Team 'Longbeard' - #5

[HateHumminbird]

Good work Cooter....and nice beard on that bird!

Joel

[RJR]

Congrats.

[Cooter]

So who's up next for us? Do we have anyone in the woods this week?

[Stratosman]

Not me, I'll be bookending it this year. Kinda quiet here now that you mention it.

[RJR]

Hey-

Checking in-looks like one for team 5? I go out the last week.

[Cooter]

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Not me, I'll be bookending it this year.

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I'm afraid I don't understand

[wetaline]

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.

[Cooter]

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!

[Cooter]

So where are we at longbeards? I know sticknstring and myself have hunted already - who's got a season coming up?

[Cooter]

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!

[wetaline]

I head out on the 18th.

[Stratosman]

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.

[Cooter]

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

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What a better birthday gift than a day out in the spring turkey woods! The deck can wait 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 Good luck if you get out Strat!

[wetaline]

Anyone out this week? I head out on Friday....

[Cooter]

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!

[HateHumminbird]

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

[Stratosman]

Good job Cooter...!! But where are the pics.

[Cooter]

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!

[Stratosman]

Don't the have dem dar fancy picture taken machines in Wisconsin?

[Cooter]

The money tree didn't blossom this year so the fancy digital will have to wait....well, any luck last week?

[wetaline]

Well guy's sorry to disapoint, but there's no turkey for me this year. Though this year's hunt was a memorable one. I'm down one less decoy after the boss hen came into my decoy's and proceeded to tear apart one of my hen decoy's. It was pretty amusing to watch her beat up on that decoy for 45 min. Finally I couldn't take it any longer. In order not to have her alarm putt to warn any other turkey's in the area I waited for her to push my decoy into a dry creek bed I then snuk up on her and rushed her so she'd fly off instead running off alerting any other potential targets. I then had one other stubborn tom within 45 yards on a hill top above me that wouldn't come down into the decoys. It would have been a really nice first bird for my nephew, who was on his first hunt. I think we have a new life long turkey hunter added to our ranks. My nephew really enjoyed his hunt even though we didn't bag a bird. All in all it was a fun time turkey hunting this year even without harvesting a bird. I can't wait till next year already. Well hope any others hunting this last weekend have good luck.