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Well good luck with it, bud.

I look forward to turkey season every year. Hearing those birds sound off in the early morning is an adrenaline rush.

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OH YEAH NO DOUBT ABOUT IT....SO IM GUESSIN NO ONE HAS BAGGED A BIRD YET HUH?

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Not out huntin hard yet,working hard so I can stay out there a few days when it opens. Ready to bust some beards. The way the weather's been I think our season will peak the first week here.

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I am not out yet either.....I wont be around to much for the next week.....

My mother is going in for open heart surgery for a gentic heart disease we have so we are doing all the prep stuff this week, April 2 is the surgery and so i will be at the hospital for most of that week....

But she told me tonight that she wants a wild turkey deep fried for hersuccess party at the end of april!!!!
She actually drew a tag this year before the docs said it was time for the surgery.

IT has actually become routine....My little bro, grandpa, older bro, now mom, with in 5 years me and my twin bro......Then we are done!!!!

Well

Good luck beard busters.......I have three tags and three chances.....and a mom who wants a bird!

Pines

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Dang Pines,

I'll keep your mom in my thoughts and prayers.

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I HEARD MY FIRST GOBBLER ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO AND I SAW HIM ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO GOBBLING AGAIN I SWEAR IF THE SEASON WOULD HAVE STARTED ABOUT 2 WEEKS EARLIER I WOULD HAVE BAGGED ONE ALREADY I GOT HIM WITHIN 15 YDS I NEVER CALLED OR ANYTHING IT WAS THE EVENING ABOUT 4 OR FIVE OCLOCK I BELIEVE AND MY UNCLE SAID HE HEARD A GOBBLE ...I DIDNT BELIEVE HIM SO I GOT MY CROW CALL AND GAVE OUT A LOUD CALL AND HE GOBBLED ABOUT 4 TIMES AND I REALIZED HE WAS ON OUR PROPERTY ....WHICH NEVER HAPPENS ....SO I WENT INSIDE TO GET MY CAMERA JUST INCASE WE SAW HIM ON THE WAY TO THE FEEDER.....OR WALKING AROUND...I WENT INSIDE AND THEN WE WALKED SLOWLY TO A SENDERO [ROAD] I SAW HIM AS I WAS WALKING ON THE EDGE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND THEN HE GOOBLED I FELL TO THE FLOOR AND HE JUST KEPT ON WALKIN INTO THE WOODS...HE WAS ABOUT 50YDS AWAY AT THAT TIME ...SO ME AND MY UNCLE CIRCLED IN FRONT OF HIM AND GOT SETUP WITH MY CAMERA HE JUST KEPT ON GOBBLING AND GOBBLING RYING TO FIND A HEN IN THE AREA AND THEN I LOOK TO THE LEFT OF ME AND BAMM I SEE HIM THERE DEAD STILL I QUICKLY TURN MY CAMERA AND GET HIM FLUFFING UP A BIT AND THEHN GOBBLING ALL ABOUT 15 YDS AWAY....THEN I GUESS SINCE HE NEVER HEARD A HEN HE TURNED AROUND THE SAME WAY HE CAME..JUST IMAGINE IF I HAD MY CALLS IM SURE WE WOULD HAVE BAGGED HIM....WE HEARD HIMLATER IN THE DISTANCE AND THEN I WALKED TO A ROAD WHERE I COULD SEE ACROSS THE STREET AND SPOTTED HIM WITH MY BINOCULARS ABOUT 300 YDS AWAY WALKING TO HIS ROOST THAT WAS BY FAR THE BEST TURKEY DAY I HAVE HAD WITH NO KILL OR CALLS..SO NOW I AM HOPING HE IS STILL IN THE SAME AREA AND HE IS EVEN MORE FIRED UP AND HOPEFULLY HE HASNT FOUND NO HENS AND THAT NO ONE HAS SHOT HIM....THEN THE BEST WOULD BE TO GET HIM....... AND I GET A SHOT AT IT THIS WEEKEND AND PINES I WISH YOU AND ESPECIALLY YOUR MOM THE BEST OF LUCK...I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE I HOPE EVERY THING WORKS OUT GREAT!

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I'll be hunting Manchester State Forest on Saturday &have reservations to hunt theBombing range with My Son on Sunday. The Flocks are breaking up now so I'll concentrate on hardwood bottoms & strutting areas.
Pines, Hope your Mom's surgery is a success. while I'm in the woods this weekend I'll say a prayer; I feel alot closer toGod when I'm there.
Dan

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Pines,

Your mom will be in our prayers.

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bad news for me theres some rain coming to texas this weekend:(:(i hope i still get to go out...adn the rain isnt that bad

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That is why it is nice to have a blind, you really don't get wet. Turkeys will still be out in the rain.

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yea i know i have my ameristep intimidator ground blind and it works great in the rain!!!so if i do go i want to maybe call a bit and if i here nothin then i will go and try to setup where i mainly see the birds....but my blind will be a must if it starts raining and if not i got some camo ponchos

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I am off to Altoona, Kansas in the morning!!! I will be hunting with my buddy Rob. We will be trying to take a couple gobblers on film with our bows. Let you know how we make out when we return.

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opening day tomorrow! I'll be gun hunting hickorytop Wildlife management area in the morning with a good friend of mine & bowhunting private land in the afternoon. Good luck to everyone else.
Dan

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Good luck on your hunts in the morning.

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No luck either day, I went with a buddy to Hickorytop WMA about 20 miles from my house. We set up & all was going well with a couple of birds but some hunters were running & gunning and got between us and them. They didn't get them either. This morning I took my son to the bombing range and did'nt even hear anything off the roost. One bird was killed, a nice 3 year old with 2 beards. It was cool because I'd never seen a multiple beard bird.
Dan

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Well hello fellow TEam 5 members!
I bombed in Georgia but smacked a good bird this morning in TN
22 lbs even
Beard 11 3/8
Spurs rite - 1 1/32
Spur left 1 /38
Beard 11 3/8
Your score is 22 + 10.312 + 13.75 + 22.75 = 68.812
Ya hoo

and I'll be vback out tomorrow - called in another bird for a 13 year old hunter and the birds are plumb gobbling like mad.

Hope it keeps up and it feels good as I said - I hunted with dog1 in Gerogia (Team #9 boo!) and I got my butt whooped by those palmetto river bottom birds! Poo!

But mebbe next year from what I learned this year - I may git asked back! wink wink!

JW

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Good job JW!:)

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alright jw good goin im hoping to go this up coming weekend..

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Well guys just wanted to check in....

Moms surgery went great. She is already sitting in a chair and was out of the SICU before 10am today.....thats awesome!!!

Went and shot the bow today during a lunch break today and its ready to go, just gotta get some broadheads on it and try it out. Shot some video archery the other day too and did all turkey scenarios for an hour. All went well and learned about where to aim on differnet situations.

1 week from tomm. and i will be in the camper and roostin birds!

Hope all is well and the season are full of gobbles

Pines

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Jw!,

Congrats on the bird! Way to go!

Pines,

Thats fantastic news! I'm glad to hear your mom is doing so well!

Looks like I'm going to miss opening day, guys. I start my new job tomorrow and I'll be working weekends. I'll get to hunt both the 3rd and 4th days of the season though, so it'll be alright.

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Pines,

Thats great news that your mom's surgery went well.

Washington,

Thats to bad about not going opening day, but with the photos you showed us before i don't think you will have much of a problem getting a bird.

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Wow it was a roller coaster ride. Got to kansas and got all unpacked and set out my target and pulled the trusty Mathews out to shoot a few arrows through it to make sure it was still dialed in and pulled it back and WHAM!!!!!The string broke,[:@], scared the s#it out of me.. And no back up bow.. So I look for an archery shop the next day to get a new string and nothing in the area, so I go to a pawn shop and they have a bunch of bows but only one in my draw length, it is set up 1980 style but beggars cant be choosie..So I buy this XI, has sight arrows quiver, pretty much everything, shoot it the next day and get it drilled in pretty good, go out on the 2nd and call me in a really good Tom, 23# 10 oz, spurs are 1.25, beard 11in..Scores 69.375, going to have him mounted and Name him the PAWN TOM!!!!!!! I will have a back up bow when I go back in a couple of days..

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That definately will be a turkey to remember after that roller coaster ride of being ready and pumped, to having to find a new string but then eventually having to find a used bow. Congrats.

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im leaving today!!!!!hopefully i come back with a tom congrats and good luck

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Hey guys!

I'm a little late but I'm checking in. My season starts next week April 14th. Hopefully, I will get another bird like last years.

Donnie

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Ducsauce,

Welcome to the group. Good luck on your hunt.

RE: Team 5
 

Here he is. My Kansas Rio with a bow.
Your score is 19.5 + 11.25 + 11.25 + 21.25 = 63.25
You can read the story on the bowhunting page under we are not in Kansas anymore.

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Congratulations to everyone I haven't congratulated yet!

JW!, I have a favor to ask of you. Is there any chance you would step in and take over as team captain? Since I started this new job working the archery shop in Sportsman's Warehouse I've been extremely busy, so busy in fact that I don't think I'll be able to support our team well as a captain.

Let me know if you wouldn't mind doing this, otherwise I'll still do my best to take care of things when I have the time.

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CAME BACK TODay with out even hearing a gobble...but its ok improbly heading back out april 27 i think that weather slowed them down big times

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Good news is, I'm not scheduled to be into work until 10 opening morning. I'll be in my blind until 9:30 opening morning unless I get something. Boss knows if I'm a bit late its because I bagged a bird.

I might be taking one of the guys I work with out to see if I can get him a bird with his bow too, so who knows.

We'll see what happens.

Had a customer and his son come into the store today after hunting the majority of the Youth Opener's morning. They hit two birds but lost them both (bow hunters). Said the birds are gobbling up a storm, the toms even flew the roost before the hens. This warm weather has them riled up for sure.

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Yo Dan - Yes - I will PM you and give ya a phone number and e-mail. I fyou need help we can do it together.

Hey Team - nice birds ya are getin'

Keep it up!

JW

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Hey guys I guess Dan needs help and has asked me to step-up as some of the captain ideas came from me!

So do post your birds scores here and your statistics - if you need help scoring I run another turkey contest on another forum and do use the NWTF scoring calculator.........I can help!

If you need help PM me on this web-page

Dave

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24 more days til i get to chase old tom.

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Well guys,

Sighted in the bow with the broadheads.....deadly
Patterned the gun today.........just in case
Filled the LP tank for the camper

I am ready to go, leave tomm night after 8 pm to get up there for thurs. morning.

Will check in once more before i leave
Pines

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Go get em.....Sounds like a good time.

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Hey Oine you are in Wisconsin me thinks....man our eather right now is back to Ole man winter......don't fret though and I would still go.....a small break in the weather and a slight uprise in Temperture and those birds will respond......hunted int he snow myself many times in WI and Mich....wife didn't like it though as I swiped the white bed sheets to make my own snow mound blind!

JW

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Hey Guys! I just saw i got added to Team 5 (Beard Busters), and im excited to say the least. seems like a greatbunch of guys!A little about me, im 18a senior at a small high school in east central minnesota. I live on a 350 acre hobby farm, wich my dad and i have converted almost all of into hunting ground. I have been turkey hunting for 6 years, this year will be my seventh. I've killed 4 birds, 2 with my bow, and plan on taking one this year with the hoyt. Glad to be on the team guys, best of luck. .....KP (team beard busters)

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Kyle,

Welcome to the team, and the excitement of getting together with others to talk about going after old tom turkey.
What town are you close to? I live in Pequot Lakes.

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Well guys....headed out with 3 inches of snow at home and I believe about 3 up north.....


Talk to you after a weekend of winter......i mean spring fun!
Pines

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Good luck Pines - do wut I did in the past and take a white bed sheet - makes a good blind tho the ole lady weren't to happy!

And welcome outdoormafiaKP..

JW