Hello everyone! My name is Austin, checking in for the first time in a long, long time. I was pretty active around here back in the early-mid 2010s. As I’m sure all of you have experienced, life got awfully busy. Over the past 10 years I’ve moved a handful of times, settled down, started a family, and killed a few turkeys 😂

This week as I’ve been cleaning up the decoys and preparing for the start of Missouri's season next Monday, I found myself reminiscing about how much fun this place used to be every spring. Personally, I have never forgotten the camaraderie of the turkey contests. I am sad to see that they are no more, but I can absolutely understand why.

Anyways, I just wanted to check in and see if any of y’all were still around! Arrowmaster, JW, bornagain64, DTC, kellyguinn, bald9eagle are just a few that I was thinking of.

I hope any and all of our old pals that are still out there are doing well. It would be wonderful to reconnect with you all again.

A few floating around still.

Not like the old days. deer and turkey contests are no more.

Are you hunting this spring?

- Jake

I pop in from time to time. Bornagain 64 is my hunting partner and I keep in touch with Kelly Gunn. I do miss those turkey contests.

still here sometimes after 27 years I wonder why

It’s really nice to hear back from you guys. Glad to see some of you all are still around and doing well.

Absolutely. Wouldn’t miss it. How about you?

We are just finishing up spring turkey here in Florida. We had a good season.

Well I drop in from time to time. I'm also on other forums and involved in an online ministry that keeps me busy

Oh ya. I got a the whole first week off for PA.

I got my a PA bear and a buck this fall so I'm going for the "triple trophy"

- Jake

Jake, they have a brain the size of a hickory nut, your out of your league!