My season is opening up tommorrow. Won't have time tu hunt till end of next week tho probably! I've been seeing decent amount of turkeys around though.
-jake

One of my students whacked out a freaking monster this morning. Bird weighed 22.5, but had 4 beards. Smallest beard was 7 1/8". it had 36" of beard. Scored 116.5 on NWTF calculator. Ill try to get some pics of it.

Smoked one on Public Land Friday morning !!!

Hunted this same place last season so I kinda knew where one might be roosted..

Right as I got set up a tom gooble'd on the roost about 75 yards off to my front left alittle bit and another one off to my left further away.. I heard about 8 other toms gobble.. I listen'd to em all gobble for 30 mins or so .. I broke out the slate call and did some clucks and purrs and leaf scratching about 3 times then went back silent... I heard him fly down and then it sounded like they was headed away from me.. Some other birds made him shock gobble and he was still close... I got out the crystal call and made some louder yelps... Two toms gobbled right away... I waited 5 mins or so and then did it again.. They about busted my ear drums !! They were less than 50 yards behind a big tree I was on the other side of ... I dropped the call and got ready... About 6 mins later he came around the edge of the tree about 25 yards in front of me and I let that ole shotgun sing ... Drop em in his tracks !!!

What a great feeling !! Fist pumps etc.. Awesome morning !!

Eastern Wild Turkey

Weight = 24.3 Pounds
Beard = 9 1/2 Inches
Spurs = 1 Inch

Nwtf Score - 24.18 + 10 + 10 + 19 = 63.18

Awsome job, congrats.

Congrats!
I went out w-sat great hunts but no turkey yet. First day just saw hens and a tom came in after I was far off, second day, Tom answered my calls but had a hen, third day same thing. The forth day I set up to close to a tom, he flew off the roost over my head and headed for the strut area and so did I. Soon I had 30 turkeys in front of me gobbling, strutting, fighting and mating, trying to close the distance at one point I had to crawl on all fours with very little cover then I heard a gobble far off soon that gobbler was running from 300 yards directly at me, I had not called in 15 min and was in full camo, had moved from my calling position deciding ambush was a better choice.
and yet this gobbler was running right at me stopping twice to strut, I took my shot at 30 yards and missed! I am going to re pattern my shotgun before I go out again.

So why would this tom run strait to me? No turkeys within 50 yards of me.

very nice BigCountryHunter

I'll be out tomorrow morning! Can't wait.
-jake

Nothing in the AM. Went home for breakfast from 9-9:30 then back out. Heard three gobbles between 10-Noon. And saw 9 hens. Good first hunt, hopefully be on some Gobblers tomorrow.
-Jake

Say Mr. Captain please fill out the reporting form
Use this - it is filled in as an example ~~ thanks

Team Number: 3
Hunters Name: JW
State the bird was harvested: WI
Date of Kill: 4/21/13
Time: 8:18 AM
Method of Take" Muzzle Loader/Bow/Shotgun/Other (choose one)
Species: Eastern
Sex: Male
Lbs 25 Oz: 0
Rt Spur Length 2.1625
Lft Spur length 2.500
No of Beards: 1
Length 12.9375
NWTF SCORE Your score is 25 + 21.625 + 25 + 25.875 = 97.5

Nice bird BigCountryHunter!