TEAM 8 - "TURKEYSNIPERS"

[featherslayer 1]

Hey guys lets get every ones dates and where they are planning to hunt, also we have to come up with a winning team name.

This year i plan on going archery since i didnt get drawn for the 2nd season. I will be hunting around the park rapids area.

Heres a few team names: BeardSlayers

FeatherSlayers

BeardCollectors

[x1957x]

Dalton here.. I am hunting the 3rd season in the wabasha-lake city area. Dates I think are about the 28th of April for 5 days..

[Cheetah]

Hey guys, I'm not picky at all on team name. I am still sorting out my Black Hills trip, my hope is that we go over the weekend of the 21st for probably a 5 day trip. We have a line on some primo private ground this year so if that works out I might double up and get an archery tag for out there and extend the trip...

I also have two WI permits which will allow me to hunt from Apr 25 - May 9. There is also still a chance I might get a MN archery or one-week late season permit.

I am going to do a quick scouting trip to Wisconsin this weekend. I have a bunch of land I want to check out before my season starts. I'll be shooting with my camera. If all goes well I will come back with some photos to share.

[rundrave]

I have 2 tags to fill in Gregory county South Dakota.

I am still in pursuit of my first ever Tom, and have eaten turkey tag soup the last 2 years of trying. I will only try to take a Tom but if I get desperate I may opt for a hen so I don't come home empty handed again.

I will be going out April 14th for a day trip to mainly scout but will have a gun ready if needed. The following weekend the 20th-22nd I have fully dedicated to 3 hard days of hunting both private and public land.

The last couple years we have seen birds just couldn't get them to talk or get close enough to provide a good shot with a shot gun. So this year I will probably have a shotgun and a rifle(its legal here in SD) to possibly take a longer shot. I have no idea what the birds will be doing with the mild weather this spring but hopefully scouting a week before our main hunt will give us some extra insight.

I have no preference on team name, but good luck everyone I am hoping the 3rd year is the charm for me.

[Cheetah]

Rundrave, it looks like there is a lot of un-farmed coulee type land north of Bonesteel and east of Burke. Is any of that public? Just going by the google map satellite imagery it looks like it could be a fun area to chase turkeys.

I checked the online atlas, looks like there are some big walk in areas in there.

http://gfp.sd.gov/ePubs/wildlife/2011-public-hunting-atlas/index.html

[rundrave]

In that GFP link you posted, when you look at that area all that red and yellow shaded areas right along the river is all public land.

I will be hunting a few miles north basically just south of hwy 44 on the west side of the river.

Its a gorgeous area, not what people typically think of for SD and there is some top notch fishing right there on the river also. Here are some pics I took last year of that area:

[Archerysniper]

Hey Hey it's turkey time. I will be chasing birds on the archery tag and hunting from May 8th-31st unless my tag gets filled sooner. I have been out scouting almost every night and gaining permission on more property this year. Hopefully I can keep my streak alive and make this the 5th year in a row running a arrow thru a tom opening day of my season.

[Gordie]

Hopefully I can keep my streak alive and make this the 5th year in a row running a arrow thru a tom opening day of my season.

Not this year the Boys and I will have them all shot up by the time you get in the woods

And me thinking about ducks or fish with whiskers well I look at it like this Turkeys got feathers like a duck and they have a beard much like catfish have whiskers... You Aint got a Chance

[Archerysniper]

HAHA Gordie I love this contest let the smack talk begin

[Gordie]

I never thought I would hear a guy called Archerysniper say that My fingers are to cold to draw the string on my bow

Good LUCK

[Archerysniper]

HA HA It was chilly last Sunday at 8am but if you wanna kill them you gota practice. Nice thing about the bow it isn't boom oh their goes $5 i just pull my arrow and repeat

[featherslayer 1]

Well everybody but mws4dux has checked in, Archerysniper any name idea's for the team? I got a week off work right now so going to my hunting grounds and doing a little scouting. I know its a little early but want to talk to the land owners to see if i could help them out, offering a little help goes a long way.

[mws4dux]

Hey guys checking in. Not sure when I'll be hunting,either season B or I might buy an archery tag.As far as names I'm open to any.Good Luck to all.

[Cheetah]

Kinda funny featherslayer had the only name suggestions. How about "No Name Turkey Steaks".

[Archerysniper]

Well I will think of a name to post nothings comeing to mind right now. A catchy name is nice but when we won in 2010 we stayed team 6

[featherslayer 1]

O.k. team how about Turkeyslayers

[Gordie]

Well I will think of a name to post nothings comeing to mind right now. A catchy name is nice but when we won in 2010 we stayed team 6

Nice try Sniper the winning team this year is team 4

[featherslayer 1]

Gordie: team 4 won it last year, so now its going to be team 8

[Gordie]

All I can say is REPETE

[DonBo]

Gordie: team 4 won it last year, so now its going to be team 8

[Cheetah]

Just got home from a scouting trip to Wisconsin. I didn't see much for turkeys. I did manage to get some photos of a fox on the road, and a few hens out in the fields. I asked a few farms for permission but they were already locked up by other hunters.

[featherslayer 1]

O.K. team members how about TURKEYSNIPERS

or

TURKEYSLAYERS

I'm sure you guys can come up with a few names to get the team going or just pick one from the two above.

[Archerysniper]

Turkeysnipers is great with me. Sorry I haven't been on much I have tons going on with work and home. But I haven't been slacking on the scouting I have picked up 3 properties totaling around 600 acres of prime turkey hunting loaded with birds

[featherslayer 1]

Well team it looks like we have a team name. TURKEYSNIPERS it is. Now if we can get it posted. I'm off work but heading up to rainy river to chase some stugeon and maybe an eye or two. Then i'm out looking for them feather friends. Good luck team members

[Cheetah]

My Black Hills trip is set finally, April 17-22. Then I come home and can hunt Wisconsin for the following two weeks. Dunno if I will do MN or not, I suppose it depends on what I see posted on the forum here for turkey numbers in the SE part of the state.