RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

Had a great youth weekend. 6 hunters 3 birds killed. Nasty windy rainy Sat, and a windy Sunday. I took Landon out and we tried. Had to resort to going to the gobble. They were henned up bad and seemed to be still in Winter flocks. Anyway Landon didn't get a bird but he got an eyeful. We had 5 strutting, drumming and spitiing birds, with 40 hens and several Jakes. He had an opp on a jake but wanted to wait out a longbeard. I worked the flock toward us somehow, probably just got where they wanted to be, dought I called em LOL. But they never got into open woods. They stayed in the cedars and had quite the morning. Landon got to see a fight and a romance scene. One kid took this beauty. 26 # 3 beards. Too bad he's not on the team:D Seems early stiil. The gobblers were sporting white heads with very little red showing. Redbuds should be out soon...Morrels and Longbeards to follow.



Here's the bird with the father and son one of the guides called for. Who looks prouder?

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

I've been doing a lot of scouting up here in northern new jersey. Hope I harvest a spring gobbler. April 18th is our opener.

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

Hitting the woods tomorrow, our opener! Have not got a chance to scout except one morning. I moved away from the farm for the big city life. [&o] But, have hunted the area for years, and know about where they usually are. Found someone here that is willing to share some hunts with me, so I'm pumped. Always like to meet new people, hunt new areas, and share strategies. Good Luck to everone! Go Get'em!

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

Good luck!!! I am gonna try and head out in the am myself. The weather has been bad all week, a few tornadoes and storms so hopefully I won't be fixin fence again!!

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

GIT R DONE HHG. Our season starts in the morning, I'm stoked!!

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

We had our 2 day youth season opener today and it was awesome. My little sis got her first bird today. Not a monster but you couldn't have told her that. It was a trophy for both of us and I'm glad to have been there with her.

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

Well here we go.... I'm gettting ready to leave for KS in about 15 minutes and hopefully I can return and put another bird on the board for us..... Whats nice is I get to return to roll right into MO season...... Isn't life great!!!!! :D:D:D

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

Season starts Monday here in NJ i cant wait i have been doing alot of scouting and hearing a good amount of birds.:)
Hopefully the weather is nice.
Good luck to all.

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

Man...WVa must have the latest opening date in the US.... ours don't start til the 25th.... WAAAYY too late ,IMHO...that's why our kills have steadily declined over the past 5 years, and are back to 1991 levels!!!

Good Luck on your hunts................

RE: TEAM 8... "TOM TAKERS"
 

The season starts on Monday here in MI as well. We have located the roosts and have them flying down in the same area every morning. They quickly move to their strut zones and go to work. Now all that we have to do is pray that no one else is observing this same pattern and planning to sneak in and harvest my birds. ( Private land) I truly believe that the sunrises this year have been more spectacular than ever before. It could be that I actually slowed down enough to consider all of the aspects of hunting. I am sure that I speak for all of us when I say that the face masks we wear for chasing turkeys are really just to camoflage the smiles on our faces when that first bird lets lose his gobble. Good luck to all- hopefully we'll be posting some photos by Tuesday!