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TEAM 9 - "Limb Hangers"


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You've redeemed yourself this year! It's just too darn fun reliving the past and all those darn misses! laugh

Don't be too quick to let me off, you may remember a miss in Kansas from only 15 yards. blush Not that I realy needed to remind anyone. shockedcrazy

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Missed bow shots are excusable! Besides, who wants to tag out on the first day!?

Just don't shoot the decoy! grin

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Well another morning down...its almost hot now..ah the weather. First light...gobble gobble...then nothing..around 8 i see a hen coming at me, followed by another, and the big boy behind her. Same thing, turned into the woods..bye bye. He was on those hens watching every move they made. I waited until noon..moved the blind down between where they are entering and exiting. pushed it back in the woods about 10 yards. other then that...not much action. Talked with a few guys at the gas station this morning, everyone says the same thing. quiet toms. Any tips pulling him away from the hens? taking a nap going back out.

and I thought hunting mature bucks is tough! eek I can now see why its so addicting...trying to figure these birds out.

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Any tips pulling him away from the hens?

Yep, sleep in and go out around 9am! Those pesky hens will sneak off and those lonesome toms will remember your calls and come check you out. 9am - noon is a very productive time to kill a turkey. It's a patience game with archery tackle. You have to wait 'em out! Just wait until you arrow one - you'll be more excited than a woman watching the royal wedding! grin

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Get aggressive on the calls to get the hens to come to you. Add some Kee kee to the mix and the Tom's might even leave the hens. I have had good luck with Kee kee call pulling the tom's away from hens. If that does not work stay with trying to get the hens to come to you. The gobbler will follow.

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I agree with Hoyt, get aggressive with the hens.

...more excited than a woman watching the royal wedding! That made me laugh a little!

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Stick with it - we needs pics of that big boy! Congrats on the job!!!

Whats this about DonBo missing a turkey??

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Sounds to me like a scenario to implement the "tantalizer" call!

I wonder if you can still google search it........maybe a hunt with Joel Vance and my mentor Leroy Braungardt.

best 'o luck,

WD

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Well guys...I spent over 40 hours in the woods since Thursday morning. No bird. Still have a tag in another 2 weeks. Saw lots of birds, but with the wind, rain, and my lack of turkey skills..just not much going on around here. Lots of loner hens, and even group of hens alone. Saw 12 hens tonight...no big boys. I'm pretty much exhausted, going to get some food, sleep, and rest. I will use the knowledge I have gained over the last 4 days to go after them again on the 18th!!

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That's the way it goes sometimes doc. Ya can't do anything about the weather. Better luck with your next tag. I go again next week in WS.

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It wouldn't be fun if we shot at 25lbs, 10 inch, 1 1/2spurs bird everytime out right? wink I enjoyed every min. of it! Can't wait for another crack!

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I passed on spring turkey, figured i would do both bow deer and turkey at the same time as I saw more bird that deer last season. Figured I could take the shot and leave the bird until I get outta my blind/stand. Anyone else do this?

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I passed on spring turkey, figured i would do both bow deer and turkey at the same time as I saw more bird that deer last season. Figured I could take the shot and leave the bird until I get outta my blind/stand. Anyone else do this?

I've shot a few turkeys while bowhunting deer, but the spring and fall seasons have nothing to do with one another. You don't lose preferance points for the fall hunt by hunting in the spring.

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Bought my license finally - heading out tomorrow am for a couple hours. Scouting and landowner reports are not good, but you never know. Might have to rely on my buds kids filling up early at the honey hole so I can get a chance hunting there.

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FBMH will be filling in for Gullguide who was a no show. He has a season coming up soon.

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Welcome FBMH! We need all the help we can get. Tell us who, what, when........

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Hey Team 9! Im FBMH, better known as Cody Croteau. Im from La Crosse, WI. I will be hunting next weekend with a buddy during the 5th season, I belive season "E". We will be hunting a new property off of my friends sisters land and we have been seeing good numbers of toms getting around so hoping we can put the smackdown on a good bird! I will be filming so it should be interesting and hopefully i can help you fellas out!

Lets put the SMACKDOWN on the other guys!

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Nothing thus far - plenty of short stories and whining.....gonna give it a whirl tomorrow for a couple hours and maybe Sunday. Birds are few and far between. Still beautiful time in Gods creation - could have been at work instead!!!

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Will be last minute or bust - not looking good but never know.....gonna try late morning/early afternoon. Too lazy and beat to get up early blush

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I've been putting a invisble fence on my yard all day, the wife yells from the deck, look behind you there is a pheasant watching you...i turn around and a beautiful tom stands about 30 yards away, taunting me. What a day!

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So Cooter, no luck?

Jpettit, haven't heard your "D" season story yet.

Me and FBMH start our WS seasons this Wednesday, good luck FBMH!

Waterfowler starts his MN archery season this Friday. I saw a ton of birds around the metro yesterday, good luck!

Abndoc has one more crack at those WS birds next Wednesday.

I still feel really bad for not being able to have my KS bird scored for this contest. (even though he wouldn't have scored much) All you guys need to pick me and Cooter up. Good luck all!

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Went out yesterday to setup the blind with my buddy and just after we got it setup, we took about 20 steps out to check it out and see how it looks and we hear something walking behind it. Lone and behold, its the 26lb 10.5in beard (estimated)tom we are going after this week! Only set my hopes higher than what they already were! Should be a good week fellas!

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Big fat skunk for me cry

Lot of that going on this year Cooter, from people with way more time to spend on it than you had. There's always next year.

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Any advice for next week? Do I keep the jake and hen decoy going? I'm going to try the same spot the first 2 days, and then probably head down by the river, been seeing a good number of birds down there.

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Keep 'em untill you can see for sure that they are shying away from them, then drop to maybe one hen, if they still don't like it, go without. I'm still seeing big flocks together, that tells me the decs should still be working.

Good luck! I start tomorrow and am pretty excited to get out of town!

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THIS JUST POSTED ON TEAM #3 SITE:

My son got a Jake so that was the main goal & he will be posting under team #9

It has a lot of fun, & we are hooked.

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Well, WE GOT ONE! will have video and pictures up later. Started at 630 with the first hen and ended at 730 with a beautiful tom. Not huge, but defineatly a nice bird. 9.5in beard 1in spurs and 22lbs

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