HSO 2013 Member Turkey Quest Submission Thread

[bluehat28]

Here is my team 8 Spur collectors entry

[theghost_03]

Spur collectors bird. My Rio

[Scoot]

Tom Commanders bird. It says "Eastern", but I'm told by a couple guys who know a lot more than me that it's a Merriam's.

[DonBo]

[hugonian1]

That is a nice paintbrush on the bird DonBo.

[PFUNK]

That is a nice paintbrush on the bird DonBo.

My thoughts exactly.... uffdah!

[hugonian1]

Here is my submission for Team 7 "Gobble Kings"

[123fish]

I think you shorted yourself a quarter inch on the beard hugonian. Congratulations on a very nice bird. That one helps the team for sure.

[bigbucks]

Nice bird, great job.

[IlliniWalli]

this was the shortest but definitely the sweetest hunt i've ever had.

was set up on a ridge an hour before sunrise and when the boss gobbled, he was at the top of a huge oak tree about 30 yards away.

i couldnt see him but fortunately the trees had leafed out big time after the finally springlike temps over the past week and he didnt see me.

i sat absolutely motionless for more than half an hour as he gobbled easily 100 times, and he was the only tom i heard gobble.

he finally pitched down and lit about 60 yards away on an old logging trail. he was facing down the hill, so i gave a soft yelp and he spun around and gobbled and headed up the hill. i didnt have a clear shot and then had a dense briar patch blocking my view.

so i yelped softly again on the diaphragm, he gobbled and i swung my gun to a clear shooting lane. then i saw his white head and fan easing up the hill and when he reached an opening i didnt want to risk waiting for him to drop strut and popped him at about 15 yards away.

when he hit the ground to when i shot took about 1 minute.

what a great ending to what had been a tough, frustrating season.

[hugonian1]

That is a stud Walli.

I don't think I have seen hooks like that before.

Congrats on a great bird.

[123fish]

You could hang a leech on those spurs and fish walleyes. Those are some hooks! Looks like all the time you put in payed off big time. Congrats on a great bird.

[paceman]

Wow that bird is a monster! Sounds like an amazing fun hunt! Congratulations!

[DonBo]

That's a beast there Walli! WTG.

[sticknstring]

That's one heckuva gobbler right there! The frustration paid off - congrats!

[Borch]

What a beast!

Congrats on a great ending to a tough season.

[bigbucks]

That is a great turkey! Talk about changing your season in a hurry.

[Wallydog]

Illini, that'll be a hard bird to top! Stud indeed. Congrats.

WD

[DrJ]

Great Bird. They must grow them bigger in your neck of the woods. Spurs are awesome. DrJ.....

[nbadger23]

Sorry for the late update.. I had this thing all typed up quite a while ago and must have never hit the submit button on it. Ugh.

[Cheetah]

Here is Cooter's submission (Team 4).

NWTF Score: Your score is 22 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 18 = 55

[Archerysniper]

[Archerysniper]

[hugonian1]

Looks like a pretty tight choke there A.S.

[Archerysniper]

Looks like a pretty tight choke there A.S.

Just a little,great out to 60 yards but I haven't shot one over 18 yards with it. You should have seen the ones I have taken at 10 and 5 yards.