Details and picto come later, but my 1st Ne Rio is down. 58.5 to add to the team score. I will try to find a bigger one next time guys..LOL

I take offense to that deerdust, my bird scored 58.5. That's a greatbird on any given day. Congrats andgood luck on getting that "bigger" one.

Finally Boys (and girls), connected this morning. Although it was only a Jake, it felt good. It has been long/tough season so far. I had to work harder for this Jake than I have for any of my other birds. The farm I'm hunting has a lot of hens...A LOT. This late in the season, a lot of hens should nesting, but I seen 7 hens this morning....and only one bearded bird (the Jake) I've only seen two Toms this year (and a pile of hens) and I've put a lot of hours in. So after passing up Jakes earlier this season, I thought I better take one before I get skunked on the year. The bird weighted 14 lbs, 1/2" purs, 4 1/2" beard. I will calculate the score and post some pics later.

Sorry to say boys, but I blew it this morning on the CT opener. It was pouring rain, and I had a bird roosted. I yelped before he flew down and he acknowledged me. I saw him fly down and SLOWLY work towards my dekes, when I noticed out of the corner of my eye a silent longbeard in full strut also SLOWLY working towards my dekes from a different direction. Both of these birds were longbeards. I waited until one of them gave me what I thought was a good shot and BOOM! I was confident I would be adding some points for the team, but I couldn't believe HE FLEW AWAY! I underestimated the range. Sorry boys. I did stop by another farm on my way home to check in with the landowner and saw a nice bird in the field. The landowner convinced me to give it a try even though there was only a half hour of legal shooting time (gotta quit by noon in CT.) I snuck into the field and tried to get him to come probably about 100 yards, but he wasn't interested. The woods across the field exploded in gobbling though but they were sitting tight and there was no time to legally pursue. I have hunted this farm for 3 years and have never seen or heard birds there, but I know they are around. This year may be a little different. That was just one field out of a good 200+ acres I have permission on, so I have my fingers crossed.

Well guys, I am done for this season. Arkansas' season ends today and I hunted until about 1:00 but came up empty handed. It has been a tough season and I feel real fortunate to have gotten 1 tom 2 weeks ago here in Arkansasand 2 toms in Kansas. I have had my chances to fill my 2nd tag here in Arkansas but jakes, coyotes, and just plain bad luck has kept me from getting it done. I wish could have upped our teams score with a better one than the biggest tom that I got in Kansas but you know how it goes. I wish all who are lucky enough to still be hunting, good luck with the rest of the season. Hopefully our team will come out on top.

Hey Guys & Gals,

Got back late last night from my last scheduled turkey hunt for this spring.

We went to Michigan and had a great time. Was able to bring down a nice Tom on the 2nd day about 10:00 a.m. Stats below and picture will follow:

Weight 24 1/2 lbs.
Beard 10 3/4 inches
Both Spurs were 1 1/2 inches each

Hope you all are having a great season!

Bluegunner

Great bird bluegunner!! Congrats!!!!

Picture is of myself and the friend that went to Michigan with me. Two nice Easterns, Barry is on the left with a 22 3/4 lb bird, yours truly is on the right, my bird was 24 1/2 lbs. rest of stat in previous post. Picture quality poor, will post a better one when pictures are e-mailed to me. I had forgotten my camera and someone else took the pictures.

tough season up here in NY, the big boys are all henned up so mabey in a week or so things will heat up!

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