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Guys, it looks like I'll be delaying my trip to Florida for at least a week. Myhuntin' buddygot sick late last night so we decided to see where we stood in a few days.This may be a blessing in disguise as hopefully the crowds will be a little less as the season progresses.

On another note...I was scoutingon the property that I'll be hunting this year and I came across an absolute monster of a turkey. This thing has a beard that is definitely longer than the tom I got last year. Thickest beard I've ever seen on a turkey. And long too! I haven't gotten a good luck at his hooks but I'm guessing that they're respectable as well.

I'm guessing that this could be the bird that I was trying to squeeze in last year on closing day and couldn't seal the deal before shooting hour closed and ended the season. I went this afternoon on a little snooping mission and saw one tom and a hen. The others weren't there.I'm guessing they were in the woods that were near. Anyway, I can't wait until the season starts here. Good luck guys!

Again, I'll be onlinefor a few more days so if/when y'all get a bird let me know! Simp

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Simp, sorry your hunt is delayed. I'm going out Saturday to listen for gobbles. Haven't been hearing them, so hopefully Sat. is the day.

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I heading out in just over 5 hrs. Wish me luck. Primarily I am calling for the landowner. If given a chance at two birds, I'll get to shoot too. We'll see...

Sorry about the delay Simp. You'll make it! My daddy always said that if I was tired of waiting, I should just wait faster. So, Simp, ...wait faster!

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Here is my bird form 2 years ago. 21 lbs 10" beard

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Nice bird Zach! We need a few like this for the contest. I took my son with me this morning to put another peice of the puzzle together in trying to pattern these birds and at flydown there were 3 tomsgobbling that I saw and at least 1 more, maybe two, that I couldn't see that was gobbling. They put on quite a show!

I'll be there tonight at fly up and again in the morning at fly down to see if I can figure them out just a little more. Again, nice bird! Simp

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Hey guys!
Good to be on team 7
I am Lynne 44 female I hunt Colorado! I am living in Texasfor a short time and I may hunt Texas but I always hunt Colorado. I will post a picture of last years Gobbler soon.

Good luck to all!

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Well, I called one in for the landowner today. Now that means I can add one for the team. I always try to help him first, since he is so gracious to let me come out to his place. He's 75 years old and couldn't hear one without some help. He's a saint in our church, a blessing to our community, and hero of mine.

The hunt went like this:
1.) Set up: B-mobile, she-mobile, and three more hens
2.) hoot....nothing
3.) hoot again.....nothing
4.) tree yelp....nothing
5.)Fly down cackle....nothing
6.) Yelp--- Thundering Gobble.
7.) Yelp again....Gobble
8.) wait
9.)Yelp....Gobble
10.) Wait--- Hen yelps
11.) Yelp--- Gobble
12.) I see a jake 250 yards down the field
13.) takes him 5-10 min to cautiously come in
14.) 2 more jakes come out.
15.) They start to leave.... I yelp---ABOUT FACE/FORWARD MARCH
16.) They scratch the chufas for 15 minutes.
17.) They stretch up looking to our left
18.) I hear the spit and drum
19.) Gobbler in full strut runs from my left to B-mobile, knocks him down, and then commences to raping that poor decoy. We had to kill that bird.

By the way, I got the whole thing on video.

Now it's my turn!

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nice bird, zmchillin. Thanks for sharing.
Simp, I'm glad you got to go this morning.

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went out looking for shed this afternoon but found nothing and saw nothing. I did see a few scratchings in the woods. And I wanled around onf our small 1/2 acre fields and found 16 tail feathers, i dint know what they came from but they were not there a few days ago. Also my grandpa has seen 13 birds in different spots around the area the past few days!

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Oops! I saw in your profile where your name was ''Susan Decker":)Sorry about that Lynne!

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Nice going Arjuna! Call me crazy, but I think the best hunts that I've been on were the ones that I was either watching or calling. Nice job!

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I'm heading out in the morning before church...short hunt, but sometimes they can work out.

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Here's me and the bird I called in this morning. Too bad we can't get the score. I didn't pull the trigger. I'll let you all know how tomorrow goes.

To all the new team mates: WELCOME and happy hunting!

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That's definitely a niice bird!

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Great job Arjuna. I know that made you feel good calling that bird in for him, and I bet he really appreciated it. Now go get your own bird. I finally heard gobbles this morning. Heard two different gobblers. Man was I glad to hear that beautiful sound.

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Well, I'm back. I saw two other hunters....didn't know they'd be there. They were the land owners' sons. They usually don't call in to let their daddies know when they'll be there, but that's family privillege. I moved to another spot as they took my honey hole. I never heard a shot, so maybe they didn't do any good either. Well, time to get ready for church. I didn't see a thing. God bless and happy hunting.

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This is my Tom from 07.I called him and another gobbler off of the privet property to the right, I was intheir roosting area. This hunt took about30 min, he would answer me then walk off so I moved about 25 yards closer andcalled moreaggressive. He and the other gobbler came in fast after that, killed em about 20 feet inside national forest!

Beard is 7 1/2 inches.It was a great hunt, I almost hate to get a bird as that signals the End of the season in Colorado for me, and a long wait tell next year!

21 lbs

Go get one for the team Arjuna!

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That's a nice bird! Hopefully a Merriams will be on the calender for next year.

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congrats on the bird! what kinda weight did it have?

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Nice bird.

I went this afternoon for a while on some private property. I saw three longbeards driving in and then one popped out in the field while I was setting up. I waited 2 more hours... nothing. I'll get him.

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nice bird, hey do you guys know what the biggest and hardest turkey to hunt?

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The one I'm after at the time:D.

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I agree with Arjuna. "They" say that the Eastern is the toughest bird to hunt. I also hear that Osceola isa tough bird.

Spoke with my dad tonight and he said the birds are gobbling good in Southern Indiana. He is about 200 miles south of me though. It just won't warm up where I'm at. Old man winter is not giving up without a fight.



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Tomorrow (Friday) is the opener for me in Louisiana. I can hardly wait. I'm going toTennessee for the opener next weekend and back again the following weekend.The weather is finally starting to settle down some, so maybe the gobblers will be hot pretty soon. Anyone having any luck?Anyone seeing and hearing many birds?

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Wow It was 50 degrees last night then out of nowhere 3 inches of snow fell and its about 35 degrees now.

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Its been cold and windy the last 2 days here in Penna, but my buddy says the birds have been sounding off...so its off to the woods.....Honkers

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Yesterday evening I had a bird with 20 hens come to 65 yards of my decoy. It was a quck set up after I saw several hens about 300 yards away in a long field.

I'm going in the morning. I'll let you know how it comes out.

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Close, but no cigar. He came in at 40 yards, but I couldn't shoot through the brush. Drumming, spitting, strutting,... it was great. Well, better luck next time.

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Better luck next time!
One more trip to the woods and another great adventure!

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Sorry to say, but the first two days of my season were disappointing. The gobbler I'm after gobbled good Friday morning, unfortunately he wasn't on my property. There were at least two other hunters on the lease next to my land calling at him. He is a very smart bird, so I wasn't too concerned about these guys getting him. The thing that irritated the hell out of mewas that one of the hunters drove his truck right down the middle of the powerline Friday morning, afternoon, and Sat. morning and parked where every turkey in the country would see his truck. Needless to say, the old bird never made a peep today. That's fine though, I'm off all next week and the gobbler and his buddy will eventually come back on my property. That's turkey hunting though.

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You'll get 'em guys! Just hang in there!

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I'll be heading to Georgia tomorrow afternoon to hunt their opening week. Hopefully we'll get one to put on the board soon!

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TEAM #7 Jelly Heads
1 .280deerhunter
2 2 Lunger 1 58.5
3 Arjuna
4 Hick442
5 HONKERS
6 maglite 1 99.3125 68.9375
7 Simp CAPTAIN1 64.25
8 superstrutter 1 58.375
9 turkeyhunter_15
10 zmschillin
11 RockyMtnGobbler
11 TOTAL TEAM BIRDS TAKEN 4
Total Points 280.4375 280.4375 68.9375
Team Rank 25.4943%

Above listed is your current Team Number, Team Name, Captain, and all registered Team Members to date.
Both Arrowmaster and JW!will be collecting Team member’s Big Turkeys harvested as posted by your Team Captain from the Captains Post Scores here link.[/b]. [TEAM CAPTAINS USE THIS LINK TO POST SCORES http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2707647
Team members MUST alert their Captain, once they have harvested a legal bird, by posting all birds shot on the Team Thread.
From Rules – (click on this link to read more – we are paraphrasing here http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2557474)

1. Only turkeys legally harvested, according to that states regulations during that states 2008 Spring season can be entered

2. You must post a pictures of your turkey toprove authenticity ofthe killPicture of Beard – Beards if more than one AND Spurs can be included

3. Do write a short story and include when (date-time), where (state-county if known), and what weapon you used (a brief description of your hunt – a brief description of weapon used for the kill when you post a picture.

4. Make sure in your article to include, weight (pounds and ounces), length of beard(s) (longest strand measured from base of the beard to the tip of the longest strand) Note all fractions need to be in decimal form - Conversion table and how to measure spurs can be found on this – click here 2008 HNI rules page 2 http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=2557474&mpage=2&key=

Multiple bearded birds add all beard measurements together (must see beards in picture)
WRITE DOWN ALL DATA FROM ABOVE – USE IT IN POINT 8 BELOW

5. If you need help posting a picture ask a team mate or ask us. We are here to help.

6. If you aren't able to score your quarry for whatever reason, identify if your bird as a Hen, Bearded Hen, Jake, or Tom, and you can use this tableif you're unable to score:
Hens 10 points, Bearded Hens 15 points, Jakes 20 points, Gobblers 30 points ( difference between Gobbler or Jake will be made based on a clear picture of the tail fan extended as if in strut – tail attached to the bird)

7. Only one legal bird per registered Team member can be used for the Team’s total points. If you shoot more than one bird do alert your captain -do post according to above However – Your Team Total Score is based from each Team Member’s biggest bird – not the average.
THIS IS THE TEAM CAPTAIN’S RESPONSIBILITY!

8. THE OFFICIAL HNI TURKEY SCORING CALCULATOR
JUST CLINK ON THE LINK BELOW
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_score.html

9. IF YOU NEED HELP, SEE SOMETHING WRONG OR AN ERROR CONTACT US! Arrowmaster - JW!

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Whooah...we were on the second page! back to the top. I'll be hunting Saturday. I'll let you guys know how it turns out.

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It's been pretty tough since Friday down here. At least four other hunters are hunting the same birds I am hunting. The birds, only two of them, are henned up bad. That, plus being pressured by other hunters, is making them tough to kill. If they will ever come back to my property, I can really work them. I just really need to be patient. They will eventually show up again.I'm Tennesee bound for the next two weekends. Good luck everyone. We'll be on the board soon.

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Alright guys. My dog has been diagnosed with cancer and given just a few months to live. I'm struggling with a personal decision in my life and turkey hunting has gotten the short end of the stick. I'll be going this Saturday. I'll keep you posted.

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Jack I'm sorry to hear about your dog. If its like mine it is very much part of my family. I wil pray for you and your family.

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Thanks, Sam.

I saw 7 hens, one spike buck, and one six point. Three different birds gobbled. I thought I was in the middle of things and decided to play it conservative. Bad decision.Never saw a tom. Now, my son's first baseball game of the year starts in a couple of hours, as does my little girl's dance recital. Take care guys and happy hunting.

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Jack---I also hate to hear that about your dog. There has always been a dog in my family and it is very hard when they leave us. We now have three!!

This week I saw some birds and heard some birds---but did not pull the trigger. Had a great time!

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Had a few thunder chickens gobbling this morning but got intersepted by a couple hens!!!!!!! Dang it