Gentlemen,
We are now in the final few days of the 2018 Old Gobbler Turkey Hunting Contest. The gates for entries usually close on June 1st. As of today, our team score of 556.9 puts us in 4th place in the standings behind Gods of Thunder with a staggering score of 613.4, Crusaders with 604.3 and Purrpetrators with 574.2. The one beautiful point about this years contest is that it appears to have been without the pall of controversy and allegations of cheating as in previous years. The team captains have all maintained a clean contest, concentrating on the merits of their team harvests and good sportsmanship. These are the core values that we should all aspire to in the spring woods.
I congratulate every one of you on a great season, even if you (me included) came up empty handed. There have been some stellar scores put up by some of our members and I would like to highlight them, trying to not embarrass them in doing so. The three Roaring 20's master hunters this year are JakesDad, 3Seasons and HarleyTom. JakesDad put two fat rascals on the scoreboard with one topping out at 69.83. 3Seasons hung 4 on their hooks and got us started early with a Rio from Hawaii, the 20's first bird ever scored from the islands. He then came home took a nap and kept right on with his serial killing on his home turf with one Mississippi Blues Singer that scored a beautiful 67.685. HarleyTom was able to close out his Grand Slam this year and dropped the 20 gauge hammer on a new personal record corn-fed country boy from Nebraska that taped in at 71.575!
This team continues to be the paragon of hunting ethics that stand as a shining example of how hunters can ethically conduct themselves and commit to a fair chase in the woods when no one is watching and still come strolling back to the truck with a clear conscious and a monster gobbler hanging heavy over their shoulder. I am proud to be a member of The Roaring 20's and to be called your Captain.
Guys, what do you say we meet up here again next year and do this again? Be safe and I will see you gentlemen in a few months.
Humbly.
Norman aka FullChoke