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Started by snapper1982, June 06, 2020, 08:56:10 PM
Quote from: GobbleNut on June 12, 2020, 09:01:53 AMFirst of all, I have been on this team from the very beginning,...and I very much like all of you guys and have enjoyed participating. Winning the contest is nice,...but has been an unimportant bonus. If the format on the contest remains the same, I will probably continue to participate (unless someone like Anthony or another of our past team members needs a spot).Having said that, I think the make-up of serious turkey hunters on this team has honestly made it difficult for other teams to compete (as has been demonstrated by the results over the last few years). I think a lot of OG members have stopped participating in the contest because of that. There are fewer teams this year than I think there have ever been in the contest. From the start of these contests on OG years ago, I was one of the guys that said we should have a random drawing for the teams every year. I still believe that is what should be happening because I think it promotes more camaraderie among the overall OG membership,...and it instills a level of uncertainty in the random picking of teams that might encourage more OG members to get involved.The point of all of this rambling is that I plan on starting a discussion among the OG membership about the contest and whether a change in the format is needed in the future to insure more "equity",...and hopefully, more participation. I just wanted you guys to know that my intent to do that has nothing to do with any discontent or animosity I hold with our team. I just think too many folks may have lost interest in participating in the contest because we have been dominating it for so long....That's the view from here...Jim
Quote from: eggshell on June 12, 2020, 09:14:55 AMGobblenut, refresh my memory. Didn't we do a team thing over on TT&H that was a random assignment. I know I participated some, but I have never joined a team here. I always felt like the teams here were closed and prearranged between members and I felt like I'd be intruding. It's kind of fun, but I found it changed my hunting some when I was competing. Our old chapter of NWTF done a contest for years and the club finally abandoned it because the same people won most years. Some focused on just killing big birds and winning while others just hunted for any turkey. Occasionally a random hunter killed that one exceptional bird, but typically it was the same guys taking the trophy and pot, it just rotated between 3-4 guys. I enjoy my hunting a lot more now that it doesn't matter what I kill. I think it hurt me as a turkey hunter when I was younger. Now, I don't think it would matter as I feel like I don't have to prove anything and if I kill that high scoring bird or not doesn't matter. My best bird this year would of probably been in the 50s, not winning much
QuoteI hate to see folks on OG not participate in the contest because of some of the very things you mention above. I just think it is time for a general discussion among the members to see if we need to rethink the contest to bring in more of the membership.
Quote from: eggshell on June 12, 2020, 02:44:17 PMQuoteI hate to see folks on OG not participate in the contest because of some of the very things you mention above. I just think it is time for a general discussion among the members to see if we need to rethink the contest to bring in more of the membership. Oh yeah, better be careful what you wish for Old Man....that dynasty banner might just get taken down. It's been a while since I targeted solely big old gobblers, but I ain't forgot how to kill em either! Isn't a contest supposed to be at least a little bit about talking smack?
Quote from: eggshell on June 18, 2020, 08:53:54 PMDon't worry snapper, Gobblenut and i go back a ways....just having fun
