Team #5 "SPUR COLLECTORS"

[sman]

MossyOak
duckman31822
rmcatcher
Big Country

Let me here from you guys!!!

Tell me where your from, your experience, and how it is looking for this year.

I feel good about this years challenge!!!

Come on March 21!!! 7 more days!!!

:yeah:

[Big Country]

Hey guys! I will be hunting WMA s around MidGa. and 2000 acres of private land also.
I have seen and heard a few, thats about it.
Dont have any tied out, but I feel pretty good about it. I have alot more land to hunt this year.
Good luck and give me a holla! :cheers:

[MossyOak]

MossyOak here, I live in Cedartown, Ga
I got Turkey's out the whazoo ! I have 225 arces in Cedartown and 75 acres in Forney, AL....
Can't wait to smoke some turkeys !

[sman]

I have some private land that doesn't look to good this year. I hunt a lot of WMA's. Been hunting turkeys over 20 years. I limit out pretty much every year and I expect this year will be the same. I am good for 3 this year with 2 coming off WMA's.

I am pumped for next weekend, the river is up so the local wma is closed but I think I can manage to get on a bird somewhere.:biggrin2:

[sman]

Went and listened again this morning and still no birds on the private land. It will get better I am sure. Here is a list of possible team names, like any of these or do yall have any suggestions?
Beard busters
Head bangers
Bloody boots
Limbhangers
Spurcollectors
Turkey terrorist
Hookers
Gobble getters
Strut Stoppers
Sunrise assassins

[duckman31822]

hello guys,

glad to be on the team with all of yall. ive been hunting turkeys about 12 years now. i hunt all private land.. no wmas. dont really have any interest in them. looking forward to winning this this contest with yall this year!!:cool: i havent heard but one gobble so far this year but ill definitely be listening every morning i can this week. limited out last year. hopefully i can repeat it this year. im cool with all those names. really liked spur collectors but whatever yall decide on im cool with. this is my first turkey challenge. i missed the deadline last year.

im from pine mountain. and as for how its looking this year, saw a ton of jakes last year so i should have a good bit of 2 yr olds. hopefully i will luck up and get some 3 or 4 yr olds to cooperate. been out to listen one time and heard one bird far off. going every chance i get this week and try to pinpoint one

[Big Country]

I like THE SPUR COLLECTORS

[MossyOak]

I just got back from walking some of my 225 acres, I had several Toms and bunch of jakes in the far back. They normally stay in the back until 2-3 weeks and they start venturing out in the middle areas. Getting ready to go out again with the wife and take some pictures of some.
I forsee a good year..
Forney, Al is my old stand by, Bama season starts tomorrow but since we cant start counting the kills until March 21st, I'll give the Bama birds one week of rest :bounce:

Team # 5 Spur Collectors

[Big Country]

Team 5 "SPUR COLLECTORS"

[sman]

Spur Collectors sounds great to me as well.

[sman]

MossyOak sound like you really have them tied down, good deal. Rmcatcher was in the challenge last year and he posted up a real nice bird. I put 3 in the challenge last year. I can tell you we need to post every bird we kill. 12 birds between 5 hunters is a pretty tough order.

I really don't think we need to enter any jakes. Besides that I am open for any and all kills, especially WMAs and big uns. Good luck fellas.

[duckman31822]

was going this morn to try to hear some gobbling but it was pouring down rain. gonna try again wednesday morn.

[Big Country]

Yea me too duck. Just saw 2 jakes in one of my fields on the way home from work.

[sman]

I just got a call and was offered $150 + tips to guide in Eastman opening morning. Don't know what to do, haven't heard any on the private land and the wma is flooded. Will decide tomorrow. Eastman isn't to far from you is it Big Country?

Guide a turkey hunt till lunch time and then I am through, but giving up a opening day is hard. I have guided a few and it is fun, but never on opening day.:huh:

[rmcatcher]

hey guys! Good to meet all of you. I am from south GA valdsta area. I have a little slice of turkey heaven at my disposal. The only problem is I am a GA state trooper and I have been shipped off to Jasper GA. Ive been scouting around on the wmas around there but no luck so far. I will be home enough to support us but It will not be as productive as I have been in the past. Im looking foward to hearing one drum in my face. I cant wait.

[Big Country]

Good to hear from you there catcher! It would be hard for me to charge someone or ask them to pay sman. I would do it just for the opportunity. We have plenty of time to win this contest. Yea Dodge Co. is about 15 miles from here.

[sman]

In the past I told them they didn't have to pay me, just cover my gas and maybe let me hunt a little. I was told that my wages were covered in their price from the get go and that while they would like to let me hunt they only allowed paying clients to hunt. I can't afford one of their hunts. This time it is a girl and her dad. dad is a marketing rep for sports agents. $$$

[duckman31822]

woods were on fire down here tis morn. heard 4 diff birds and one spot. i hope i dont have to work sat morn.. i will know for sure tomm. gonna go listen at another spot tomm morn if work doesnt call me in

[Big Country]

sounds good duck I will be out listening in the morn also... Got one roosted behind the house:cool: Not sure where im gonna hunt yet:huh:
Good luck!

[sman]

Heard 2 this morning near the house. Already committed to guide, but I made reservations with these two for lunch Sat.

Good luck to everyone, hope we get some birds on the board.

[Big Country]

Saw several birds this mornin but no gobbles

[Big Country]

WMA Bird Down

[sman]

WMA Bird Down

You da man!!!!:banana::yeah:

Ended up calling one in for the young lady this morning. She had 4 gobblers blowing her ear drums off at 7:20, it ended at 7:30 this morning. Now it is my turn.

[Big Country]

Finally got the pics added. Thanks for the help sman. Time for a nap.

[duckman31822]

great job big country. glad someone had some luck this morn. i walked my tail oof tryin to find a bird this morn. i changed my plans at the last min and went to a diff spot. about 11 o clock i called in 2 jakes but let them slide till next year. maybe get to hunt in the morn

[Big Country]

Thanks duck, He had a better beard than whats left, I about blew the hole thing off. We went and checked him in and then tryed to call one up for my son. Had 6 jakes to come in and he misses. Oh well, I told him, Thats turkey huntin! Goin for #2 in the morn. Good Luck!

[sman]

called a jake up this afternoon. moved to another field, I glassed that thing for 10 minutes before I drove into the back of it. Sure enough there was a long beard hidden in one of the corners, drove right up on him. Good beard, I will see him in the morning.

[Timberchicken]

Don't oversleep.............

[MossyOak]

I saw afew jakes this afternoon, wanted to wait for the big boy though he never showed up. headed to Bama to my honey hole, crossing my fangers and hoping to score for the Team.
I got a new Browning 10 gauge at lunch, never shot a bird with one, it should be interesting :bounce:

Mossy

[duckman31822]

got on some this morning but got called in to work and had to leave them. im off a bunch this week so maybe i can rack us up some points...

[MossyOak]

Had 4 hens play beat up my hen decoy for 2 hrs this morning, never heard nor saw a Tom or Jake with them..
And of course as I was leaving in my truck not even a mile away in the front yard of an old abandoned hse were a flock of toms and jakes....

Will be heading back out this afternoon, only time will tell before the sun goes down..

Mossy

[Big Country]

Called up one for a buddy of mine this morn. Then left and tried to get me one. Had 3 struttin out in a field with 6 hens couldnt do anything with them. Maybe next weekend.

[MossyOak]

Looks like your on the spot !
Mighty nice of ya to call in such a purrrdy bird for your friend..

Getting ready to leave out to attempt to lure the big boys on my hotty of a hen decoy...
Maybe if I put a camo bikini on her they'll be more interested :bounce:

[sman]

Don't oversleep.............

Keep wish 'n, we are in the process of spankin some butt. You just need to worry about that bird on the road. I will have to drive by one morning and get him out the window.

Besides how many times did you sleep in last year?:whip:

[sman]

I saw afew jakes this afternoon, wanted to wait for the big boy though he never showed up. headed to Bama to my honey hole, crossing my fangers and hoping to score for the Team.
I got a new Browning 10 gauge at lunch, never shot a bird with one, it should be interesting :bounce:

Mossy

10 gauge......ouch!!!

[sman]

Didn't hear a thing this morning. I seem to be on a jake streak. Called one in yesterday aftenoon and this morning. Can't go this afternoon, just drove by and there were 3 hens and a jake in the field.

[MossyOak]

I couldnt believe it, not one dang bird showed his head this afternoon, ...
Well I'll be behind my house in the morning, heck I'll hunt all day if I have too..

Stay tuned

[sman]

Boys I got one that is messing with my head. He doesn't gobble. He jumps from field to field. I keep glassing the fields and don't see him so I drive on back towards the woods and he will be standing in the field I just glassed. Did it this morning and just about 5 minutes ago. I picked up my son and swang by to see if we could see him. Got to get him soon cause the lady who owns the land has allowed 2 other guys to hunt there now. Wish me luck tomorrow.

[Big Country]

Any luck guys? Hang in there sman you'll get him, leave that trucked parked and hoof it.

[sman]

Any luck guys? Hang in there sman you'll get him, leave that trucked parked and hoof it.

yep, I got to quit being lazy!!!:whip:

[MossyOak]

Only the 1st week-end of the season, I just landed an awesome spot to go turkey hunting when I went and picked up some hay for my horses. The farmer told me he counted 60 turkeys yesterday, he doesnt hunt them nor does his sons...
Heck while he was loading my hay I watched 7 turkeys out in the pasture......
He said he and his wife wanted to go to Montana to do some fly fishing in August, when I told him I used to be a professional fly fishing guide, he told me if I teach them how to cast, I could go turkey hunting on his property anytime..
I told him now if I teach you in one day does it mean one day of hunting, he laughed and said" No, hunt all season "
Sooooooo tomorrow at 7pm he is taking me on a tour of his land so I will know the boundaries & that 60 acres of it is planted food plots for the deer ..

I love falling into a pile of manure and coming out smelling like a rose :bounce:

Geesh I thought my property had turkeys, his blows mine away..................

I'll score for the Team in the next couple days...

Mossy

[MossyOak]

You dont think that bird is radio operated and the park rangers are messing with you ::ke:

[Big Country]

Good deal Mossy. Go gettem!

[sman]

Heading out right now, just got son ready for school. WALKING all the way in be back in a few hours with a bird I hope. Just need one to gobble.

[sman]

No luck, bird was on the neighbors property 300 - 400 yards. Got him to cover 200 but then the hens started up and that was the end of that. As usual I called in another jake.

[MossyOak]

You and I are having the bad luck while Big Country has all the good...

Well I'm headed out now behind my hse, I am playing hooky, what can I say??
I have a real bad fever, Turkey hunting fever :bounce:

[MossyOak]

I had just got out of my truck, pulled out my slate and remembered I forgot to scratch it up, so I was trying to see if I could make some sort of noise with it. As I did a Tom just over the hill blasted me with a Gobble..
I didnt even have my shotgun out of the truck !
So I grab it, ran to the nearest bush ( remember I am in the middle of the pasture :cry: )
Just as I creeped down to the bush, here comes Mr Tom running across the side of the hill with beard dragging, all I could do is watch him run into the woods....:huh:

Soooo I tried to stallk the old coot, but no response back, @#@##&$% !!

This evening he and I will hopefully have a meeting with 10 Gauge :shoot:

Mossy

[sman]

Only luck I seem to have 100% of the time is for whoever I am calling for, just ask Ellen.

[MossyOak]

Bets on which one of us gets a bird 1st ::ke:

[Big Country]

Man do you guys have a job? :bounce:

[Big Country]

Hey guys we have got to make sure we get the right pics and the right measurements before we post. Looks like they didnt except the ones that were entered this weekend. I almost didnt get my pics added in time. I would've been very disappointed if I had a bird with that good of spurs and didnt count. Remember we have 7 days after the kill to post, so no need to be in a hurry like I was.
Eric

[MossyOak]

No matter of fact I dont have a job, I was one of the unfortunate souls Jan 12th this year to lose mine, so inbetween job hunting I am turkey hunting :bounce:

Glad you posted yours correct !!
And yes I understand the Post your bird rules, I posted these simple instructions on an earlier thread:

All ya gotta do is:

follow these steps:
A - Clear Picture of YOU and bird with current Date newspaper or ( cell phone showing date/time if no paper )

B - Clear close up picture of bird with current Date newspaper or ( cell phone showing date/time if no paper )

C - Very clear picture of Spur with tape measure beside it
( newspaper or cell phone showing date/time if no paper )

D - Very clear picture of Beard with tape measure beside it
( newspaper or cell phone showing date/time if no paper )

[Big Country]

are you going this evening?

[Big Country]

Sorry to hear that Mossy , i guess if have to be out of work now is the best time.

[MossyOak]

I just got off the phone with the man that I get hay from, he is taking me to his property and showing me the boundaries, I just spoke with him on the phone, he said 3 weeks ago they had to have been over 300 birds in his food plots where I am going to get to hunt :banana:

He said this area was one of the places that Polk County introduced turkeys years ago, and its like they have never lefted, of course they have but he said they over populated with them, and they dont hunt turkeys !!
I am the only one that has hunted turkeys on this property in over 10 years...:bounce:

I am drooling...........

I may not get a chance to hunt this evening since he is showing me the place, but bet your buttocks I'll be there tomorrow evening..

And to think all I have to do is show him and his wife how to fly fish :banana:

Stay tuned, yes I am pumped !

[Robk]

Dang Garrett. Thought you were hooked up with Ross. Not that we could come close to paying you what you were making have you thought about something part time to save you some money on your feed? I could put the word in for you.

Rob

[Big Country]

Yea sounds like you fell right in the middle of it and got it all over you.:bounce: Go gettum!:shoot:

[MossyOak]

I actually thought about management or something with the company u work for, yes like you said, anything would help out the feed bill..
So how ya been bud?

[Robk]

Working to much as usual but I'm on vacation this week to chase turkey. Wish you had some retail management experience at the store manager level. I'd get a bonus to get you on board. If you can beleive it I recieved the 2008 Attitude Award at our annual convention in Nashville a couple weeks ago. Go Figure.

Hope it works out for you on the job hunting deal though. Let me know if I can help.

[duckman31822]

i work for the railroad so i have alot of time off... these birds are kicking my tail so far this year. i cant get anything but jakes to come in. im hoping to go in the morning and try to do some damage. ive been the past 3 mornings and got on birds but couldnt get them to leave the hens. im getting good exercise walking all this property. :fine:

[Big Country]

Good luck in the morn wish I could go with yall.:cry:

[sman]

Sorry to hear that Mossy, I was in your same shoes last year and took advantage of it. Limited out and filled the freezer full of fish just in time for a tornado to come by and knock out the deep freezer. You will get a job soon just keep a positive attitude about it.

I went this afternoon and called up 6 in one spot, 3 hens and 3 jakes. Moved and called up another 2 hens and a jake. I am on the biggest jake kick of my life. next year should be a good one. Can't go back hunting till Saturday.:cry:

[duckman31822]

got on a big flock of birds today. 4 big gobblers, 5 hens, and bout ten jakes. got on of the hens and all of the jakes too me but the other hens and all 4 longbeards wouldnt come closer than 80 yds. all of this in a wide open hayfield. if im not working in the morn im goin bk to try them again. its gonna be raining but i got my ameristep blind already in the truck... hope to shoot one or 2 of them, i havent been to this farm this year till this afternoon.. looks like i been missin out. ill keep yall posted

[Big Country]

Good luck duckman, sounds like you are on them. I went by a couple of fields today saw a couple struttin, may try an afternoon hunt. I dont know when I will be able to get back on a morning hunt.

[MossyOak]

Drove up to the property, as previous days same flock of turkeys in the back pasture, was hoping I'd get there before they did this afternoon...
So I setup in the woods beside the pasture making sure they dont spot me like they did yesterday...
About 30 minutes into purring and clucking I see a 4 legged critter sneaking up on my hen decoy..
At this time I wished I had a video camera cause I knew what was about to happen...
In one big leap, the big OL'Bobcat pounce on my poor defenseless hen and started biting the neck while the back legs were just kicking away at it..
I just sat there dumb founded and realized no wonder the turkeys arent coming to give me a visit.
So I popped my head up just above the fallen tree, I am sure I looked awful strange to the bobcat with just my eyes peering at him with my camo hood on..
At that moment he starred me down, let out a big hiss and growl while bowing his back up..
I thought to myself, now that wasnt what I expected, I assumed he'd skidattle off...
Had me pondering, what the heck am I going to do and can this cat pounce from where he is at, to me ( 15 yards away )
Thank god he chose to do an about face and run off..

So I picked up and moved closer to the field, setup and when I settled in the turkeys flew down from the trees but this time they landed on the other side of the field..:banginghe
I called, did a jig but no sir, all I could do is watch them strut around ( all 8 of them ) with their heads turning white and blue..
Then across the street in the JL Lester WMA ( I'm on private land )I had to listen to the worst turkey caller in the world, he just scraped on the slate, gobbled with the tube caller non-stop...
I thought man I wished he'd leave, but then thought, no, keep doing that awful calling and scare the birds to me..
But noooooo they stood in one spot, 200 yards across the field and strutted till it got dark..:yawn:

I lefted my decoy and blind setup and will be back in the morning, please lord dont rain and storm... ::;

I'm gonna get a turkey dang it !
sometime this season..
Too bad Bobcat's arent in season..:bounce:

[sman]

Good luck Mossy, I am about to die to get back after them. I have decide to give up on the birds by the house. 1 long beard and a bunch of jakes, can't hunt a bird that doesn't gobble. Going to hit the wma and some private land this weekend. In a motel in Cummins tonight, Dawsonville meeting at lunch, then to the airport, then home. Can't wait for Saturday. Afraid the season is going to pass me by to quickly.

[rmcatcher]

Team #5 Spur Collectors

10 inch beard
1.125 spurs

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[MossyOak]

Ya gotta post the beard and spurs with a close up of the tape measure !!!
or it dont count :huh:

[rmcatcher]

rules say only 2 pics. one with you bird and pic, and the other with a close up of newspaper.

[Big Country]

But you got to have you the paper and the whole bird showing a full fan or beard longer than 6" in the 1st Pic,
Then 2nd pic of bird and close enuf to read date.
2nd pic is good not sure if the 1st is gonna make it though.::;

[Big Country]

Ya gotta post the beard and spurs with a close up of the tape measure !!!
or it dont count :huh:

Only if youre goin for the extra points. At least 1 1/4" spurs & 11" beard. Nice bird though RM, maybe we will get the points!

[MossyOak]

Heard a gun shot this morning behind my house on MY property, Drove out to where I thought the shot was, walked up on 2 guys talking about the turkey they had just shot and was getting ready to carry it off..
I asked them did they have permission to hunt, they said of course, we know the land owner personally and he is good friends with them. At that time my pressure point exploded and told them, I am the landowner and you dont know me, I dont know you !
At that point they looked like the cat that just swallowed the bird...
They dropped the turkey and started to walk off, I told them if I ever catch them on here again I wouldn't even give warning. Then one of the guys smarted off too me by telling me he'd just kick my arss and hunt anyway..
At that point I started walking back to my truck and I heard them laugh and call me a name I cant mention.
I turned around and told them jokes on you, I am speed dialing DNR right now and calling my wife to bring our niebor over here ( he's a police officer )
They then dropped the turkey and started running into the woods.
Makes me madder than a hornet when people don't ask for permission..
Heck I would've let them come back if they'd been nice, but nowadays some idiots have no clue on common courtesy for land owners..
I dont know if the DNR will ever come out since its noon time and this was at 9am, I filed a report with deputy sheriff..
I drove around and saw a truck parked in a side road with turkey hunter stickers on the back window, wrote the tag number down/description, I am sure the sheriff office will be paying them boys a visit. And to think one even threatened me bodily harm, I think I'll make a good example to him and his buddies..
I took pictures of the kill and cut the breast out, what sucks is it was a young jake...

[Robk]

sorry to hear that. press charges man. give em an inch and they'll take a mile from you.

[Big Country]

Man I hate to hear that. I would definately press charges IF they gettum. Called in a jake this mornin, only bird we heard.

[rmcatcher]

Yep, They would pay for that bird.

[duckman31822]

these turkeys are killing me this year!!! either hens or property lines are messing me up. heard a bird gobble way far off this morning and went to him. he was about 100 yds off the property so i sat up on my side of the line. of course he went the other way with hens. sooner or later my luck will change. hopefully this week!!

[Big Country]

Yeah it will change still early, thinkin about layin out a couple days this week with the kids and goin.

[sman]

This is the worst season I have ever had so far. I have not heard a bird gobble a single time this week. I went Monday, Tues, Friday, Sat, and Sunday morning. The birds just aren't there anymore. Moved to a buddys land and his birds are gone as well. I won't be able to hunt again till next Wed. This sucks!!!!!!

I just want to hear 1 bird.::;

[MossyOak]

Sat up at the edge of the field right b4 day light, it started to rain lightly...Began calling and immediately Tom answered back.. !
I said to myself, finally some action, for 3 hrs we talked back and fourth to each other during the rain, to heavy rain, lightening, thundering and when I could see thry my binos he would strut around but never leave the 4 hens he was with..Way across the field just like before....
So I said thats it, I will go to him, so I creeped ever so slowly to him and got as far as I could at the other side of the field, they had moved further away but still in the field.
There was a little rise in the open pasture between me and him, I couldnt wade the creek to get any closer due to all the rain, ( and everything on me was soaked, box, slate was dripping wet and NO they dont work when wet ! )
So I decided what the heck, I'll belly crawl to him..
I belly crawled atleast 50 yards to as far as I could get where there was no more rise in the ground to block me..
Yes I crawled thru cold mud puddles and those darn sharp soy bean stobs......

I setup on him and took steady aim....( about 40 yards away )
Squeeze off the trigger and birds scatttered !
He ran to the edge of the field, me thinking alright I got him, but nooooooo He flew off into the thicket and lefted me standing there in the middle of the field so mad at myself for missing him !!
How the heck did I do that? :crazy:
I had to go back and pick up all my gear I had lefted during my low crawl, madder than heck at myself, 3 hrs I owned himand 1 hour of crawling around like a worm...
When I got back to my truck I tried to call my wife to tell her I was heading home and found out my razor cell phone isnt water proof ! :cry:

I then went to Lamars in Rockmart and got a Tube Gobbler, more 10 gauge shells and will going back tomorrow and setup on the side where they seem to always stay...I bet you a wooden nickle those birds will be on the other side where I have been hunting ...

Well, eventually I will get a bird.......

Man he was a nice one too, I could see more than one beard on him...
Only beard that lefted that field was mine and it was soaking wet !

[Big Country]

Man aught to be plenty of 2 yr olds around here next year. Called up the 10th jake this morning.

[duckman31822]

i got on a bird this morn and blew it. he gobbled on the roost, flew down and came too me. i was in some pretty thick stuff. at about 45 yds i shot because the bird had turned and looked like he was fixing to leave. CLEAN MISS!!! i rushed my shot. i did learn a lesson though. now i will take my time and not be in such a DANG hurry!! i didnt have a decoy out either but i think if i did he might would have come a lil closer or at least hung around a lil longer. maybe tomm i will have better luck

[MossyOak]

Went this morning before the turkeys or my wife woke up..
Sat on the edge of the field, nothing answering back at all..
Heard some movement in the woods beside my right, waited and waited, then a hen started to purr, ok their getting ready to step into the field, so I froze...
Waited, waited....notta....

Landownder called me when I was leaving, lefted a vm, said he was watching 3 hens walking across the field above me but no Toms...

As I was driving home, about 1/2 mile from where I was hunting, 2 Toms about busted my ear drums off in the edge of the woods, I backed up and saw the 2 biggest Toms I'd ever seen with acouple hens..

Dang it !! now why wasnt them birds around me???:huh:

Oh well, hopefully when this cold spell goes away we'll all start seeing more birds and the Toms won't be Henned up..

Another day, another no kill....
Sorry guys

[MossyOak]

i got on a bird this morn and blew it. he gobbled on the roost, flew down and came too me. i was in some pretty thick stuff. at about 45 yds i shot because the bird had turned and looked like he was fixing to leave. CLEAN MISS!!! i rushed my shot. i did learn a lesson though. now i will take my time and not be in such a DANG hurry!! i didnt have a decoy out either but i think if i did he might would have come a lil closer or at least hung around a lil longer. maybe tomm i will have better luck

Last saturday I must have shot over my bird, no feathers, no nothing...I was so disgusted when the Tom flew off.
Teach me to lay on the ground and shoot directly at his head...:banginghe

[Big Country]

Any luck guys? I have been a couple times this week they are hened up big time. I am thinking about going this afternoon. I have only hunted the WMA trying to save the private land, plus we need the extra points.
Good luck!

[sman]

I have not been able to go, stuck in motels. Commerce tonight, going home tomorrow. Hope to get to go Friday morning, going to Disney Saturday thru Tuesday.

Good luck to everyone till then.

[MossyOak]

Had to cut my big lawn this afternoon, only took me 5 hrs....
Its suppose to storm tomorrow, but last saturday morning its stormed and I had luck with a Tom, yes I missed him, but I know the storms./rain doesnt effect them.
FYI..RAZOR phones are not waterproof....

Hopefully I'll have luck tomorrow, they have been henned up as well....
Dang ol'selfish hens :banginghe

[rmcatcher]

I have only been twice since opening weekend. I have been working ever since. I get a 4 day weekend this weekend so just stand by. I wont be pretty for them. Yall be safe today and tonight, I got an email from our weather expert and she says to expect a few tornadoes tonight and winds upwards of 45 miles an hour. this is all for south GA tomorow it should be in north GA. You should expect it to be here around 5 this afternoon

[Big Country]

Anybody heading out this morn. Looks like I will have to work Sat. :mad:

[Big Country]

WMA bird #2 Down :bounce:

[sman]

U da man, killin me not to be able to hunt. On the way to disney, using a blackberry. Keep it up, any size to him?

[Big Country]

I guess about 2 yr. old, 1 1/16" spur and sharp, other right at an 1", 9 1/2" beard, 19lbs. Looks like we got the points for rm's bird. :cool:

[MossyOak]

Dang your on the spot this season, and I was braggin about all my gobblers on my property, it seems the gobblers are so henned up they wont get close enuff..
And this darn weather, wind, rain, cold back and fourth has made very hard to be in the right place at the right time..
Saturday looks good for great weather, I'll be out all day, so hopefully I'll add points for the team.

Again congrats

[Big Country]

Thanks Mossy just got your message yesterday for some reason. Yea tomorrow should be good may have to lay out again. :fine:

[Big Country]

Hey guys! Aught to be a great morn. hope yall are in the woods. I got to work:cry: but I will be back out Sun. Gonna try and get my son a bird, if gets back from beach in time. We havent even been to my honey hole yet. I am goin to at least try and tag out on WMA birds for the points:fine: Good luck!

[Big Country]

Spurs from yesterdays bird. I love the color of these. They would have been nice next year, but he couldnt keep his mouth shut:bounce:

[MossyOak]

I liked the way you did that, whatcha gonna do with them now?::ke:

[MossyOak]

645am sat down where I thought they were roosting near.
Yup, gobblers started to talk to me across the ridge, then a Tom to my right up in a tall pine showed himself, started to cluck, being real still purring at him as he watched my hen, he moved to another tree across the creek, he clucked somemore then flew down at top of ridge, never made a sound after that. 5 minutes later, Tom in a tree to my left, never made a sound flew down behind me, no sound no nothing, waited 45 minutes, no gobbles no nothing.
I Creeped up behind where I was sitting no bird in site..
Thats it, going across the creek to see whats on the other side of the ridge.
Got to the edge of the property, what appeared to be cow silouettes turned out to be 2 toms and 2 hens, oh yes they talked back but never attempted to come to me.
I could have popped both of them, but they were on the wrong side of the fence.
So I decided ok, get as close as I can just for the heck of it, if I cant shoot them I'll atleast observe..
30 feet away one tom was strutting around and what appeared to be his backside turned out to be his front and he saw me, then of course they all walked in a fast pace away from me on the someone elses property..
Geesh, question is, why did the Turkeys NOT cross the fence?? Cause they knew I couldnt shoot them ! :banginghe

Oh well, theres always tomorrow..
Hopefully I'll catch them on the property I have permission to hunt on..
Patience....Patience....I keep telling myself..

How every-1 else do??
And what would you have done? would you have shot, ran across the fence and run back on your property??
I feel I made the right decision, as bad as it hurt, I knew it just wasnt the right thing to do..


Mossy

[sman]

Mossy doesn't sound like it will be long before you connect!! I am still in Disney, be back Tuesday.

[duckman31822]

guys im still with yall haha... im glad some on our team are having some luck. every bird i get on has been gobbling good but thos dang hens take him away every time. maybe my luck will change soon. i sure would like to post up some points this week. dont care bout the bad weather im going when i have a chance.. good luck fellas

[Big Country]

Didnt do much this morn got to my spot and somelse was already there. So I went and checked on another tract, heard one gobble half a mile off on other side of creek, couldnt get to him without a boat. Heard one about 7:15 on my land hope he will be there next Sat for my son. Stay after them guys!

[rmcatcher]

I'm still stuck not being able to get back in the woods. I'm thinking about hitting McGraw ford in the morning. I had seen a good bit of sign there before opening weekend but I have not been back to check on them since. I moved into my new house this weekend so now everything should slow down for me. I'll me y'all know what happens tomorow.

[Big Country]

Congrats on the new house! If McGraw is like the Mulgee I would give it a day or 2 to settle down. Good luck!

[sman]

Still in disney, @ mgm now. Just glad we reached 3 pages, takes a while to scroll on a bb. Did u know they have beer @ disney?

[Big Country]

I bet it aint cheap. Hope yall are having a big time. Hows the weather?

[MossyOak]

Well I wasnt planning on going out this afternoon, I was taking a nap on the sofa :yawn:
I looked out the bedroom window watching my wife brush down our filly and decided to scope out the pasture, sure enough one loney Tom, hummmmmm should i??
Yeah what the heck...
Threw on my dirty clothes from this mornings hunt and scrambled to cut the Tom off..
As I was sneaking thru the woods to reach the far back pasture on my propery expecting to see him, 2 jakes, 4 toms started to run down the fence line towards the single tom..:banginghe

Great, ... So I setup back on the edge from the pasture and watched a jake scratch thru the leaves while my bull was snorting at the niebors bull to my right..

Walked down the pasture and back up easing towards where I saw the lonely Tom and sure enough instead oof one there were 2 toms..

I setup in the thick briar patch like an old wabbit..

Purred some and waited for them to come too me..
After about 30 minutes I snuck around and peeped with the binos and Poof ! they disappeared..

No way they saw me, I got scratches to prove I was so camo'd up in briars..

As I peeped to the left and just as I figured, the niebors dog was in the pasture running around with no care in the world..

It was getting dark on me so I walked back home..Empty handed again...

But, its good to know the birds are back on my property and the hens are not with them.. :cheers:

Its always been an afternoon hunt here so I will wait till the afternoon to see if I cant fetch up one of my birds giving me a visit.

[Big Country]

Holy smokes! :hair: Check out the spurs TenPtr entered in the longest spur thread. Thats what Im looking for right there. I would have him mounted gobbling on a limb. Congrats TenPtr! :cool:

[rmcatcher]

Yea those r some serious hooks. So we've got a total of 3 birds now right? Nice job on the wma birds big country. Look for me to be late bloomer in this competition. It will be awhile before I get some off time to be able to go back south and hunt on my property. In the mean time I'll see what I can stir up around here.

[duckman31822]

im off in the morn so ill put my bibs on and go give them a try. its gonna be COLD!! saw a longbeard in a field this morn bout 30 min after daylight. thats where ill be in the morn waiting on him!! guys i promise i can kill some turkeys. ill put up some points sooner or later:shoot:

[sman]

I am right there with you duck, I have limited out every year for at least the last 10. So far this year I have only heard one bird since opening day and he was in a different zip code. This is rough I live and breathe for turkey season. I got another offer to guide again the other day and turned them down just so I can get some "me" time. The birds just aren't on my land this year. I don't understand, I hunt land that touchs 6000 acres of unhunted land and there aren't turkeys on the other side either. I have redone my travel schedule for the next week or two so I can get to some wma hunts. The local wma is under water, so I got to hit the road. Good luck.

[MossyOak]

Been waiting for the high winds and cold front to move out, I watched my property the past 2 days and no birds were out from what I could tell. tomorrow should be warm enough and no winds means birds should be out and about.
I'm hoping to put some points on the board tomorrow for the team..I take my hat off to the other teams where they have dropped birds in this brutal weather..
I've been so close several times, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades :bounce:
I'm good for 3 birds before the season is up..
So bare with me. :shoot:

[Big Country]

Show me tha spurs!!!!

[MossyOak]

Jeff Raines went hunting with me today, this is our tally of critters seen..
4 Hens
1 Rat Snake
1 rat ( scurring away from rat snake )
2 Rabbits
1 Doe

ZERO - TOMS
:banginghe

[sman]

Race on Mossy!!!! I spent the night in Albany just so I can hunt Chickasawhatchee before an 11:30 meeting in Moultrie. Thursday night I will be in Milledgeville so I can hunt Cedar Creek Friday morning before a meeting in Culloden. I know Cedar Creek like the back of my hand, I have only set foot on Chickaw one time and that was about 10 years ago. Game on, lets see who scores first !!!!

If either of us scores at all.::ke:

[duckman31822]

good luck fellas... im in the motel in birmingham waitin on a train. should get to hunt fri morn if everything works out. hunted last 5 out of 7 days so it feels wierd not having to get up in a lil while... hope to get one with this warm spell and no rain this weekend!! just got permission on some new property that i saw a good bird struttin in last friday. hasnt been hunted in 5 years. i hope they come runnin to the call:D

[MossyOak]

Race on Mossy!!!! I spent the night in Albany just so I can hunt Chickasawhatchee before an 11:30 meeting in Moultrie. Thursday night I will be in Milledgeville so I can hunt Cedar Creek Friday morning before a meeting in Culloden. I know Cedar Creek like the back of my hand, I have only set foot on Chickaw one time and that was about 10 years ago. Game on, lets see who scores first !!!!

If either of us scores at all.::ke:

This is killin me, dang dry spell has to end sometime, Ya gotta give us all an " A " for effort ::ke:
Meeting at 9am today, but after that this afternoon back in the woods..
Yesterday morning I hunted here at my hse, then went to Alabama to hunt, then back to my hse..Arrgggg only seeing hens...
I have this afternoon and all week-end to myself, wifey is going out of town till sunday evening..:banana:
Here Turkey Turkey :shoot:

[sman]

I think you should be allowed to pepper idots on a wma. I blindly stop at a gate at 6:30 this morning and walk about 500 yards down a road. Gobbling time one hollars back towards my car. Bird is roosted 150 yards from the hood of my car on a wma. I set up on him from the back side and use the road as a buffer to keep him in play. There is a swamp flooded to my right and the road behind the bird, he is trapped!! So I thought, within 30 minutes I had 2 other hunters set up on this bird. I see him at full strut 90 yards out and heading toward me. Then he tucks and runs, I can only assume he spotted one of the other guys. He didn't say a word for another hour. Then he gobbles 2 times when I cut to him. All this does is bring hunters from every where on the wma. I finally stood up when I saw two hunters walk past me. they could see my car from where they were. why do people not have respect for others on wma's? finally left and walked to the car, there was a road behind my car, walked down it and the gobbler was standing in the middle of it. He took off, slipped right by everybody. Going back to him this afternoon.

[MossyOak]

I know some fellas would disagree with me, but too many times you get setup, do your homework and spend the time convincing the bird to come to you and Poof, all that wasted because someone else either doesnt respect you or they dont know the difference of a real Turkey sound to a hunter, so they bust it for every-1...

Hope you go gettum and can somehow avoid the other hunters..

I'm outta here, gotta go get in the woods..

[Big Country]

Went with a guy on the forum this morn. Finally got on a hot bird about 8,but he ended up coming in our right. I had to lower my gun will he tried to get in position. Well that didnt work to good, never saw him again. Probably could have tagged out with another public bird, but wanted him to get a shot. Sittin here trying decide if I want to go back out.

[sman]

Go, you will miss it when the season is gone.

I m 57 miles from where I was this morning, headed there for afternoon. Changed meetings so I can be there in the morning as well.

[MossyOak]

Ok,

Setup this afternoon around 4pm, knew it was windy but I watched a hen in my back pasture when I got home and decided if she's out in this wind, surely Mr Tom is..
So I setup my ground blind and Miss Hen had worked her way to the far left back pasture, I watched her for afew minutes and decided I had better get the blind setup inbetween some oak trees on the edge of the woods..
430pm rolls around and its getting real black, really windy..
I am setup, no way am I leaving..
Yesterday After watching 2 Toms and a hen strut around about 30 yards from where I was setup, I decided to hunker down..Nope I'm staying put, no wind and dark clouds gonna scare me away..
5pm rolls around, a lonely hen walks about 20 feet from me, no sound coming from her at all, she was staggering from the wind blowing so hard.. I did acouple of yelps and the old hen squawted down right infront of me and my hen decoy, heck I thought she was going to start laying eggs.

She finally got up and walked off but in a strange kind of hurried way as if she was running from something..
530 rolled around and it started to rain, the wind even got stronger and from a distant I saw lightening..
Nah, I'm staying, those Toms should be around soon..

About 630 the sky cleared up to blue skies, but to my right it was still real dark...
655 came and the sky filled up with really dark clouds, when I say wind, I mean gale force winds.......
I thought my blind was going to start flying like a kite, if I wasnt holding it down it would have I know..
Then I saw lightening again, this time about amile away.
But it kepted getting closer and closer..
Here I am, underneath trees, holding a shotgun ( me thinking, great, man gets killed when shotgun blows up after getting struck by lightening... :hair:
Man oh Man, after that last strike that seemed to raise the hairs on my neck, I crawled under the fence and ran as fast as I could to my truck, the moment I get inside the truck, lightening cracked all around...
Geesh ! Buttocks was cinched up water tight...
So I head towards town to get some dinner, saw that I missed a call, cause you know we turn our cell phones on vibrate when we're hunting right..?
Well, my buddy called to tell me at 630 that I better be out of the woods cause tornado's have gone thru Rome and one had been spotted in cave springs and coming my way ( cedartown )
About that time the bottom dropped out, more crazy lightening and big chunks of hail started to come down, I made a left ,right then, into the car wash to get out of the projectiles and it seemed everyone else had the same idea and we all filled up the car wash bays..

Well, lets just say, when your out in the woods and you hear toranado sirens go off and it gets real dark and yellowey, you better listen to that little voice coming out of your buttocks and Run Forest Run !! :hair:

I hope my blind is still standing, it will probally be up in a tree somewhere...

Oh well, made it home alive, tomorrow morning I'll be there again..

Annyone else have any better luck than me today?

Mossy

[sman]

That would shake me up right there, we do need some birds for the challenge but not that bad.

I went back to the wma this morning and set up with 75 yards of a roosted bird. Watched him fly down and go the other way. Called him back to me and he circled me in a thicket. I saw him at 80 yards then 10 minutes later I heard a putt. Don't know what happened. Good news is I am working on a big deal in that town and will be back next week!!!

[duckman31822]

ive been trying to pattern 2 birds ive been seeing in a field i hunt. i built a blind there friday. i didnt get off work till 645 yest morn and i hauled tail to the woods. slipped up on the hilltop in the woods and look down in the field, and the 2 longbeards are strutting 30 yds from my blind:banginghe. this was at 720. headed back to work this morn so i didnt get to hunt but ill be in that blind the next morn im off. and im shooting both birds if i can pull it off!!!

[sman]

I had sunrise service with a bird this morning. He gobbled good on the roost but the first time I yelped to him, he flew down the opposite direction and never gobbled again. Guess I said something he didn't like.

[sman]

Guys I am still tryin my best to find some birds on my land by the house. There is still one gobbler over there, he gobbled once this morning. I crossed 4 plowed fields and a flooded creek just to get where he gobbled one time. He never sounded off again. Went to a wma yesterday and didn't hear a word. Not giving up yet, I will go out swinging.

[sman]

I got on two different birds this morning at a wma. both went the opposite way. i got tired of chasing the second one and charged him. I kept trying to circle him. Thought I was in front of him and I hit the call and he blew my ear drums off at 40 yards behind me. Like and idot I sat down in place instead of turning around and trying to get a shot. That was the closest i have come to sealing the deal this year.:cry:

[duckman31822]

10 1/2 in beard
1 in spurs

5 pts!!!

2 more to go guys!!!

[sman]

Sweet deal!

Man I hope I am right behind you. Meeting in forsyth and fort valley, then off to the lake and cedar creek in the morning.

[sman]

Change of plans, my knee is about to fall off from chasing birds yedterday. Was going to stay in Eatonton, but my buddy jdash just called and said he was plowing and there was a gobbler standing in the corner of the field watching him. Said the gobbler was just feeding while the tractor was 35 yards from him. He has already passed by him twice and he won't leave the field. Please let me get this one.

[sman]

Called in a jake this morning and then we saw a strutter in another field. tried to circle him but got made in the process I think. we will be back on him Saturday morning.

[duckman31822]

guys i think this coming week is gonna be the week to kill them.. no rain forecasted and highs in the 80s all week. the woods were on fire here this morning according to my buds... im stuck in waycross with work. hope to get in the woods sunday morn but if i dont i will def be there mon and tues. gonna try to get get 2 good birds down this week:shoot:

[sman]

i talked to my buddy all afternoon while he was plowing a field. he was watching a gobbler in the back of the field again. said he got within 40 yards again and the bird just stood there. he called to get me to come on over and kill him but i was baby sitting my kids. The bird was chasing a jake around the back corner of the field. I broke out bmobile and put a real fan on him this afternoon. it is on in the morning.

Duckman is right it is on. This morning I dropped my son off at school and then ran by my land close to the house which has had zero birds on it. There was one in the back hollerin. He was across a plowed field and would not come to me. Good to know one is in there now.

[sman]

I haven't gave up yet. I have a buddy who has started letting me hunt this monster of a turkey. We have tried 2 mornings with no luck and only 3 gobbles. Went yesterday afternoon and was going to park the truck under a oak tree out in a pasture and the bird I think was a sleep underneath the tree. He let me drive within 10' of him then jumped up and ran for his life. He fell twice while trying to run and watch me at the same time. He was under the same tree again today a 2:30, but I had the kids and couldn't try him. Planning on having breakfast with him in the morning. Good luck to yall.

[duckman31822]

shot 2 w one shot this morn. wasnt trying to but really didnt cross my mind that it would happen. both had beards over 10 inches, one bird had 1 1/8 spurs and the other bird had 1 3/16.. just a 16th shy of some bonus points. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x72/duckman31822/SANY1686.jpg

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[sman]

That a way to do it Duckman!!! Congrats on fine Georgia season. You waited a little late to get started but man you put the gas on when you got started.:cool:

Good lord willing i am right behind you. Bout ran over one Saturday and then Monday afternoon I sat in one place from 5 till 6:30, got up and walked for 30 minutes, came back and the gobbler I was hunting was feeding 20 yards from where I was. He is a bonus point gobbler and I still think I can get him before the season goes out.

[duckman31822]

thanks man.. i hate i got 2 one one shot and ended the season.. but it happens. i had another big bird or 2 staked out. the turkey i was aiming at and i have a history together. he had the longest gobble of any turkey i ever hunted.. very distinct gobble ive heard many times. ive hunted him a bunch this year and last. had 2 buddys hunting with me the morning before i killed him and we heard him and they about lost it. they agreed on the longest gobble. i fig he would have had longer spurs but o well dont know till u shoot them.. hope we all get paired up again next year!!! you guys wear them out.. ill be checkin on yall every day

[rmcatcher]

congrats Duckman!!!

I thought I would have my last two entries this week but this week has been crazy. My birds are acting up!I just posted this in the regular forum. read and let me know what yall think is going on.

first Let me start by saying I hunt in turkey heaven in Echols county. Lots of birds and plenty of land all to myself. I can sit in one spot and here somtimes over 20 birds. Its usually pretty easy to hunt there. I love taking people there and love getting their first bird on film. Ive had little trouble in guiding for 4 people this year. everybody got three bird.

But, this week was supposed to be my week. I had 4 days off and I was going to give them heck. well turns out they had plans of giving me heck. These birds are usually very easy to get to gobble. but I have hunted hard the past 3 days until 11 am each day without hearing one gobble. Ive been busting turkeys out of the roost all during the morning hours. The amount of strutting sign has totaly stopped. I assume its because the hens are nesting but Ive never seen it where the gobbling totaly stops. and what r the turkeys doing in the tree a beautiful day at 8:30, 9:00, 9:30, 10:00??? Im baffled and beat. Ive been setting aside my week and now look, they stay in the tree all frigin day. This is weird behavior for my place. I wonder if the flooding has somthing to do with it, or maybe the mosquitoes( i know I would stay in the tree!) I cant believ they would shut down like this.

What is going on. Is it just totaly over?

[MossyOak]

I know yaw were wondering where I was at, sorry been too busy lately to hunt...
Headed out this afternoon, I've been watching 3 big Toms with beards dragging behind my hse on my property..

This afternoon they have a date with Mr. Gauge

[rmcatcher]

did mr george get stood up?

[MossyOak]

I just dont get it, this has been the hardest turkey hunt season for me ever !!
They are eluding me ...

Heck I am even in a full grnd blind and they still dont visit me..Even when I do alittle calling..

I think the weather threw them off yesterday and today, but who knows..

I invite any of you to come help me out !!!

[sman]

Some land near the house that is loaded with turkeys and has not been hunted all year long just became available. Maybe it isn't to late for them down here.::;

[sman]

One more thing, I did blow out my knee. The cartlidge is torn, I went and had blood drained off of it today. I have an MRI scheduled for next week and surgery will probably be 2 weeks after that.

[rmcatcher]

I got my second bird on Saturday morning. I'll have it on here soon. It was a perfect two year old. Nothing like em

[sman]

Congrats RM, I think my season is pretty much over. Went Saturday and didn't hear a thing. My knee is killing me. Who know maybe I will get one more try before it goes out.

[rmcatcher]

team 5 spur collectors
5 points
classic two year old! I love the headlines.
Echols County

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[sman]

Well guys it has been fun, I really enjoyed this years team despite me not even contributing a single bird. To say it was a rough season for me is an understatement. I think I got on 3 maybe 4 birds gobbling all season long and all were on wma's. Good luck to all through out the year. Once again I really enjoyed it.:bounce:

[duckman31822]

i really enjoyed the challenge with u guys too. hope everyone had a good time. now im counting the days till next season..haha