Team #43 Team "Jelly Heads"

[Gut_Pile]

Lets get it done guys. let's talk it up here.

[GA DAWG]

Jelly heads sounds fine to me..I'm ready to KILL somethin:shoot::shoot::shoot:

[GA DAWG]

What counties do you guys hunt? I hunt in mainly dawson and lumpkin..I'm gonna try and get us a wma bird or 2 since they are more points!

[stiles1682]

Jelly Heads it is!! I hunt around Bartow and Polk Counties. Gonna try Troup and Haralson county also and hopefully up in Tennessee since Im stationed there and get to hunt for free. Ill be on some WMAs also. Ive called some up for some guys on Allatoona WMA but never pulled the trigger on one myself. Hopefully this year is the year. I also plan on trying out Cooper Creek WMA when trout season opens. Best of Luck to all of us!!

[GA DAWG]

I got 800ac in bartow I can hunt also but cant take any guest..DANGIT!!!!!!!

[Gut_Pile]

i hunt spalding,upson, butts, and baldwin.

[GA DAWG]

Where yall at hotamighty,SouthGaHunter????????????????????? Maybe out scouting a BIGGUN!!!!!

[IdRatherBHunting]

Yall aint got a chance team #26 baby.

[hotamighty]

Where yall at hotamighty,SouthGaHunter????????????????????? Maybe out scouting a BIGGUN!!!!!

I'm late but I'm here,went this morning and tried to find that special tree, but couldnt find it. I know there are birds there but they were not gobbling this morning. I hunt in Berrien county mostly. I've got about 200 acres beside the house with a few birds scattered around and got the hunting club with around 3,200 acres thats only 20 miles from the house. Both places are in Berrien county.My son saw 32 turkeys in one flock back during deer season. A few weeks ago one of the other members that don't turkey hunt heard "several birds gobbling" while he was squirrel hunting. Man I cant hardly wait for this work week to go by. I also slip over to Bullard Creek WMA every now and then.

[hotamighty]

Yall aint got a chance team #26 baby.

Them water turkeys that hang around them marshes around Brunswick dont count. Has to be a real gobble gobble bird.::ke::rofl:

[SouthGAHunter]

I'm here guys, I've been on spring break so I've been away from my computer, I'm on my way back to Athens right now, I'm on the road now so I will get back to everybody tonight when I get back

[stiles1682]

I'm here guys, I've been on spring break so I've been away from my computer, I'm on my way back to Athens right now, I'm on the road now so I will get back to everybody tonight when I get back


Alright! Were ready now!! :shoot::shoot:

[GA DAWG]

So,Yall heard any gobbling yet? I've heard a few..What county yall gonna start out in saturday?

[SouthGAHunter]

Hey guys, sorry it has taken me so long to get to ya'll. I'm in school in Athens, but don't let that fool you, I will hunt EVERY single day I can....and a lot during the week. I'll be hunting Worth, Wilcox, Lee, Washington, and Brooks Counties. I'll also do a bunch of huntin on Redlands, since it's only about 25 min. from my apt. here in Athens.

I've been hearing alot of gobblin down south, especially on our farms in Wilcox and Worth. I went out and listened wednesday morning in Wilcox and heard 7 big boys and a jake. I heard atleast 125 gobbles. They were tearing it up!

Gut Pile....I keep thinkin that I read somewhere on here where you said you were in school at GCSU? If so, we ought to try to meet up one morning and do a little public land huntin.

[GA DAWG]

Talked to a friend that lives down next to the farm we have in Crisp co..He said they were gobbling down there! I might head south and hunt sat..To bad I gotta work sunday:banginghe

[stiles1682]

Ill probably be hunting around Bartow. Dont know which spot yet. Im gonna go scouting a few different spots this week to see if I can find some scratching and roosting areas. Ive heard some gobbling at one of my spots but I wont get to go there this weekend. I really, really want a public land bird!!

[hotamighty]

I'll be hunting on the club in Alapaha (Berrien County) opening day. Maybe I can get on one. I'm on call for work this weekend, Isure hope everything runs good and they leave me alone.

[stiles1682]

hotamighty

What is that in your avatar? Looks like two fish in one?

[hotamighty]

Thats a bluegill bream. We catch several like that every year during the summer using glowbugs at night.

[stiles1682]

Wow!! We catch alot of shell crackers around May on crickets and flies. Thats a huge bluegill. That will make a good fliet!

[hotamighty]

Yes sir. Makes a good fillet but he gives an even better fight in the dark ona breambuster.

[Gut_Pile]

just about halfway through the week boys!!! i'm ready to get after them and win this challenge

[SouthGAHunter]

I can't even sleep i'm so ready....who has ever heard of somebody in their 20's, who doesn't have class today, to be up by 6:30....it's retarded madness, but all I can worry about is those dang birds.

[SouthGAHunter]

Well guys, this might be my last post before opening morning. I'm headed south tomorrow afternoon after my last test. Friday morning I'm gonna get up and listen out at a farm in Worth county, head to my buddies wedding rehearsal, get some sleep, hit up the woods saturday morning, wedding saturday night, sleep off the wedding, get up Sunday morning head out to either our farm in Wilcox county or Worth, which ever one tickles my fancy, drive back to Athens sunday night, get some sleep, and then try my luck with a public land bird monday morning. It's gonna be a long few days, but hopefully once it's all said and done I will have laid down a few longbeards. Good luck to ya'll this weekend, let's get on the board with a few nice birds. I'll try to keep ya'll updated via the BlackBerry, but we'll see how that goes. Again good luck, and go smash some heads

[stiles1682]

Go get em SouthGA! Im still not sure where im gonna hunt this weekend but am making plans to hit two WMAs for some extra points in April. I cant wait, I cant even sleep. Im gonna give it my best go this year and if I score on a nice bird with atleast an 8 or 9 in beard on the WMA then he is going in the freezer until I save the money for him to go on the wall. Wish me luck on that and best of luck to all of you guys.

[hotamighty]

Man you sure got alot of miles to go in just a few days. Watch out for all the idiots on the road and get a big ol tom for the team. Good luck.

[GA DAWG]

Alright southga..Get em...I been out this evening locating some..Kill us a BIGGUN:yeah:

[GA DAWG]

Are yall ready?????? They were tearing the woods up this morning and yesterday:yeah::yeah:

[hotamighty]

I'm going this afternoon to listen again. I havent heard a bird all week.:cry: Maybe he will be there in the morning. I plan on staying until I kill one or it gets too dark to see, which ever comes first. :cool: Hope all of you have good luck.:shoot::shoot::shoot:

[stiles1682]

Same to yall!! Hope tomorrows successful! I put two to sleep tonight but not going to that location now! My bud called and invited me to some private land. Hope it pans out! Good Luck Guys!!

[Gut_Pile]

Ready to get after them. Hopefully we'll be on the board come tomorrow!!!

[hotamighty]

All right guys, how did yall do? We saw three hans, heard one gobble but wouldnt come to us, and got the truck bogged down.:banginghe Other than that it was a pretty good morning. Didnt make it all day like I planned. We got hungry.:D

[GA DAWG]

Called in 1 hen..Heard 1 gobble one time:banginghe:banginghe:banginghe

[Gut_Pile]

heard 0 gobbles and 1 hen. Stinky opening morning.

[stiles1682]

Had two come in and hang up at 86 yards on us yesterday and had two more bust us this morning at 60 yards. They come in without making a sound when we got up to leave there they were. Going back right now for one more try!! I wont get to hunt for the next 7 days. Good luck yall!!

[GA DAWG]

Hope you get one!!!!! It will be thursday morning before I get to go again:banginghe

[Gut_Pile]

I'll be going everyday this week and this weekend. Hopefully I can get on at least one.

[GA DAWG]

I'll be going everyday this week and this weekend. Hopefully I can get on at least one.Well,Kill us a biggun or 2:shoot::shoot: Somebodys gotta do it:rofl:

[Gut_Pile]

Had a immature 2 yr old at 30 yards this morning and didn't shoot him. :banginghe: The guy I was with this morning had roosted a big bird in this area last night so we were waiting on him. Didn't work out though. The bird I had at 30 yards probably had a 6" beard, his brother got shot yesterday by my buddies wife (16lbs 6" & 4" beard) and 1/2" spurs. Also got on another bird this afternoon around 11 who gobbled once about 150 yards away after I cut at him and we walked about 50 yards and stopped to set up and there him and his buddy were standing 50 yards from us and saw us and walked off. :banginghe: I'll get one soon guys. Just got to make it all happen. Best of luck

[hotamighty]

Good luck and do us proud. I had one at about 40 or 50 yards Gobbling like a fool in some thick bushes. He had a hen with him and wouldnt come in. I purred and clucked lightly and got the hen headed my way. I thought for sure he would follow her and give me a shot. WRONG!!! the hen came into sight and to about 15 yards. He stayed back and kept gobbling. The hen finally got tired of playing and they left together. I tried to stay with them but they flew across the creek onto someone elses land. I will be abel togo in the afternoons but it will be the weekend before I can go in the morning again. Can't wait.

[GA DAWG]

Yall are killing me:banginghe:banginghe Now its looks like my off days are gonna be a wash out!!!!!!!! I guess I hit a powerline somewhere and try to get one in the rain.

[SouthGAHunter]

I sure hope those rascals start acting like they are supposed to. They didn't talk hardly at all this weekend. I called in 7 jakes saturday morning, all of which gobbled at one time at 20 feet, but they were the only birds that said anything once they hit the dirt. Sunday, I went to a farm that just 8 days earlier I had heard 152 gobbles before 9 o'clock, and didn't hear a peep. I mean zero, zilch, nada. Did manage to call a bird in to about 50 yards, but since the dang thing didn't gobble I didn't know he was there and spooked him off when I got up. Today BIGRNYRS and I went to one of his clubs and I called up a MONSTER. But he was the only one that would gobble, and he only did that about 8-10 times. He stayed about 75 yards out struttin his stuff until the hen that had been cussing us out of about 5 minutes walked right up to him and took him away.

I really don't think they are quite ready yet. What about you guys? Did ya'll hear a decent amount of birds gobble on the ground this weekend?

[hotamighty]

I heard 4 different birds gobble Sun. morning. One only gobbled one time.The other three gobbled about twenty or more times. Two of the three went off of the club and the other one had the hen with him.

[GA DAWG]

I'll be hitting it in the morning in the rain:yeah:

[stiles1682]

Go Get em GADAWG!! Rain is good time to go. Good Luck. The one in my avatar was in the pouring rain. Hopefully if everything goes right Ill be there Monday and Tuesday trying again to connect.

[SouthGAHunter]

I'll be hitting it in the morning in the rain:yeah:


I'm thinkin about trying the same thing....just not sure if I wanna get soaked. I've hunted everday since the season started and I'm beat....these public land birds are givin me a run for my money. I hunted private land saturday thru monday, and was so close on sat and mon, but just couldn't close the deal. These week days are frustrating, Redlands is a hard place to hunt. I can't wait for the weekends, barely hunted private land birds are my favorite!

[GA DAWG]

If its not raining any harder than it is tonight..Should be great tomorrow about 10am or so...I might take my blind and sit on the edge of a power line...I really need to hit the wma though..That will be more points for us!! Plus I got a inside scoop on where 2 were today strutting with the ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gut_Pile]

If its not raining any harder than it is tonight..Should be great tomorrow about 10am or so...I might take my blind and sit on the edge of a power line...I really need to hit the wma though..That will be more points for us!! Plus I got a inside scoop on where 2 were today strutting with the ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

go get them GA DAWG!!!

[GA DAWG]

Well I got wet!!!!!!! Almost closed the deal on a good bird..About 7:30 I had 3 gobbling 1 way and 1 the other..They were lighting up the woods...I got in between them..Same place I killed a bird last year..Was a hen close by in a tree calling also...She flys down toward the one bird...This drives the other 3 crazy..So I let em have it with some calling and See them coming,strutting along a big ridge across he creek from me..Then I hear some coarse yelps coming from my right and know right away it jakes..These other 3 longbeards are going crazy at the jakes cause they cant see em...Well they start down off the ridge and see these 5 jakes where I am and they turn and leave...DANGIT!!!! So I haul tail way around and cut once and sure enough one gobbles..I get ready..Here they come up the rd BUT they hit some thick pines about 80 yards out and are gone again..I set there another 45 min hoping they would show back up..It was coming a monsoon!!! Anyhow,I hardly ever carry a decoy but as open as the woods still are here..I think I might have sealed the deal if I had one this morning! I came in to change cloths and am fixin to hit it again now that the rain has let up!!

[SouthGAHunter]

I got wet as well, ended up getting too close to a bird on the roost and busted him....o well, I hunt aggressive and sometimes that happens. I'm after them again in the morning back at BIGRNYRS club in Taliafero county. That bird that hung up at 75 yards monday is gettin it in the morning.

[GA DAWG]

I didnt do any good during mid day..Saw a biggun strutting but he was just off legal hunting area:mad: I did try and get over to my side but he was not about to leave his hens!

[stiles1682]

Dang, Yall are killing me. I cant get back in the woods until Monday. Oh Well Good Luck to yall in the morning!! And have fun is the most important thing.

[GA DAWG]

Well they gobbled their fool heads off again this morning..I mean GOOD but I didnt connect..I got on one ridge and my hunting partner got on another..They were right in the middle of us..Just so happens.He was between the hens and them.SO,he killed a 10.5" with 1" spurs...Heard atleast 6 different gobblers...Know where the biggun is now..Will be next thur before I get back to that property..Gonna check out a new place in the morning!!!

[hotamighty]

Going back to the hunting club in the morning if it dont flood. Maybe it willbe the day. We are trying to work out a plan to go to a WMA a week from tomorrow. Maybe that will work out as well. Good luck guys. We need some points!!!

[SouthGAHunter]

hotamighty, I know you are in Berrien county and it would be a little ride, but, Chickasawhatchee has got some good birds on it. A buddy of mine and one of his friends got drawn for the first quota out there. They both killed 2 birds each. If you get off the roads, there is some really good hunting out there.

[GA DAWG]

Yall make sure and get your pictures right!!! They are deleting them big time...

[hotamighty]

I have never been to Chickasawhatchee but some of my family have been there deer hunting. It's over on the other side of Albany isnt it. We are planning on Bullard Creek next week but we may have to try and slip in a trip to Chickasaw before season ends. Thanks for the tip.

[GA DAWG]

Not anything going on this morning! It will be next thur before I get another chance to go..

[SouthGAHunter]

I have never been to Chickasawhatchee but some of my family have been there deer hunting. It's over on the other side of Albany isnt it. We are planning on Bullard Creek next week but we may have to try and slip in a trip to Chickasaw before season ends. Thanks for the tip.

Yea, it's on the other side of Albany. There are a lot of birds out there. If you get in the right spots you can get on birds fairly easy. Just gotta know where those spots are. Let me know if you decide to get down there before the season ends. I would be willing to meet up with you and show you some good spots and help out a teammate.


I'll be getting back after them tomorrow afternoon and monday morning. Weather looks like it will be much better. Time to kill :shoot:

[hotamighty]

I woke up at 5am to rain and thunder and lightening so I went back to sleep. My wife said she got up at 6:30 and it had stopped. Didnt rain anymore until around 4:30. Should have got on up and went.:banginghe Oh well. Maybe the rain will be cleared out by morning and we will try them then. ::;

That sounds good SouthGAHunter. It will probably be the third or fourth weekend in April before I get to go to Chickasawhatchee. I will let you know as it gets closer. Thanks.

[Gut_Pile]

I was on a few bird birds all week but they were all henned up. Going to get back after them this week as much as I can. Will have to hunt afternoons on MWF but will be able to get to hunt on Tues and Thurs after my class ends at 9. Could be deadly if I can strike one up late morning. I'm also going to Kentucky for the opening up there the 18th of April. My dads buddy counted 18 long beards from his stand one morning in November!!! Management Advantage also filmed a turkey hunt on this property 2 years ago. Hope to connect on a bird up there as well!

[stiles1682]

Well guys After a long week of work I finally got to get in the woods but it just made the week longer because I tried working some birds that wasnt on my property and they werent in to it. Monday I had 4 gobbling accross the creek about 400 yds away not on my property so I set on the creek trying to call them in but after a couple of hours I heard two shots accross the field so I guess those birds were history. That afternoon I roosted some birds and went back this morning and got set up. When it broke daylight I could see two roosted about 100 yds out over top the creek. I cut and got two hens fired up and wouldnt you know it they flew right back into that field accross the creek. Man Im baffled. I really really want to take another Gobbler!! Maybe the next couple of weeks will be promising! Im not going to quit trying fellas. I promise!! I want one to eat just as bad as I want one for the team!

[hotamighty]

I feel your pain. I just cant seem to get everything in line toput one on the dirt. We are going to Bullard Creek Sat. if the place aint washed away and try our luck there. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[SouthGAHunter]

It's back to south GA for me this weekend. Headed down today and will hunt fri thru sun. Hopefully I will do a little better down there than I have been up here in north GA. I swear the only birds in the woods up here are jakes. I've called in 14 this season alone, and only 2 big boys. With all the bad weather this week I'm hoping they will be all cranked up this weekend. Good luck to ya'll, let's get on the board!

[GA DAWG]

It's back to south GA for me this weekend. Headed down today and will hunt fri thru sun. Hopefully I will do a little better down there than I have been up here in north GA. I swear the only birds in the woods up here are jakes. I've called in 14 this season alone, and only 2 big boys. With all the bad weather this week I'm hoping they will be all cranked up this weekend. Good luck to ya'll, let's get on the board!I'll not be there this weekend..So,we want get a chance to meet just yet..Its flooded down there so I aint going..I was gonna carry the dogs and coon hunt also but we had to put it off..

[GA DAWG]

I heard NOTTA today..Bad thing happened..I ran into a few more club members this am..They have better off days than I do!!!! They have already kilt 4..So those plus the one my buddy killed makes 5 longbeards off 700ac...Cant be many left now..What is left should be the big boys cause I assume these where the 2yr old suicide birds..Not saying anything is wrong with those cause I'll blast the first 2yr old that comes in at this point!!!!!!!!!!! I do however have a lead on a new club..Its supposed to be loaded with turkey...

[hotamighty]

WE are leaving out at 4:30 in the AM going to the WMA. The weather is supposed to be nearly perfect. After all the rain finally a good sunny morning, maybe they will be ready. Hopefully we can get on the board. Good luck yall.

[Gut_Pile]

SLOW SLOW SLOW this morning!!! Only heard one bird this morning (i think). Thought they would be hammering but looks like no one heard birds

[GA DAWG]

Man I was on one..Knew right where he was roosted..He gobbled his head off!! He was gobbling at 6:45am...Gobbled till 9am..I walked my tail off.Saw him twice..Hes a goodun!!! They are just bad call shy on this WMA...BAD!! I think this one was alittle funny and not funny ha ha either:rofl: I was at the last place I heard him and I hear a hen go to cutting...Then I hear something running right at me FAST..I think dang turkey spooked a deer but it was not a deer..It was the gobbler..He runs past me at mock 10...I could not get turned in time to get a shot..He never even slowed down:banginghe I'll be back after him...

[hotamighty]

Man we walked 10miles this morning I bet. Most of the roads were washed out so we had a long walk to the "good spots". Not so good this morning. We didnt here anything, not even a hen. While walking out we saw one bird and it left so fast we couldnt tell what it was. Oh well, I guess thats the way it goes. Maybe tomorrow they will start talking.

[stiles1682]

Man Im so dissapointed! Notta this weekend?? I didnt even hear a peep. I dont know whats going on. Im off tomorrow morning and going to try it again to see if I can get somthing fired up. I sure hope we can get some birds before the seasons out. And I dont mean just for the challenge but for ourselves to have some good times and stories to share over dinner while were eating him!! As Always, Good Luck Fellas!

[GA DAWG]

I roosted one this evening but gotta work in the morning:banginghe:banginghe:banginghe

[Gut_Pile]

Just got a new property to hunt that's loaded down with birds. Watched a strutter and another longbeard and 11 hens in a field yesterday afternoon. First time i've hunted this property. It is loaded with birds though. Landowner said he watched 5 strutters and 13 hens friday about mid day while riding the property! Going to get after them tuesday morning after my class gets out around 9am. Should be after them around 9:30!

[SouthGAHunter]

Heard em this weekend, saw em this weekend, called em in this weekend....but have nothing to show for it. I took the little brother trying to get his first bird. Saturday about 11:30 a few finally broke free from the hens to come on in. It was 2 jakes and a maybe 2 yr old/ maybe jake. They come strolling in to about 15 yards and the little guy missed em. At 15 yards you might as well had been shooting a .270 at them with the size of that pattern. But o well, we had fun. I'll be back after them this week and weekend. I'm heading to Cedar Creek wednesday and then over to Tifton on friday and then over to Blakely on saturday. I'm getting tired of all this travel, so hopefully I will have something to show for it.

[Gut_Pile]

Going to get after them tomorrow after class. I get out at 9 so hopefully i'll be getting there right when he's ready to drop his hens for the day!!!

[GA DAWG]

I'll be hittin it in the morning also..Its time we stop messing around and KILL something:shoot::shoot:

[stiles1682]

I'll be hittin it in the morning also..Its time we stop messing around and KILL something:shoot::shoot:


I hear that! It sounds like all of us are having about the same luck. Well come through soon Im sure though! One Day, One day soon!!:shoot::shoot::shoot:

[hotamighty]

It will be Friday before I can get back after em. I'm ready for our luck to take a turn for the better. I cant get on one to save my life and when I did manage to he was henned up and wouldnt play. Oh well, like you said stiles, one day soon. Good luck fellers.

[Gut_Pile]

No luck midday today. Had one hen come join me for a few mintutes. Getting back after them saturday morning! It should be getting good in the next few weeks. I'll be headed to KY next weekend.

[hotamighty]

My son and I went this AM to what I thought was the best spot on the club. We didnt here anything so around 7:30 we went to another spot and heard one gobble as soon as we stepped out of the truck. We set up and after an hour and a half we hadnt seen or heard nothing else. We went to a big field (about 200 acres) and there were about 10 birds in the middle. I set out the decoys and did a little light calling and nothing. They didnt pay any attention to us at all. We picked up and drove through the woods and down the highway and walked about 400 yards through the woods to the other end of the field. Just as we got to the corner I saw a bird through the bushes heading our way down the edge of the field. my son and I stood shoulder to shoulder aiming into the field waiting. After about two minutes a Jake walked into sight. Then another. Then another. There were about 10 jakes and not a single long beard or hen in the bunch. I figured after all the walking, and this being the only legal bird I've had in gun range this year , IT WAS TIME. We each picked out a bird and did the 1,2,3 countdown. BOOM!!! Two birds fell right there and another one went down about 30 yards later. We are not sure who got the third one. He was an accident but he will eat just as good. I know he was a jake but I just couldnt help myself. Hope yall understand. I'llput some pics up after while. Was wondering too if I should enter him in the challenge. I took pics in case yall say go ahead. Let me know what yall think. Sorry for the long read.

[GA DAWG]

Good deal!!!! I dont care one bit if you enter him..We will be on the board atleast..Besides you can make up the points with the biggun you kill next:cool:

[stiles1682]

Congratulations Man!! Heck yea, enter him in!! If we do get our full 12 birds then so what. Put him in there! Great Job!!

[Gut_Pile]

Put him in. It definitely wont hurt to get us on the board. Congrats on a fine hunt with your son!

[SouthGAHunter]

Congrats man! Put him in! Great job to you and your son

[hotamighty]

Thanks guys. That was by far the best hunt I have ever been on. For my son and I to both get a bird at the same time is one of those times in the woods that makes it all worth it. Maybe we can all get a big one now that the ice is broke.

[GA DAWG]

Another non killing morning for me! These things are driving me crazy this year!!!!!!! I've hunted every single day I could.Which is 3 days per week..Off 4 days this week! Was on another this am and cant seem to close the deal..They are still henned up bad here..Well I got 3 more mornings left this week.Maybe something will happen..

[Gut_Pile]

Okay well I've been on this same bird for the past two weeks. Had him at 80 yards coming to me yesterday when two hens came and grabbed him up and took him the other way :banginghe: It's become personal now. I had to leave at 5:00 today after watching 5:00 hens in the field and waiting on him. The landowner called me at 7:00 and told me two longbeards were strutting 50 yards from where I was sat up. I'm leaving for kentucky friday and hunting saturday sunday and monday morning. Hope to connect there if not I'll be back after this GA bird tuesday.

[GA DAWG]

Good luck in KY get us a biggun or 2 for the contest..I got one to gobble of the roost this evening.Hes in a totally different part of the property than I have been hunting..I'm gonna try him in the morning:banana:

[stiles1682]

Gut Pile Good Luck and have fun! DAWG you too, maybe yall can get one. I wont get back in there till Monday. We got to go do some field ops this weekend so I wont be back till late Sunday night. I went yesterday with my brother but we didnt even hear a limb crack. I still feel that I will connect this year though. Good Luck Guys!

[hotamighty]

I saw one strutting in a field where I have permission to hunt Thursday morning on my way to work. I almost called in sick but thought better of it. I hope he will be back there in the morning. I am going to take the bow and see if I can stick him. This will be the first time bowhunting anything and the first time shooting at a live target. I will have my partner from the pics standing by with the 12 guage just in case things dont go according to plan. Good luck this weekend guys.

[GA DAWG]

Well,My weekends over also..Hunted the last 4 days and still no stinking gobbler..I did see a bearded hen today:biggrin2: They completely shut down yesterday and today on my club..I dont know what to think of it..I blame it on the pressure but I dont even know what it was:rofl: They would gobble 4 or 5 times from the roost and it was over..Complete reverse of wed and thur.

[SouthGAHunter]

Well guys, looks like the things have come together and I'm headed to Kansas late Wednesday night to kill me a gobblin Rio!! Gonna hunt half a day Thurs. and the rest of the weekend. According to guys that just left and the landowner, it was a good week for them. Everybody except one guy limited out. Because I am a poor college student I will only be able to take one bird, but heck, that's one more rio than I can kill here. Hopefully everything will come through and we will have a successful hunt!

[GA DAWG]

Well guys, looks like the things have come together and I'm headed to Kansas late Wednesday night to kill me a gobblin Rio!! Gonna hunt half a day Thurs. and the rest of the weekend. According to guys that just left and the landowner, it was a good week for them. Everybody except one guy limited out. Because I am a poor college student I will only be able to take one bird, but heck, that's one more rio than I can kill here. Hopefully everything will come through and we will have a successful hunt!Good luck:banana:

[hotamighty]

Good luck:banana:

x2. Kill a grown one.

[stiles1682]

x2. Kill a grown one.

X3!! Have Fun!!:banana::banana:

[GA DAWG]

I'm off the rest off the week! Wed morning will be my 15th morning I think..I gotta kill something!!!!!!!!!

[SouthGAHunter]

Smoked one today guys. It has been a hard season and I am glad to FINALLY bust a head. Shot this bad boy on the hardest piece of ground to hunt, Redlands. He came in to me with one of his buddies. He was the strutter so he got it. I could get on the second one, he got the heck out of dodge when I shot. The shot was a little farther than I thought. They wouldn't come any closer so I had to take what I could get. I guessed him for 35, but he was 46. Just a 2 yr. old, 9 7/8 inch beard, 7/8 inch spurs. But he's 7 points!!

[GA DAWG]

Smoked one today guys. It has been a hard season and I am glad to FINALLY bust a head. Shot this bad boy on the hardest piece of ground to hunt, Redlands. He came in to me with one of his buddies. He was the strutter so he got it. I could get on the second one, he got the heck out of dodge when I shot. The shot was a little farther than I thought. They wouldn't come any closer so I had to take what I could get. I guessed him for 35, but he was 46. Just a 2 yr. old, 9 7/8 inch beard, 7/8 inch spurs. But he's 7 points!!:fine::fine::fine:

[hotamighty]

All right!!! Way to go. That should be 9 points total. It aint first place but its a whole lot better than two weeks ago. Congrats on a nice WMA bird. :cheers:
:yeah: :yeah:

[Gut_Pile]

WTG!!! Fine bird

Sorry guys but I missed one in KY this weekend and called one in for my buddy the next morning! Hopefully I can redeem myself before the season is out!

[stiles1682]

WTG!! Man you guys are getting on them! Im trying I promise, Ill be there in the morning on the WMA with my brother.

[GA DAWG]

:fine::fine::fine: I got us one this morning on a WMA. Its gonna be 7 points:fine::fine::fine:

[Gut_Pile]

:yeah::yeah::yeah:

:banana::banana::banana:

:clap::flag::clap::flag:

:shoot::shoot::shoot:

[hotamighty]

Good deal. Seems like the later part of the season is heating up. Congrats. Pics man, we need pics. lol

[GA DAWG]

Heres a pic in this thread. Heck I forgot to get any with out the paper:rofl:
http://forum.gon.com/showthread.php?t=339691

[SouthGAHunter]

Congrats Dawg! That's a good WMA bird. I know how those things can be. Congrats on a fine bird!

I smashed a Rio's head in Kansas this weekend. I'll tell the story later. For now, here's a pic.

[GA DAWG]

Heck Yeah,Now we are starting to get with it.. Thats one NICE RIO:clap:

[hotamighty]

Way to go!!! Thats a fine looking bird. Waiting on the story. Congrats.

[cpowel10]

Good looking bird matt! His fan is huge

[SouthGAHunter]

Well here is the story,

Me and dwills arrived in Kansas around lunch on Thursday. After chatting it up with the landowner/guide, we hit the roads to glass for birds in the fields. We glassed several groups and finally found some we thought we could work with. They were so henned up it wasn't even funny. I had a MAN at about 60 but his hens decided they would go the other way. After roosting a few birds we headed back for a brew and some dinner. Friday morning the birds we roosted flew down the other way. We hunted hard all day and saw a TON of birds but they were all henned up. Every single tom we saw had at least 6-8 hens with him. Late Friday, we rode trying to find a few birds to roost and saw a group close to a big brush pile that we thought we might could get on. There was an old abandoned house between the road and the birds, we snuck up to the house, got in it and watched them for a few minutes. There was an old brush pile in between us and the birds. We eased out of the house and up to the brush pile. A few soft clucks later he wandered into about 40 yards. I dropped the hammer and he flopped. I was jacked. I had my first Rio! Saturday morning we headed to another field where we saw birds the night before. That morning 52 birds flew down into the field. 7 strutters, 3 jakes, and 42 hens. 2 hrs. later, dwills had a good one on the ground. We hunted the rest of the day out of the Double Bull trying to get dwills a bird with his bow. Although we saw toms, the only birds that came to check out she mobile and our calls were a group of hens. We hunted shortly Sunday morning and then made the 17 hr drive back to GA. It was a great time and we can't wait to go after some more Rio's next year.

[stiles1682]

Way to go guys! Congratulations!! :fine::fine::cool::cool::yeah::yeah:Ive been having to work alot here lately but maybe I can help before the seasons out.

[hotamighty]

I got one this afternoon. :yeah:10" beard and 1" spurs. :cool:Pics and story later.

[hotamighty]

OK, Here are the pics. He was a 2 year old bird ( I figure ) with a 10" beard and 1" spurs. :clap:Not a record book bird but he'll do. There was another one with that had a better beard. Maybe I can get him before season goes out.
Maybe we can pull this thing out of the hat. We still have a little over 2 weeks left.

:banana: :banana: :yeah: :yeah: :banana: :banana:

[SouthGAHunter]

Sweet!!!!! Keep it up guys, we might do alright! Congrats man!!

[GA DAWG]

Congrats hotamighty!!!!!!!!! Man we are wearing them out the last couple weeks!! Lets get some more...I'll be back after them the next 3 days! Gonna try and get a 12 pointer:cool:

[Gut_Pile]

Congrats guys!! SouthGAHunter that Rio is beautiful. And hotamighty. :yeah: That is a great looking bird! :fine:

I got on two this morning and had them at 65-75 yards and coming then I heard the dreaded yelp yelp yelp from a hen. She went right to them. Never heard from them again. :banginghe:

[GA DAWG]

I've been on em the last 2 mornings..I messed up on the MAN this morning..He slipped right in on me..Man I wish I would have killed him..He might have been the 12 pointer I've been after..I know he had the beard length:mad: I had him at 40 yards but he busted me cold!!!!!!!! I'll be back after him tomorrow..

[GA DAWG]

Yall aint done are ya? A few more birds and we will be right in thick of it! I went this am and didnt do any good..I'm off the rest of the week..I'll hunt every morning unless its lightening..I dont like that stuff!

[hotamighty]

Heck naw I aint done. I'm going an afternoon or two this week and Sunday. The wife and kids and I are going fishing on the flats Saturday so I wont be able to go then. I plan on going every afternoon next week unless I get lucky and get my last birdb before then.Good luck to yall and like Dawg said, a couple more birds and we will be right up there with the best of them.

[Gut_Pile]

I'm stayin with them but it seems like my birds have moved to better places. I'll be going saturday morning!

[GA DAWG]

They were on FIRE this morning untill the rains came..The one I set up on.Never flew down..I was within 75 yards of him..So,when the thunder and lightening started.I made a move his way.Got to within 20 yards of him and he flew off.They gobbled as long as I could hear in the rain..Once it stopped I hit a power line..I walked up on mack daddy and MISSED HIM:mad::mad: I'll be back after em tomorrow:fine:

[Gut_Pile]

I know exactly how you feel GA DAWG! But just keep after them, sounds like your spot is getting HOT!!!

[GA DAWG]

I know exactly how you feel GA DAWG! But just keep after them, sounds like your spot is getting HOT!!!
I have 5 more days I can hunt and will be there everyone of them.God willing!

[Gut_Pile]

Hope you slam a few!!! Good luck!

[stiles1682]

I havnt quit! Ill be back in there this weekend. I know there are still some there.

[Gut_Pile]

I get to go hunt my favorite place ever in the morning! Hope to connect. I'll bring back some pictures if nothing else. Good luck this weekend guys!

[SouthGAHunter]

Well guys, looks like I am done for the year. It wasn't the year I wanted it to be, but it looked like it was a tough one for everybody. I wanted to get my 3 but looks like i'll have to settle for 2. i've enjoyed the contest fellas. Good luck on the last few days to ya'll

[Gut_Pile]

Meant to go this morning but woke up turned off my alarm and accidentaly fell back asleep :banginghe after my famous last words "I'll just lay here for a second then get up" haha. I'll be chasing them friday morning one more time. This has been a bittersweet season for me. Had hens mess me up more than a few times but I did have fun as always!!!

[GA DAWG]

I was on a wma bird yesterday evening..I'm fixin to go try him again! Then thursday and friday will wind it up:(

[Gut_Pile]

It was fun guys!!! I enjoyed it. Sorry i didn't put some points up for us. I had my chances but that's how turkey hunting goes! Best of luck to all of yall and hope we can do it again!

[GA DAWG]

Yep,I just got in from my last hunt till next spring:cry: I think we had a pretty good team..Enjoyed it!

[hotamighty]

Well fellers, I guess the fat lady has sung. It has been a great season for me and have enjoyed chatting with you guys over the season. It wouldnt hurt my feelings if we keep the same teams next year (if there is a turkey challenge next year). I guess now that turkey season is over it is time to hit the water and catch the biggun. Good luck over the summer and be safe. Cant wait till Sept.