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Team 'Longbeard' - #5


Cooter

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Well boys, we're on the board! cool.gif Found a willing bird early this morning and worked him off the roost into range. 22lbs, 10" beard and .75" spurs. Got all the 'official' pics on my buds camera so might be Monday before I enter it - time to get my bud his bird now. Anyway, Team Longbeard is in the hunt! Good luck to you guys.

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Hey guy's need some input. Was talking to a buddy last week who was hunting, he said that the jakes were pushing some lone tom's and one set of 2 tom's off his decoy's. Do you all find that this is the case? (Jakes beating up on tom's if they have them out numbered). If so, would just putting out hen decoy's would be the best option. Seeing how aggressive some groups of jakes can be. Later on in the season it might seem that if a tom comes in and see's a jake decoy he might be a bit shy, arfaid of getting roughed up by some jakes. What do you all think? Stick with hen decoy's only.

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Good question, I'd say go with your gut feeling. I haven't run into that situation and personally wouldn't worry about it - if you think that jake decoy should be out there go with it!

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Ahh, now I see....RJR and wetaline must be up yet, sounds like you guys have the later seasons. Stratosman, whats the scoop - you gone make it out this year? Good luck guys!

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Gosh darn things going on!! The only time I will be able to go is on weekday evenings....Daughters birthday one Saturday, comissioned to help build a deck for my sister that Sunday, then Memorial weekend after that with our traditional family vacation to Brainerd to the in-laws place....oh well. We'll see what happens. The water really tugs at my shirt this time of year too.

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Daughters birthday one Saturday, comissioned to help build a deck for my sister that Sunday


What a better birthday gift than a day out in the spring turkey woods! The deck can wait grin.gif Seriously, I hear ya on how things pile up...not enough time anymore. Well, evenings can be good, lonely old toms looking for a little company for the night cool.gifblush.gif Good luck if you get out Strat!

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I was out again today for my second season and got another tom - 22.5lbs with 10.5 beard. No spur on one leg and half busted off on the other. Best of luck to ya wetaline!

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Cripes Cooter. Give 'em a break. If they allowed us to kill more than one in MN, I'd be broke, single, and unemployed.

Good work though, that's a very good later season bird. 10.5" is a great beard too. Those spur abberations are cool things. We shot a bird a few years ago with only one spur (not broken, just didn't grow) and it also had the shiniest green irradescense to it....beautiful. Cousin had it mounted and it looks great.

Joel

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Pics might be a while, just had the disposable along and I've got a dozen pics left to go on it. I'll be fishing all this weekend though so hopefully I'll fill er up!

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