Great Birds JW! I have posted 3 Merriams for us that I got out on the prairies of South Dakota last weekend. Nothing close to the size of birdsyou took though.Biggest went 56+.All 3 were longbeards.

Hey jw im still waiting for that story. Im so ready for may 1st the turkeys have been out everyday there is3 jakes 1 gobbler 2 bearded hens and 6 regular hens. the one tom has aobut a 10 inch beard and inch spurs from what i could tell with the spotting scope from myroom window lol. good luck everyone else

good job paintbrush that will help are score alot and id like to see some picws and a story to go along with them birds

shoot forgot about the story!

Now I tried something different and went with decoys.

Here is the TN hunt Story
http://www.ushuntingforums.com/cgi-bin/Blah.pl?m-1144674584/

Here is the Mich story - same outcome but not a real dominat bird!

http://www.ushuntingforums.com/cgi-bin/Blah.pl?m-1145367621/

And Paintbrush - Congratulations - I have never hunted a Merriam.....but will some day and a 56 score is a good score!
Besides what I understand how this contest runs we are only allowed to enter one bird - so I am holding off posting my scores.

JW

Leaving For Wyoming Sunday. Be hunting a week there.
Made 4 major News Papers in Wisconsin tho!



Wet and wild: Some hunters strike quickly

By Jim Lee
Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers
WITTENBERG Wet weather and birds still in large winter flocks greeted central Wisconsin hunters as the spring turkey season opened last week.
Dick Schoepke, 60, Tigerton, teamed with Cory Hakola, 17, to bag a 19-pound gobbler shortly after daylight.

They used a slate call along with a push-button box call to draw in a vocal, strutting tom.

"We were in the woods by 4:45 a.m.," Schoepke said. "We knew where the turkeys were roosted. ... We snuck through a swamp and just decided to let the birds do what they wanted to do. It wasn't raining that much ... but it made it quieter and a little easier to sneak closer to the birds. They didn't gobble until 5:45 a.m., and then they really started gobbling. They gobbled at geese honking ... they gobbled at everything.

"We were in the midst of a whole bunch of turkeys ... with at least eight gobblers. ... The main group of turkeys flew down and headed to a nearby field, but one gobbler held back. We thought he might be a candidate to sucker in ... and he was."

Schoepke, who has hunted turkeys for almost 15 years, beamed.

"The initial stocking of wild turkeys in Shawano County about 1992 took place on my land," he said.

"I never thought they'd survive, and I certainly never thought we'd be hunting them.

"This isn't the biggest gobbler I've taken ... but it certainly made my day."

Does anyone know how many birds have been taken for team 2?

well you counting like total birds or how many can be scored. I think jw has 3 then naother 3 and thats it i think

congrats to all GO TEAM 2!!!!!!!!!!

No I got 2 - but can get another 3!

Hope the turkey gods smile on me!

JW

im hoping they smile on me to come may 1st. The bird i get might not be very big fro us because if a jake walks on in monday mrning he is going down only my sceond year hunting. Theres like 5 jakes and 1 big tom that i have been seeing and 2 bearded hens.but ill try to get the big boy thats out there