Post by: twyatt on March 03, 2019, 10:15:36 PM
Post by: redjones on March 04, 2019, 03:31:23 PM
Hopefully we will all kill some nice birds this year and put in a good showing.
I live in NW Indiana and will be retired by the time season opens (YES,YES,YES)
Greg
Post by: J_mill on March 04, 2019, 04:19:15 PM
Post by: Hersh on March 04, 2019, 05:25:25 PM
Post by: squidd on March 04, 2019, 06:41:45 PM
I moved to FL in 2007 from IL and have really only been chasing turkeys the past 4-5 years. There wasn’t a good enough population to hunt them in N Central IL and would bump into them occasionally in State or City parks. I hunt and fish as much as I can and hope to make a GA turkey hunt with a co-worker or TX hunt to see family.
I’ve worked for a two different utilities since 1990 and spent 28 years with the Navy both active and reserve.
Season kicked off with my daughter two weekends ago and birds were crazy quiet. This past weekend they were finally making noise but think I could have thrown a rock and hit four other hunters. I’m all public hunting and in FL it takes ~ 4 years to get a good draw. Next weekend will be N FL season opener for youth and already have a few public spots holding birds.
Hope to add an Osceola or two in mix this season and safe hunting to ya!
Post by: J_mill on March 04, 2019, 08:24:24 PM
Hi guys, my name is Ryan. This is my first attempt at the turkey competition thing. I'm a house painter for a real job and make calls for a hobby. Can't wait for season to begin. I'll b hunting Indiana and Michigan. I hunt almost exclusively on public land. Love the challenge of public land hunting. Good luck to all of us.
I’ve been making calls as well for the past couple years but with the recent move been down with shop time recently. I enjoy turning mostly pot calls so far. My shop is being finished in the next couple weeks and hopefully I can get back up and running soon. I take any advice I can get being relatively new to turning calls. I’ve managed to kill several with my own calls but have a passion for collecting/using others as well. It’s definitely a craft an a form of art for sure. Maybe I could send you one and get feedback or gain a few tips. Old Gobbler has opened many doors for us as a community to expand on this obsession. Looking forward to our season.
Post by: twyatt on March 04, 2019, 10:39:14 PM
It looks like we have a lot of first-timers to the contest, me included, but at some point I think we have to pick a team name and a team captain. Anyone have any thoughts?
I know I need to buy a digital scale since I believe it's required that we weight any bird we kill as part of the score.
I leave for Texas next Friday, heading down there with a few customers to do some hog and turkey hunting. I'm beyond excited, next Saturday is opening day in Texas, so I'm hoping to get us on the scoreboard. We have 2 days of hog and turkey hunting, then the 3rd day we get to shoot hogs out of a helicopter. I went last year too just to hog hunt and it was a blast. The best part is that my company pays for it!!
Post by: ads1 on March 04, 2019, 10:54:05 PM
Travis would be a great Team Captain!
Terry Kiser
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Post by: Missed mallards on March 05, 2019, 08:38:36 PM
Names Tom, wife calls me other names especially this time of the year, but I’ll stick with that for the time being. Live in MS and have chased turkeys with some degree of excitement for the last 10 years. Will be hunting only MS, mostly public birds!
Sadly I’ve never turned a call and am a long ways from retirement (congrats to those that made it!). But my wife’s cool with me leaving, my daughter understands, and the boss hasn’t fired me yet so I’m blessed to spend a few good mornings in the hardwoods. Season starts in roughly 2 weeks and I’m ready to put some leather to the ground. Got some winter weight that needs to be worked off so it’ll be a twofold outcome, at least I hope!
Good luck fellas!
Tom
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Post by: twyatt on March 05, 2019, 10:01:50 PM
He just allocated 2 more people so I think that gives us 10. I sent 2 new guys a message telling them to come on over and check in.
I've never done one of these contests but I'll be glad to be captain if no one else wants it. If anyone else does want to, by all means please feel free.
Post by: twyatt on March 06, 2019, 10:50:08 AM
The main things to remember are - take a picture of you and your bird, take a picture of your bird on a digital scale with the weight clearly shown, take a picture of the beard measurement, take a picture of each of the spur measurements. Take a picture of the scoring form with all of the fields filled in to the decimal, and have your screen name and date of harvest written on the form. Then post all of these pictures in our scoring thread - which we should receive once we pick a captain and team name.
Important to remember - take GOOD pictures - fill out the form properly - post ALL the pictures
I just had to order a digital scale - amazon has one with a tape measure for about $10 bucks if anyone is looking
Post by: ThunderChickenHunter21 on March 07, 2019, 10:07:15 PM
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Post by: ads1 on March 08, 2019, 06:50:00 AM
Post by: ads1 on March 08, 2019, 07:45:37 AM
Hi guys, my name is Ryan. This is my first attempt at the turkey competition thing. I'm a house painter for a real job and make calls for a hobby. Can't wait for season to begin. I'll b hunting Indiana and Michigan. I hunt almost exclusively on public land. Love the challenge of public land hunting. Good luck to all of us.
Where do you live? Indiana?
Post by: MDbowman on March 08, 2019, 12:31:39 PM
Good luck to ya'll in the contest. Sounds like you have a bunch of turkey killers and that's great. But that is only half the battle! Read the rules and take GOOD pics.
It's all about getting the required pics!! Just a little helpful hint. Good luck from someone on another team!
Post by: ThunderChickenHunter21 on March 08, 2019, 03:33:57 PM
Team C,
Good luck to ya'll in the contest. Sounds like you have a bunch of turkey killers and that's great. But that is only half the battle! Read the rules and take GOOD pics.
It's all about getting the required pics!! Just a little helpful hint. Good luck from someone on another team!
Thanks bowman! Gonna try our best. Good luck to y’all as well
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Post by: makohoss on March 08, 2019, 04:27:33 PM
Post by: squidd on March 08, 2019, 06:29:31 PM
Post by: ads1 on March 08, 2019, 08:37:47 PM
Post by: squidd on March 09, 2019, 10:58:17 AM
Post by: twyatt on March 10, 2019, 09:38:47 AM
Had two firing off this morning and had another hunted move in that helped push them away - then he set up 75 yds away - that gave me an opportunity to move and scout a new area - lots of tracks and no birds.
Stay after 'em Todd - good luck next time!
Post by: Roost 1 on March 10, 2019, 11:07:33 PM
Post by: ThunderChickenHunter21 on March 10, 2019, 11:29:13 PM
Good luck guys and like mentioned above take good pics and remember cut off beards and legs will not count.....lots of guys get caught up on technicalities and it always happens to the biggest birds. Don’t let your excitement get the best of you...
Thanks for the heads up! Hope we can make this an even better contest this year!
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Post by: twyatt on March 11, 2019, 09:16:44 AM
Welcome to all the new members of the team, and good luck to the guys already hunting!
Post by: squidd on March 11, 2019, 06:37:38 PM
Post by: twyatt on March 11, 2019, 07:51:27 PM
(https://i.ibb.co/6JDR0qc/Calls1.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/pRvgjXw/Calls2.jpg)
Post by: ThunderChickenHunter21 on March 11, 2019, 08:58:07 PM
Knocked out a few calls waiting on season to get here. Just need to engrave the back now.
(https://i.ibb.co/6JDR0qc/Calls1.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/pRvgjXw/Calls2.jpg)
Good looking stuff right there
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Post by: squidd on March 13, 2019, 07:13:19 PM
Post by: twyatt on March 13, 2019, 08:52:28 PM
Post by: Caspar on March 14, 2019, 09:22:11 PM
Post by: Turkeyman on March 20, 2019, 11:04:34 AM
Post by: ads1 on March 20, 2019, 07:51:11 PM
Post by: squidd on March 20, 2019, 08:33:13 PM
Post by: twyatt on March 22, 2019, 03:49:04 PM
Post by: squidd on March 22, 2019, 08:42:16 PM
Daughter chose S FL Science Museum over turkey hunting this morning.
Cool part was getting to see President Trump drive by!! Daughter said he had his happy face on instead of his grumpy face.
Post by: twyatt on March 23, 2019, 08:07:00 AM
My daughters are 5 and 10, and neither show ANY interest in turkey hunting, and typically yell at me at least once a day for running calls in my house. I think it's the getting up at 4am part that turns them off, lol.
Post by: squidd on March 24, 2019, 11:00:19 AM
Last two mornings have been silent and birdless. Plenty of hunters walking by and same story, nothing heard. Time to move to a third WMA next weekend.