video tape for a youth hunt weekend.
Then the following week, I take my bro
Two weeks off and then its my trun to shoot.

Plan on tryin with tbe bow, but will also be packing the turkey cannon!

Good job so far guys!!!
Pines

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On the board with two Rio's from Oklahoma.

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On the board with two Oklahoma Rio's.

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what are the measurements so i can post the scores

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Nice job!
Good looking birds

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Measurement of the largest bird - 20.3 lbs., 1 1/2 spurs, 9 7/8" beard

I will be hunting South Dakota on Saturday, so if I kill a larger bird then I can replace that score - correct?

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Season starts May 1 here, but because of college, I don't get to go out until May 3rd...argh, I can't take it! No one had better shoot my bird,lol.

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Congrats on the rios and good luck in SD. I just got home from work and go to see 5 toms, 8 jakes, and 23 hens in my alfalfa field. Can't wait for the 21st.

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ok i updated your score, NICE BIRD MFERMAN! and yeah if you get a bigger one it will be counted instead of this one