Team Turkey Takers (#21)

[borch]

Here you go.

[elnor]

Checking in. I'll be hunting on family land in various places in eastern Oklahoma, also possibly a trip to western OK if I punch my first two tags early (three bird state limit, but two bird limit in southeastern OK where I do most of my hunting).

How about everybody else?

[elnor]

Don't have any ideas for team name yet...I'll have to think about that a bit. How about you?

[Missed160]

I'm here, really looking forward to turkey season!!

I can start hunting April 15.. Been seeing lots of birds!!

[elnor]

Concerning team name, I'm not sure if this is taken or might have been used in previous years(?), but how about:

Team Turkey Takers

I know, I know, kinda obvious. But we could have a cool T3 logo with a "Terminator" bearing down on an ole tom. Which brings me to my other three name ideas:

Team Turkey Terminators
Team Tom Terminators
Team Tominators

Thoughts?

PS My season starts here in OK on April 6th. Counting the days...

[elnor]

Any other team name ideas, TuffnufArchery or Missed160? Or should we pick "Team Turkey Takers" and run with it?

[rutnroy]

hello team mates, rutnroy here. i'll be hunting in wis. apr.26 -30. we only get 5 days per period. i'm hoping to get an extra tag for in may. as far as team name, tominators was catchy. but i'm ok with what the rest chooses.

[elnor]

Since there's an RT site member/user with the nick "Tominator", I 'spose we should avoid that for clarity.

Soooo, I think I'll vote for "Team Tom Takers". Second?

[Missed160]

Team Tom Takers is fine by me..

[rutnroy]

sounds good to me also.

[rutnroy]

send away , just in case someone else plans on using the same name.

[elnor]

Yes, please send it. Thanks.

Now the hard part...getting some nice birds! Our season opens one month from yesterday, can't wait...

[Missed160]

How about a little bit of background, to pass the time till the season comes..

Where are you hunting?
How many birds have you taken?
What will you be hunting with?

[rutnroy]

i quess i could start. i will be hunting waupaca county ,wis. beginning april 26-30. with the hope of getting an extra tag for may. i took vac. days so i can spend as much time as i can hunting. i have taken 7 long beards in the last 8 yrs. with last year being a yr i didn't get one. time to redeem myself. i would like to get a bird with my new hoyt trykon xl bow , but will have my knight tk2000 muzzleloader ready.

[elnor]

I'm hunting Easterns in SE OK (Pittsburg Co.) starting opening day, April 6th. This land is in the 8 SE county block that has a combined limit of two birds. If/when my father and I get a couple of gobblers apiece down there, we'll shift to some family land in NE OK (Creek Co.) and/or head out to western OK public land (Black Kettle Grassland and surrounding WMAs) and try to fill our final OK tags with Rios.

I hunted turkeys with a Remington Premier 11-87 28in as a youth and took a decent jake many years ago, but I'd been away from turkey hunting for about ten years until I had several really up close encounters with fall flocks during muzzleloader deer season last October (see first picture below, taken with a little ole Canon Elph 3x pocket cam to give you an idea how close they walked up on me!). Those re-lit the fire!



This spring I'm better prepared in just about every way (knowledge of the birds and land, calling practice, well patterned Rem 11-87 with camo stock & sling, TruGlo sights, HS Undertaker H.S. choke, and Win XtRange shells) than I ever was as a youth. There's a ton of sign on our land and I've been hearing and seeing very nice winter flocks by SE OK standards (50-100 birds a month ago, breaking up now for spring; see second photo for fleeting glimpses in early February).



Come on April!!!