Team 3 Toes

[leech~~]

1 hour ago, Illini Walli said:

WTG, RK

make it 2 for team 3 toes

 

Nice beard!  Spurs- lbs?

[Illini Walli]

weighed 21.6. by the time i lugged him a couple hundred yards and up a steep hill, i thought he would be more than 25

beard was 10.5, spurs 1.25 and 1 3/16

been nice to have better pic but couldnt get my hunt/fish camera to work when i got back to the truck

[leech~~]

8 minutes ago, Illini Walli said:

weighed 21.6. by the time i lugged him a couple hundred yards and up a steep hill, i thought he would be more than 25

beard was 10.5, spurs 1.25 and 1 3/16

been nice to have better pic but couldnt get my hunt/fish camera to work when i got back to the truck

Nice Bird indeed. I'm really bummed sitting here this year without a tag!

[DonBo]

1 hour ago, leech~~ said:

 I'm really bummed sitting here this year without a tag!

Ummm, you know you can buy one right over the counter, right?

[leech~~]

7 minutes ago, DonBo said:

Ummm, you know you can buy one right over the counter, right?

Ya, but you guys are killing them all now. Plus since I got one the last two years in a roll I told the wife I'd be a good boy and get some honey-dos done this spring!

So I'm just whining.

[rkhinrichs]

1 hour ago, leech~~ said:

Ya, but you guys are killing them all now. Plus since I got one the last two years in a roll I told the wife I'd be a good boy and get some honey-dos done this spring!

So I'm just whining.

Jeezs leech!!! Your scaring me! I am not even married yet but been in a relationship for over 5 years!! So your telling me not to harvest my game too early now?

[leech~~]

39 minutes ago, rkhinrichs said:

Jeezs leech!!! Your scaring me! I am not even married yet but been in a relationship for over 5 years!! So your telling me not to harvest my game too early now?

Well if I would have drawn a tag for the date and area I put in for, all bets are off!

I just didn't draw this year so she gets a break!

[Borch]

Nice one Walli!

[dukhnt]

Bagged a Tom about an hour ago. I will get the details up later. 

[rkhinrichs]

Nice!!

[Illini Walli]

all right!! way to go duk

my hunting is on hold until 3rd season begins friday

[Scoot]

Wtg duk!

[DonBo]

[bmc]

Great birds guys!!!

I had a case of too many birds in Nebraska.  Hens were just starting to nest and every time I had a gobbler working, a hen would come along and off he'd go.  The 5 gun guys in our group got 9 birds, which was cool.  All of them harvested their first turkey ever, including 2 kids 11 and 9 years old.

Time to re-group and get ready for round 2 here in MN.

Brian

[Illini Walli]

whats goin on guys? not much chatter, everybody must be huntin

i got a well deserved couple day break after tom no. 2 goes down

my third and final season begins thursday. lot of rain in the forecast so will have to get out the crappy rain gear and maybe spend some time in the turkey tent

 

[rkhinrichs]

Nice while I'm tagged out in mn! Going to help my cousin this weekend. I might get a Wisconsin tag but unsure since I would have to hunt public land and would be going in blind!

[dukhnt]

I hunted Nebraska this past weekend.  My main goal was to get my stepson his first bird.  Mission accomplished!  Thanks to my cousins husband who put in plenty of time scouting for us.  I will put up a story of this hunt in a different thread.  But here is a pic of us 2 hours after our hunt began.

 

 

 

[DonBo]

Nice of you to let that young man shoot the bigger bird   A great double, WTG!

[Scoot]

I shot my first MN bird this morning on the way to work!  I'd much rather had Ryan with to shoot it, but I'm pleased as punch to fill my tag!  Details to come...

[rkhinrichs]

Nice!!!

[Illini Walli]

great news. wtg, scoot

i think that gives the team 4 toms?

i tagged out sunday. i gotta work on taking better solo/timer pictures

 

Edited May 3, 2016 by Illini Walli

[Scoot]

WTG Illini!  I headed out this morning in search of a bird that I've seen a ton of times, but never when I've been hunting.  Every time I drive by a bean field I see him out there, but whenever I've hunted there, I haven't seen or heard a thing.  I got there very early this morning and all was quiet on the walk in.  About 150 yards from the corner of the field I was headed to, he gobbled from the roost-- yes!  I set up as close as I dared and called.  I normally take pictures of the whole process, but today I decided to put down my camera and try shoot a bird.  It worked out great, but I sure did miss some really great pictures as a result.  Oh well, I'm pleased with the outcome.

The bird came into the deeks in full strut.  He walked up behind and along side the jake decoy and was clucking and purring the whole time.  He scooted in the last few inches and simply leaned against the decoy.  I had my bow up and ready, but he was facing me and I didn't dare draw.  He sat there and leaned on the deek for over a minute.  Finally he backed off and walked around to the other side of the decoy.  The whole time he never quit facing my way, so I didn't dare draw.  He again leaned in on the decoy and simply stood there pushing it.  He again clucked and purred, but didn't really move at all- he just leaned on it.  He finally backed off again and walked behind the decoy.  His wing caught on the tailfeathers of the deek and it swung away from him, then back into him and he shot out a few feet from the decoy.  He turned and charged right back in, clearly not appreciating the swat on the butt.  He again leaned in and pushed his head up against the decoy this time.  That's when I slowly and carefully drew.  He stood behind the decoy for another 30 deconds, offering no shot.  He finally moved a couple steps at a time and cleared the decoy to the right.  I let my arrow fly and made a perfect shot (it was 6 yards away- not exactly a toughie). The tom shot straight up into the air, then landed on my jake decoy when he returned to earth.  He was dead when he hit the ground!  Man was it cool!!! 

I wish it was Ryan who shot the bird instead of me, but I'm still thrilled to get a turkey.  I've hunted with Ryan until late in the year for the past couple years so I haven't even tried to fill my tag.  However, I found a small window to sneak out before work today and it all came together.  Now... Ryan's tag! 

I hustled out and got a few pics immediately after I shot the bird in the low light of the rising sun.  This picture almost turned out perfectly, but it's a little fuzzy on both the bird and me.  I still like it.

[Borch]

Congrats Scoot!  Nice things worked out for you during your little window of time.  Sounds like an awesome hunt!

[dukhnt]

Congrats Scoot!

[rkhinrichs]

Congrats!