Team 4 Roll Call
03-15-2005, 03:28 PM
#52
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waipahu HI USA
Posts: 2,915
RE: Team 4 Roll Call
QS,
We've had Rio's here since the mid-late 50's. So far the only spring season is on the Big Island. The best guestimate is that we have 33,000 birds. Jan & Feb of last year my NWTF chapter helped the state release 16 turkeys on Oahu. Last spring we saw 10 chicks in the 3-4# size range. If we can get a decent population on Oahu plus the one on Kauai; in a few years we might try to develop an award for a state slam (a tom from Big Island, Oahu & Kauai). That'd be cool.
We've had Rio's here since the mid-late 50's. So far the only spring season is on the Big Island. The best guestimate is that we have 33,000 birds. Jan & Feb of last year my NWTF chapter helped the state release 16 turkeys on Oahu. Last spring we saw 10 chicks in the 3-4# size range. If we can get a decent population on Oahu plus the one on Kauai; in a few years we might try to develop an award for a state slam (a tom from Big Island, Oahu & Kauai). That'd be cool.
03-16-2005, 01:09 AM
#53
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Rural Valley PA USA
Posts: 444
RE: Team 4 Roll Call
Guys, if you want the pic in your signature the first thing you need to do is have a website to host it on (such as photobucket.com).
Photobucket.com will host your pics for free. Here's what you do...
1) Right click your mouse on the turkey pic
2) choose the 'Save Image As' option
3) save the image somewhere on your computer where you can find it easy and give it an easy name to remember
4) go to your account at Photobucket.com (or other photo hosting site)
5) upload the turkey pic
6) copy the new image location - it should look something like this:
7) go to your profile on Huntingnet.com
8) scroll down to 'your signature' and enter the image location exactly as you copied it
9) make sure you click the little box that says to always attach signature to posts
10) make sure you save or update your profile and it should be working
Don't copy my image location as I have it above since I added an extra space and x's so that you could see how it is supposed to look. I'll be checking in now and then so if you have trouble I'll try to help. It's easier than it may seem.
Photobucket.com will host your pics for free. Here's what you do...
1) Right click your mouse on the turkey pic
2) choose the 'Save Image As' option
3) save the image somewhere on your computer where you can find it easy and give it an easy name to remember
4) go to your account at Photobucket.com (or other photo hosting site)
5) upload the turkey pic
6) copy the new image location - it should look something like this:
7) go to your profile on Huntingnet.com
8) scroll down to 'your signature' and enter the image location exactly as you copied it
9) make sure you click the little box that says to always attach signature to posts
10) make sure you save or update your profile and it should be working
Don't copy my image location as I have it above since I added an extra space and x's so that you could see how it is supposed to look. I'll be checking in now and then so if you have trouble I'll try to help. It's easier than it may seem.
03-16-2005, 11:12 AM
#54
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 5,716
RE: Team 4 Roll Call
Very interesting Joe
Glad to see that the NWTF's efforts are having an impact outside the continental U.S.
Do you guys have a large base of turkey hunters buying licenses to hunt the birds in Oahu?
How and why were the Rio's introduced on the island? I'm guessing somebody stocked the first birds, but my question is why was the Rio selected instead of the Gould's, Merriam's or Eastern? Better suited for the habitat?
Glad to see that the NWTF's efforts are having an impact outside the continental U.S.
Do you guys have a large base of turkey hunters buying licenses to hunt the birds in Oahu?
How and why were the Rio's introduced on the island? I'm guessing somebody stocked the first birds, but my question is why was the Rio selected instead of the Gould's, Merriam's or Eastern? Better suited for the habitat?
03-17-2005, 02:39 PM
#55
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location:
Posts: 500
RE: Team 4 Roll Call
Greetings Bandits!!!
I just checked in to this forum, been off post for a long time--many stories--broke my hand, had a hernia, computer blew up, etc. But here I am, anyway.
I'm hunting Kansas, South Dakota and Minnesota, for sure, maybe Missouri if I get lucky in Kansas this spring. Maybe Missouri anyway, lucky or not. We shall see . . .
I'll be carrying my Mossberg 935 Turkey gun, short barrel and Rhino choke. I'm getting a Bushnell Holoscope and a LazyLeg shooting stick put on the gun next week, since I broke my hand and it will be in a cast, so I'll be shooting left-handed (and one handed) this spring.
I'm going to try the new Federal Heavyweight 3 1/2" #6 FliteControl shells, if I can find any, and if they pattern decently. If not, I'll stick with my old Federal lead #6s, they're tried and true.
I shot a five-bearded turkey a couple of years ago, which was one of the higher scoring birds and helped win my team, at the time, first place in this annual event. I'll be returning to the same area this spring, so I hope multi-bearded turkeys are indigenous to the area!!!
How many turkeys you guys killed?? My memory puts me at 19 so far, probably more, plus I got my wife addicted a few years ago, as well, and she's shot a couple herself!!! I've been at it quite a few years, and have been beaten by a wise old gobbler or two a few times, as well!!!
Hope that we all have a safe and successful spring!! Good luck to all!!!
I just checked in to this forum, been off post for a long time--many stories--broke my hand, had a hernia, computer blew up, etc. But here I am, anyway.
I'm hunting Kansas, South Dakota and Minnesota, for sure, maybe Missouri if I get lucky in Kansas this spring. Maybe Missouri anyway, lucky or not. We shall see . . .
I'll be carrying my Mossberg 935 Turkey gun, short barrel and Rhino choke. I'm getting a Bushnell Holoscope and a LazyLeg shooting stick put on the gun next week, since I broke my hand and it will be in a cast, so I'll be shooting left-handed (and one handed) this spring.
I'm going to try the new Federal Heavyweight 3 1/2" #6 FliteControl shells, if I can find any, and if they pattern decently. If not, I'll stick with my old Federal lead #6s, they're tried and true.
I shot a five-bearded turkey a couple of years ago, which was one of the higher scoring birds and helped win my team, at the time, first place in this annual event. I'll be returning to the same area this spring, so I hope multi-bearded turkeys are indigenous to the area!!!
How many turkeys you guys killed?? My memory puts me at 19 so far, probably more, plus I got my wife addicted a few years ago, as well, and she's shot a couple herself!!! I've been at it quite a few years, and have been beaten by a wise old gobbler or two a few times, as well!!!
Hope that we all have a safe and successful spring!! Good luck to all!!!
03-17-2005, 03:34 PM
#57
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Waipahu HI USA
Posts: 2,915
RE: Team 4 Roll Call
QS,
Why Rio's? Don't know. Our state pres. found records that sometime in the 60's a few Merriam's were also released by a private landnwner. In some pix, toms are whiter-lighter than others. A few yrs ago, some turkey biologists thought my friend got his pix mixed up..."Nice Merriam's. Uh...no it's a Rio Grande from Hawaii. What?! Are you sure? That really looks like a Merriam's"
Gould's would be cool, but given the problems of introduced-exotic species, I think we'll just have to work with what we've got.
Why Rio's? Don't know. Our state pres. found records that sometime in the 60's a few Merriam's were also released by a private landnwner. In some pix, toms are whiter-lighter than others. A few yrs ago, some turkey biologists thought my friend got his pix mixed up..."Nice Merriam's. Uh...no it's a Rio Grande from Hawaii. What?! Are you sure? That really looks like a Merriam's"
Gould's would be cool, but given the problems of introduced-exotic species, I think we'll just have to work with what we've got.
03-19-2005, 03:23 PM
#59
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Circleville Oh
Posts: 962
RE: Team 4 Roll Call
Wow just found my name on team 4. Season starts April 18 here in Oh. Not soon enough for me. I've got my eye on a nice double beard tom thats got a arrow with his name on it just waiting for season to open. car