Team 8 "Strut Busters"

[sticknstring]

HSO Team 8 Strut Busters

(1957) Dalton - Y

rundrave

x1957x

sticknstring - M

ANYFISH2

monstermoose78

Hey guys - please check in here and mention when/where you'll be hunting this spring. Also throw out a few ideas for our team name!

I'll be starting off in NE 4/10 and then MN 5/1.

[ANYFISH2]

ANYFISH2 checking in! Looking forward to the season and contest wishing everyone tbe best of luck.

My season will be 507a Apr 16-20th. I do my hunting in the Motley area in past years we've had good numbers of birds, I may have lost my core area this year so it may be even more of a challenge this season (if thats even possible).

Not real creative but off the cuff ideas for names, strut busters, roost rustlers, flyin feathers.

[monstermoose78]

I will be hunting the archery season with my x-bow. I will be hunting around the Princeton, MN area. I will be getting one of the nephews out with the shotgun the second season. His dad is getting married opening weekend. I have been scouting a bit and some of the big winter flocks are starting to break up around here. I asked my nephew about names for this contest and he said Tom Toters. Just to let ya all know I have not got a turkey yet while being in the HSO contest. I hope to change that this year.

[rundrave]

I will be headed out on April 12th.

I will be hunting in Gregory county here in South Dakota along the Missouri River. Here is a view of some of the ground we will be hunting:

[x1957x]

x1957x here. I hunt the first week of the mn. season. My grandson Dalton is checking in to. He can hunt whatever season he can weather permitting. We will be hunting in the Kellog area. Cant wait. Hopeing the weather cooperates for us.

[sticknstring]

Sweet - we're all here! Beautiful turkey country along the Missouri river. Very similar to where I hunt on the Nebraska side. Alright guys, we still need a name. I like ANYFISH2's "Strut Busters" name suggestion. Anyone else??? Here's how our lineup shakes out this spring.

4/10 sticknstring

4/12 rundrave

4/16 ANYFISH2, x1957x, Dalton

5/1 Monstermoose78, sticknstring

Here's a pic I took from the blind last spring to get the blood flowing!Good luck everyone!

[rundrave]

5inches of snow for my hunting area tomorrow. Really hope that snow is gone by next week. Highs are in the 50's for next week so hopefully the sun will melt it. Not sure I will be too thrilled to be carrying an extra 10lbs of mud on each boot when it melts but its better than it being dry and crunchy so the birds hear you coming a mile away.

[ANYFISH2]

Well just got word that my main farm is still mine, at least for one more year!!! The excitment level just rose a ton. Now the birds just have to be there .

I will begin regular scouting this upcoming weekend and if all goes well I hope to pin down some travel patterns.

I really hope the snow forgets where motley is goes somewhere else, still have way too much to get rid of over the next two weeks.

Once again I wish everyone the best of luck!

[sticknstring]

That's good news ANYFISH2! I think we've got potential to win it all this year!

[rundrave]

looks like the snow for my hunting area will only end up getting 1-2" inches today so that's encouraging.

Opener is next Saturday but I am trying to make it down Friday if possible for some scouting and walleye fishing, gonna be a long week next week.

[sticknstring]

60's and 70's down there next week - that's going to feel gooood after what we've dealt with up here.

So, Strut Busters for our team name?

[featherslayer 1]

Hey sticknstring you will have to be a very lucky team this year if you win it all, the way I see it all the birds in my teams hunting spots will have to fly into the next county in order for you guys to have a chance.

[DonBo]

Hey sticknstring you will have to be a very lucky team this year if you win it all, the way I see it all the birds in my teams hunting spots will have to fly into the next county in order for you guys to have a chance.

And the smack talk begins.

[ANYFISH2]

Ahh feather, some of us don't rely on luck!! Just one dumb, love struck bird!!

Strut busters is fine with me, at least I will have guaranteed some kind of contribution than.

[DrJ]

Rundave. A Tom in the morning,a few walleyes in the afternoon and a cold beer while watching that great South Dakota sunset. Good Luck DrJ

[monstermoose78]

I am due for a huge turkey, but looking outside and seeing over a foot of snow on my deck and it is still snowing. I am thinking it looks a lot like last year. O well it at least I don't have to go any where.

[ANYFISH2]

The snow stinks monster, sorry to hear you get that much. Lucked out here in randall only 2"+/-, I woke up pretty pleased.

[Borch]

The commute from St Cloud to Cambridge wasn't a lot of fun this morning. You definitely got a lot more than we did in St Cloud. This new stuff will mostly be gone by opener with next weeks forecast. But I think there will still be plenty of piles in the shaded areas in the woods and on hillsides.

[rundrave]

Rundave. A Tom in the morning,a few walleyes in the afternoon and a cold beer while watching that great South Dakota sunset. Good Luck DrJ

If it was only that easy lol but yes its a great area to get away for a few days. 7 days and counting......

[sticknstring]

In a few days... this snow storm will all seem like a dream. 75 in NE Wednesday - guess I'll be wearing shorts on the drive down! Hopefully open water by May 1st will keep the rift raft on the lakes and out of the turkey woods come archery season!

[ANYFISH2]

Scouting has kinda been a bust this weekend with zero birds seen and one track seen on the property, very strange. Actually seeing very few birds anywhere compared to just a few weeks ago, hopefully they are just braking up and are being shy.

There were some strutters (5) and 3 hens about 1\2 mile from the hunting grounds this afternoon hopefully they will work their way south.

I love this game!

[sticknstring]

Heard my first gobble this morning! Was up early working in the basement w/ the widows open and they were hammering behind the house. The geese, woodies, & roosters really had 'em going! Had to quit working and take in all the beauty that spring offers. Love this time of year!

[ANYFISH2]

Stick, I hope your travels went well and your first day was a good one! If possible, keep us posted as to how your trip is going. We will be waiting for the success stories.

[rundrave]

I'm heading out in the morning. Gonna fish for walleye on the river and then start scouting and hopefully pinpoint some roosting areas tomorrow evening.

I'll be in the woods before sun rise Saturday morning. Wish me luck and good luck to the rest of you out this weekend.

[ANYFISH2]

Good luck with the birds today rundave! Hope to hear some stories.

Good luck.