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ARCHIVED OLD GOBBLER TURKEY HUNTING TEAM CONTESTS => 2023 OLD GOBBLER TURKEY HUNTING TEAM CONTEST => Category: 2024 OLD GOBBLER TURKEY HUNTING TEAM CONTEST => Topic started by: twyatt on February 13, 2024, 06:58:07 AM

Title: Killer B's Check In
Post by: twyatt on February 13, 2024, 06:58:07 AM
Check in here guys if you plan on joining the team again.  Looking forward to another great year!!

1. KHNC - checked in
2. Meleagris Gallopavo -  checked in
3. Yoder409 -  checked in
4. Zsully -  checked in
5. Delmar ODonnell - checked in
6. Hoosier2 -  checked in
7. Twyatt -  checked in
8. A_jabbo -  checked in
9. Mossyguy - checked in
10.POK3 -   checked in
11. Tom007 -  checked in
12. Harleytom - checked in
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Delmar ODonnell on February 13, 2024, 07:09:52 AM
I'm in! 31 days til the Mississippi opener... but who's counting?


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on February 13, 2024, 07:19:12 AM
I'm in and ready to go.....looking forward.... :turkey2:
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: zsully on February 13, 2024, 07:23:45 AM
I'm in!

33 days till I get on a plane headed for Florida, but like Delmar said, who's counting.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 13, 2024, 09:03:43 AM
Reporting for duty, sir !!!!!!    :OGturkeyhead:

Hoping to have a couple of tags hung in the next 28-30 days.  HOWEVER........... they ain't gonna score well.    :(

Hafta wait til I start playing some home games to do some upgrading.   
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Meleagris gallopavo on February 13, 2024, 09:20:59 AM
I'm in.  Going to Texas in April hunting Rios. 


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Mossyguy on February 13, 2024, 11:27:33 AM
I'm in...I have 3 longbeards that are hanging around. Hopefully the loggers will stay away for at least the first couple weeks!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 13, 2024, 11:57:44 AM
Eye eye captain! I'm here as well and ready! I have 10 days off in mid April and 3 tags. After that I'll have at least one more weekend hunt.

Yoder where are you headed?
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: twyatt on February 13, 2024, 12:53:55 PM
2 more to check in and we'll be full!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 13, 2024, 01:31:13 PM
Plenty of time. I know in years past I was very close to not making it by the deadline. Just didn't think to sign onto oldgobbler that early in the year, back then!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Hoosier2 on February 13, 2024, 07:12:13 PM
Yes sir boys let's give em hell again this year. Pumped. I'm kinda scared to tell everybody I'm running a pinhoti purple ghost this year


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 13, 2024, 10:20:35 PM
Right. What a train wreck that turned into. I'm going to watch some Pinhoti right now before bed!  :turkey2:

:TrainWreck1:
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 13, 2024, 10:42:34 PM
Quote from: POk3s on February 13, 2024, 11:57:44 AM

Yoder where are you headed?

Campeche, MX.     
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: KHNC on February 14, 2024, 01:39:59 PM
Im in! Got a couple of new spots in SC too!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: harleytom on February 14, 2024, 09:40:53 PM
Not sure how my season is gonna look this year my friends, but I'll do my best. I'm in.


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: twyatt on February 15, 2024, 06:36:58 AM
100% CHECKED IN !!! 
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 15, 2024, 07:08:02 AM
Quote from: twyatt on February 15, 2024, 06:36:58 AM
100% CHECKED IN !!!

:icon_thumright:
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 15, 2024, 02:01:58 PM
Quote from: Yoder409 on February 13, 2024, 10:42:34 PM
Quote from: POk3s on February 13, 2024, 11:57:44 AM

Yoder where are you headed?

Campeche, MX.   

Gotcha. Was hoping you were coming to my neck of the woods for a white tip. I guess you are going for a white tip...just a different breed ????
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 15, 2024, 03:37:03 PM
Quote from: POk3s on February 15, 2024, 02:01:58 PM
Quote from: Yoder409 on February 13, 2024, 10:42:34 PM
Quote from: POk3s on February 13, 2024, 11:57:44 AM

Yoder where are you headed?

Campeche, MX.   

Gotcha. Was hoping you were coming to my neck of the woods for a white tip. I guess you are going for a white tip...just a different breed ????

Nope.

Mexican white tips are in Chihuahua and Sonora.

Going after Ocellated birds.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 15, 2024, 07:00:44 PM
Shows how much I know ????
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 15, 2024, 08:34:04 PM
Quote from: POk3s on February 15, 2024, 07:00:44 PM
Shows how much I know ????

I'll edumacate ya !!   :TooFunny:
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: a_jabbo on February 16, 2024, 11:48:09 AM
IT'S GO TIME BOYS!!!!!!! I'm freaking ready!!!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: a_jabbo on February 16, 2024, 11:57:06 AM
Quote from: Hoosier2 on February 13, 2024, 07:12:13 PM
Yes sir boys let's give em hell again this year. Pumped. I'm kinda scared to tell everybody I'm running a pinhoti purple ghost this year


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Did I miss something as to why it would be bad to be running one of those?
Title: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Hoosier2 on February 17, 2024, 05:41:14 PM
Oh just go to the general forum They might as well pin it. From what I gathered people say Dave traded pins on public areas around the country for other areas during his grand slam. Lots of guys seem pretty passionate about it. I like the guy and his content so I support a grand champion caller. Bought his glass pot over Christmas. It runs really good. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20240217/898c57a482607622b3a77cf77190a2fe.jpg)


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 20, 2024, 01:24:32 PM
Don't know anything about his calls or his YouTube show.   But, he put down a REALLY strong showing at the GNCC Senior Open both this year and last.    :you_rock:
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 22, 2024, 08:25:58 AM
 Got word I drew Kansas. I don't have to stress about it anymore :)
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on February 22, 2024, 08:36:51 AM
Quote from: POk3s on February 22, 2024, 08:25:58 AM
Got word I drew Kansas. I don't have to stress about it anymore :)


Go get em!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 22, 2024, 11:20:23 AM
Sweet !!!    :z-guntootsmiley:
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: zsully on February 22, 2024, 10:00:45 PM
I hear Kansas has giant turkeys. Maybe that's just the ticket for the Killer B's to bring home the championship!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Mossyguy on February 22, 2024, 10:18:52 PM
Quote from: zsully on February 22, 2024, 10:00:45 PM
I hear Kansas has giant turkeys. Maybe that's just the ticket for the Killer B's to bring home the championship!

A friend of mine who hosts an outdoor show and I hunted Kansas about 6 years ago. He told me the Rios were nothing like an Eastern...and he was right. According to him I shot an exceptional bird. 
(https://i.ibb.co/2320jYX/IMG-4902.png) (https://ibb.co/9HXmq3R)
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 22, 2024, 10:26:41 PM
GREAT lookin' bird !!!

Rios are fun !!!   They ain't afraid to play the game.   :you_rock:

My only triple-bearded bird to date was a long-spurred Texas Rio.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53546705064_8346557126_c.jpg)
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 24, 2024, 02:13:49 PM
I have now killed 4. They definitely are different and they've been the toughest for me. You think they're more like merriams and then all of the sudden they clam up for no apparent reason. They seem to be more secretive than merriams, even though they sound the same. All subspecies seem to have their own nuances. I guess that's what makes it fun!

Working on videos now from last year and will let you guys know when I have them posted, if you're interested in watching.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 24, 2024, 08:47:53 PM
Quote from: POk3s on February 24, 2024, 02:13:49 PM
You think they're more like merriams and then all of the sudden they clam up for no apparent reason.

IMO......... THAT'S when you better have the dot turned on and your head on a swivel.  They COMIN' !!!!

First Rios I ever called in....... 3 came straight up out of a Texas river bottom.  I saw them pop up about 80-100 yards straight out front and thought these were the easiest birds I ever worked in my life.  Then they started to my right and dipped below the brow of the slope.  Kept watching to my right figuring to see them pop outta the mesquite and pear any time.  Totally silent.......

Figured I had blown it for whatever reason.  Didn't know what.  Probably 10 minutes of silence after that....... I hear PFFFFT !!!!  MMMmmmmm..........   RIGHT FREAKIN' BESIDE ME !!!!!!!!  I looked as hard outta the corner of my eye as I could.   All 3 of them in full strut about 15 or 20 feet from me, just off my right shoulder.    Problem was...... I was snuggled back into an algerita bush (think Mother Nature's green razor wire) and there was NO WAY that I could turn to do anything.   Anyways........ That all ended badly for me.   But I'm pretty certain the one hanging upside-down in the picture above (who died about a mile away later that day) was one of those three.     
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Mossyguy on February 24, 2024, 09:47:47 PM
We hunted with an outfitter when we went. Drove about 12 hours straight from Mississippi and got there in time to roost a flock. The next day we were both tagged out with two birds apiece by 2 p.m. Woke up early the next morning and drove home.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 24, 2024, 10:44:21 PM
Killed one in Texas my first 3 minutes of hunting. Actually getting to hunt a little "extra" the afternoon before. I then didn't hear another gobble and saw one other gobbler the next 3 days.

I've since hunted them in Kansas and hybrid birds in Nebraska and they have kicked my butt regularly...last year I got the upper hand pretty good! Most of it seems to just be the way the populations are nowadays. Especially in Kansas. Lots of habitat without any turkeys...especially on public land.

Here were my two from last year, in case you guys wanted to see them again  :D It had been a. Few months after all!


(https://i.ibb.co/BGh4BD9/IMG-5859.jpg) (https://ibb.co/T1QKtXs)
(https://i.ibb.co/J7wMpNd/IMG-5860.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Xsrv594)


Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Hoosier2 on February 25, 2024, 08:24:36 AM
Fine looking birds pok. Those are great pics.


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on February 25, 2024, 09:13:44 AM
Real nice photos!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 26, 2024, 11:11:11 AM
I think...we should all re post our turkeys from last year. Gets the mind right you know ;) !

Here's my Merriam and my eastern that completely my "Poor Man's Slam"

The eastern made the "big bird" category weighing in at nearly 26 lbs

(https://i.ibb.co/zXCDsL4/AE0697-AB-E51-F-4-C24-8240-D944149-DAEF2.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Wk7jnd2)
(https://i.ibb.co/vBKvYF4/IMG-0789.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6ZfJBM0)
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 27, 2024, 01:54:10 PM
Only hunted the home ranch last year.  Killed a nice 4 year bird first Wednesday in a snow storm.  Then doubled with my cuz on a pair of 3 year birds 2 days later.

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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52872905091_5e08db6c9d_c.jpg)

I did go out with a buddy of mine, his son and his son's best buddy the last week of the season.

VERY proud to have called in this young man's very first turkey for him.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53555182562_09798c6559_c.jpg)

 
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 27, 2024, 02:03:05 PM
First gobble time scouting trip to the home ranch this morning.   36 degrees and light breeze.   Shoulda heard some birds.  They didn't see it that way.........

Nice morning to be out, though.

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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Mossyguy on February 27, 2024, 08:44:35 PM
A few weeks back for some reason my camera had turned down to face the ground...I'm guessing a bird of some sort. Well this bird just happened to walk by...I think he's a candidate  :drool:

(https://i.ibb.co/5LK8gLM/IMG-4759.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WfVy4fx)
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 27, 2024, 09:38:40 PM
That bird's a BUBBA !!!

Seriously legit set of spurs on him !!!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on February 29, 2024, 07:24:41 PM
Finally getting around to making and posting my little video about last year's spring. You boys give it a watch if you're interested!

https://youtu.be/YTlJ2Ivkn3A?si=cuJ0NPh6mROPvpXK
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on February 29, 2024, 09:11:20 PM
Cool video !!!!!!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on March 01, 2024, 07:35:54 AM
Great pics.....keep 'em comin'
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on March 01, 2024, 10:19:15 AM
Glad you enjoyed it Yoder!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Hoosier2 on March 02, 2024, 11:59:23 PM
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2023 was a fine year for me and the old
Man. He killed a henned up limb hanger the first hour of the season. I killed mine the next day Thursday. Shot with my weatherby element 20 ga. I bought for my two boys when they get ready.

Took a jump to the .410 Steven's and Burris ff3 combo with fed tss/ninja. I'm still 6 weeks out and birds have been fired up for weeks in Indiana. My hatch this year turned out with really well from poult sightings so fingers crossed. I'll be out April 20th for youth season. Should be back in a few weeks for sheds.


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Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on March 03, 2024, 06:29:48 AM
Great pics!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on March 03, 2024, 06:31:38 AM
Quote from: POk3s on March 01, 2024, 10:19:15 AM
Glad you enjoyed it Yoder!

Amen, a fine video...
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on March 03, 2024, 07:29:08 AM
Well, fellers.............

First gobble of 2024 came at 6:25 AM.

I heard more turkey talk this morning than I've heard in a LOOOOOOONG time.   Most of it hen talk. 

It was AWESOME !!!!   I wish I coulda been on the same ridge as the birds to absorb it all, up close.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: POk3s on March 03, 2024, 09:55:02 AM
Pics and hearing gobbling turkeys gets me fired up!!!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on March 05, 2024, 06:49:58 AM
Aren't all the teams supposed to have their own sub-forum to put posts in ??

Like story threads.........kill registration pic thread....... ??

I'm fixin' to go kill something, here, one of these days and there's no bird registration thread.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: JeffC on March 05, 2024, 08:32:31 AM
Sent PM into the OG command center asking for Team pages to be started.  :you_rock:
Good luck this season gentlemen, look forward to all the stories and pictures.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on March 06, 2024, 08:31:50 AM
Mission accomplished !!!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: zsully on March 06, 2024, 03:10:19 PM
Congrats Yoder!!!!! Let's see that beautiful bird!!!
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on March 06, 2024, 03:18:51 PM
Quote from: zsully on March 06, 2024, 03:10:19 PM
Congrats Yoder!!!!! Let's see that beautiful bird!!!

Lol !!!

Not yet.

"Mission accomplished" was for Jeff getting us team threads set up.    ;D

I'm not huntin for a little while, yet.
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: zsully on March 06, 2024, 06:57:08 PM
Dang I thought you were in Mexico laying the smack down already
Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Yoder409 on March 06, 2024, 09:27:00 PM
Quote from: zsully on March 06, 2024, 06:57:08 PM
Dang I thought you were in Mexico laying the smack down already

Nah.  Not yet.    ;)

Title: Re: Killer B's Check In
Post by: Tom007 on March 11, 2024, 07:46:16 PM
Quote from: JeffC on March 05, 2024, 08:32:31 AM
Sent PM into the OG command center asking for Team pages to be started.  :you_rock:
Good luck this season gentlemen, look forward to all the stories and pictures.

You too my brother, be safe!