Face Full of 4's (#16)

[borch]

Here you go.

[slughunter]

slughunter here, just checking in.

[Ohiobucks]

Ohiobucks here as well. Season starts April 24 here, in till May 21. Ohio has a pretty good population of turkeys and I have been fortunate enough to take two good turkeys the last two seasons. Hope to make it three in a row this spring! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[vagobbln]

vagobbln checking in. Our season starts April 9th and runs 5 weeks. I've been fortunate enough to tag out (3) the last few years here in Virginia. Hope my luck holds out and I can help you guys out. Can't wait.

Since this is my first year I might get some input from ya'll later on the check-in procedure.

[3seasons]

Checking in this is my first year for this contest also. Any one in it last year.
My season starts March 15-May 1. Going to Texas first weekend of April. Got a "super jake" last year he had a 5" beard 1 3\8 spurs and weighed 22.5lbs.(beard rot) http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[3seasons]

* Slughunter Y
* Ohoibucks
* vagobblin
257Roberts
* 3seasons *
alex30808 R
Can you guys think on any names? Just throw some out there and we will pick one.

[257Roberts]

257 roberts cheching in. Season starts 3/15/06. good luck,

[3seasons]

That's me above.

[Ohiobucks]

Team name ideas:
The Tommy Whackers? http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Do Bearded Hens Count Too? http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
The Other White Meat? http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Face Full of 6's? (my favorite) http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
The Freezer Fillers? http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[257Roberts]

already got one gobbling on the roost. Going in the moring to try and locate a few more. hope this year i do better than last. I was in the running for the smallest turkey. lol. this year aint settleing for nuthin short of a limb hanger.

[3seasons]

Thought of another name. What about "Dustrolled"???? 20hrs. 35 min. till I'm Legal.

[slughunter]

im game with any name.

[Ohiobucks]

"Face Full of 6's" works with 4's as well....

[257Roberts]

Took one for the team this morning. 22# 1" spirs and 9.5" beard. http://www.mdwfp.com/ImageUploads/Bow%20Hunter/turkeypic.jpg

[Ohiobucks]

On the BOARD! Way to go 257Roberts, nice bird!

[257Roberts]

Thanks, I hated to shoot the first bird i seen but the heck with it. I had to kill one the last day of season last year and it was a pittifull excuse for a gobbler. Still got two more tags to fill plus try and get my brother a bird too. Good luck to the rest of you. I'll be checking in periodically to see how yall are doing. I also gotta fill out the paper work on this one.

[3seasons]

Congrats!!!
Went this morning after work about 9am I saw about a dozen. Will check on them again friday http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[Ohiobucks]

Face Full of 4's for a team name?

[slughunter]

way to go 257roberts, good work on that guy. face full of 4's sounds good to me. went out scouting last monday, saw a group of 15 hens that had 19 toms with them, and then i saw a group of 5 hens and 6 toms and 3 jakes.the groups will most likely break up before my season in midapril but at least i know there are a lot around. good luck everyone

[vagobbln]

Nice bird! Didn't mean to ignore you guys. Been out of pocket for a few days. Any name is fine by me. I've still got till April 8th before I can try to help out. Can't wait.

[slughunter]

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Took one for the team this morning. 22# 1" spirs and 9.5" beard. http://www.mdwfp.com/ImageUploads/Bow%20Hunter/turkeypic.jpg

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you got to get that bird entered in for us with the meausurements and all the needed stuff.

[257Roberts]

i know. I gotta scan the required documenttation in. I'll try and gett'r done this week.

[3seasons]

I'll add one to the list. He's not the biggest kind of surprised me. He acted like a 3+year old, anyway he was 19.75lbs. had a 10" beard and 1\2 spurs. I posted my hunt on the turkey forum.

[Ohiobucks]

Way to go 3seasons! Good to see you southern boys setting the bar high for the rest of us! Man, I still have a month to wait till season starts..... http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[slughunter]

nice job 3 seasons, went out scouting today, saw over 15 goblers. im really excited for this year.

[vagobbln]

Way to go guys! I'm inside of two weeks before I can start chirping. I use #5's - hope that doesn't get me kicked off the team. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

[slughunter]

i was just looking in the turkey room, were doing really good, you guys gotta get them birds entered.

[257Roberts]

Yeah, i have a feeling a lot of people are holding out on entering a bigger bird. I figured i would fess up to killing one opening day so i wouldn't be tempted to enter a bigger bird later in the season should i get the opportunity. When do the rest of yall plan on hitting the woods?

[257Roberts]

Well, looks like i made the right choice. Bird No. 2 down this weekend. 7/8" spirs and 9" beard. I hunted this bird last wednesday and almost sealed the deal and a hen come in and stole him away. Got in there on him early sun morning and he started hammering about 200 yrds from were i was at. I debated on whether to stay put where i had my decoys set up or try and move closer. I opted to move closer so i picked up the closest decoy and proceeded to move in on him. Good thing to cuz that no good good for nuther hussy that stole him wed was in between him and me again. Normally when you are slipping in on a gobbler and run a turkey off the roost its bad but in this case i was tickled. He was all mine. It took a little coxing though. He was hung up on the limb. It was kinda cloudy and foggy and he wasn't wanting to fly down. So i set up my decoy and took my wings out i made from his buddy i killed a few weeks ago and done a fly down and it didn't take long and he was on the ground comming my way. Probably the most fun i have ever had with a gobbler. The only thing that could have made it sweeter was if he would have strutted in which he probalby would have but as soon as he was in range and clear i took em down.

[257Roberts]

And here's the pic http://www.mdwfp.com/ImageUploads/Bow%20Hunter/turkey17.jpg

[Ohiobucks]

Congrats 257! Nice bird, you are tearing them up this year already! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[vagobbln]

Our opening morning here in Virginia this morning. Stormy and raining but I managed to talk one into participating in the contest. My best spurred bird ever. 20 lb. 4 oz., 10 3/4 inch beard, spurs were 1 5/8 and 1 1/2 inches! Using the NWTF calculator he'll score right around 73. I'll get the pics and a story up tomorrow or Monday. Go team!

[Ohiobucks]

That is AWESOME vagobbln, congrats on a true limbhanger! Can't wait for the story and pics! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[slughunter]

nice job guys, i just got news from my grandpa that he got me 2 extra tags for different seasons in late april/early may so now i have a lot more time to hunt.

[vagobbln]

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That is AWESOME vagobbln, congrats on a true limbhanger! Can't wait for the story and pics! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Story and pics are in the Turkey Forum - "Opening Day Thunder Gobbler"

[slughunter]

went out today, Me and my grandpa went to an awsome spot that has produced a lot of big toms before. Right at light we had 10 different toms behind us in the woods, so I called and 10 seconds later a nice gobler and hen came right to us, so being the nice grandson I let my grandpa shoots it, he put the smackdown on it, had a 10 inch beard and 1 inch spurs. I still got a long season left too, things are looking pretty good

[3seasons]

HUGE!!! Congrats on that bird vagobbln.
Went to Texas last weekend the wind was up just a little 35mph steady with gust to 60mph. Me and my Dad managed to get a double on the last day though.

[3seasons]

Got another tough one on Easter morning. It was light enough to see at 5:55am my bird didn’t fly off of the roost until 8:30. He had two hens roosted with him, they raised cain for about 30 minutes until they landed in my lap well 6yds from my feet. They looked like a pair of mallards setting down on a decoy spread. I knew if he flew down he would probably do the same so I had my gun my shoulder ready for 2hrs. Funny thing was there was about 50 buzzards roosted in an oak about 60yds. away. He would gobble at them when they flew off the roost but wouldn’t even think of answering me so I stopped calling. Every time a buzzard would fly I thought it was him so my heart would skip a beat while I was waiting for him to sail in. I had to leave by 8:45 to be able to make it to church so about 8:20 I called one more time, nothing. About 10min. went by and I heard some noise on the side of the ridge, he stepped out at 25yds to my right and of course my barrel get hung in the blind(first time I’ve used a blind in years) finally got it out of the blind before he got to the woods. He was 19.2lbs., 10” beard, and a 3\4” and 1” spur. http://www.geocities.com/smmsstate/turkey3.jpg
As I was walking out between the field I was hunting and my truck was the MAN he was strutting in the road I don’t know how long his beard is but it is thick and long. I’m going to try to get him tomorrow. We saw a few during deer season with 11\4”+spurs there in there but they wont gobble. Is any one else having this problem.

[vagobbln]

Congratulations 3seasons!

257Roberts - Did you get your turkey posted to be scored?

We're looking pretty good so far.

I got my second one last Saturday. Pics and story in the turkey forum. Same Time - Same Day (http://www.realtree.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=937727&an=0&page=0#93772 7)

[slughunter]

My story of the ones that got away http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Went out turkey hunting last Saturday, I had watched this certain lone tom roost in this certain tree and was planning on going out in the morning to get him. I got out to my spot with my grandpa about 20 minutes before It got any light. As we waited about 40 yards from the tree I thought he was in I heard a huge gobble on the other side of me. so me and my grandpa got on the other side of the tree and focused on him. as it got closer to when the turkeys were supost to fly down my grandpa did some light hen calls, that drove the tom crazy and he gobble non-stop in the tree for 10 minutes. Then my grandpa leaned over to me and told me he was about to fly down, he was right no more that 30 seconds after he said that the tom droped out of the tree and started walking our way in a full strut. as he started our way he would go out of strut and start walking away but my grandpa would call and he would start back twords us. after about 10 minutes he finally steped into a open area about 25 yards away in a full strut, so I slowly rased my gun and waited for him to come out of his strut, after what seemed forever he went out of his strut and raised his head, BOOM!, the first shot was a miss, he started to run away, BOOM!, the second shot was a miss, then he started to fly from my left to my right, BOOM! the third shot was a miss and he was to far for another shot. as we walked out of the woods I was very upset with myself, I had a perfect opertunity but I blew it. and we walked twords the ATV whcih was a on a small hill in an alfalfa my grandpa spotted a tom and two hens walking twords another woods about 150-200 yards away so we slowly backed up and ran out of sight twords the wood to cut them off. In my mind all I could think was that I might have another chance to close the deal. as we got to the woods we didnt have time to set up, right when we got in the woods we could see the 3 turkeys about 40 yards away coming into the feild also, as I crouched down my grandpa did a light hen call and all of them came running twords us. as the tom struted his way twords us the hens came withing 4 yards of us. due to the lack of time to set up my gun was in hand but at my side. As the tom got into a small opening I had to whip up my gun and shoot as fast as I could, BOOM!, miss, BOOM!, miss, BOOM! miss, then the tom realized what was happening and flew off with the hens, I couldent beleive it, 2 toms and 6 shot within 10 minutes and I didnt hit either of them. looking back on it though it was still a lot of fun. And I still got 2 more seasons that are 5 days long ahead of me.

[vagobbln]

Reload! Reload!

Keep at it. You'll get him.

[vagobbln]

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i know. I gotta scan the required documenttation in. I'll try and gett'r done this week.

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257 Roberts - I filled mine out and then just took a digital photo of it. Just a thought. Get that thing registered though. We're looking pretty good so far. Your bird should score about 61 and we're the only team on the board with 3.

[slughunter]

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i know. I gotta scan the required documenttation in. I'll try and gett'r done this week.

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257 Roberts - I filled mine out and then just took a digital photo of it. Just a thought. Get that thing registered though. We're looking pretty good so far. Your bird should score about 61 and we're the only team on the board with 3.

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only 3 of the biggest birds on the team count so hopefully if i get one it will be bigger than the ones our team has got so it brings out score up. im going out in the morning to give him another try http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Ohiobucks]

Season in Ohio starts next Monday, so hopefully I'll add a bird to the count! Congrats to you guys so far!

[3seasons]

The top 4 scores for each team will be used to calculate the team's final score. The team with the highest final score will be the winning team.

Sorry about the spur size on my bird, I would have lost money on that bird. Its the smallest spurred longbeard Ive ever taken.

Good luck on your hunts hope both of yall can get a big one. I wouldn't mind having my score dropped.

Oh yea slughunter, try to remember to aim this time http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Just messin with ya at least your getting a chance at some birds, it's tough here in MS.

Have any of yall heard from Alex?

[slughunter]

Went out turkey hunting today, the rain was just letting up when I got to my set up. Waited for about an hour and a half then decided to get up ands walk around and check out some other feilds. The second feild I checked had a tom and 3 hens by a fence row about 100 yards from me between a corn feild and a alfalfa feild. So I got on the other side of the fence and start sneaking twords them. When I got about 55 yards from them they took off running from my left to my right just out of gun range. Well it turns out a tresspaser and his dog were on a walk. So at this point I was so mad I was about to shoot his dog . Then I start walking twords him to talk to him and he sees me and takes off running with his dog. Oh well, I still got till sunday.

[vagobbln]

Well guys, I tagged out Saturday. (5 Birdies in One day!) (http://http://www.realtree.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=941920&an=0&page=0#94192 0) Boy, did I shoot the right one first! He scored 20 points better than the other two.

Anybody heard from 257Roberts? He never did post his bird to be scored. We could use that one.

Good luck to everybody.

[257Roberts]

Hey guys. I'm still here. I been real busy at work and the cable at the house is on the fritz so i haven't had a chance to post the official pics. I will try and get everything up today. If not i will get it tomorrow.

[vagobbln]

Good to hear from you. Had me worried there for a while. Shame that work gets in the way of all the fun stuff ain't it?

[257Roberts]

Alright boys, i got my bird entered. Lets all get one on the board and i think will do pretty good.

[slughunter]

well I got one more season starting a week from tommorw, it last for 5 days, thats my last chance to bag a bird, i just looked our team is doing awsome.

[257Roberts]

Give'em heck slughunter. incidently we got about 5 days left here in MS. The bird have quit gobbling where i'm at so i'm glad i got mine early. Hopefully you'll get your bird.

[slughunter]

im hoping, been seeing em along this one fence line in an alfalfa feild everyday, i hope I get one

good job team, i think we will end up winning this http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Ohiobucks]

Good luck slug! I will get back out there next week, heading out of town this weekend. Anyone heard from alex?

[vagobbln]

I haven't seen a post from alex in a month. Hopefully he'll show up on the turkey posting thread!

Good luck to you guys. Take us to the top!

[3seasons]

I sent him a pm the other day, he said that he was busy making calls and hasn't had much time to hunt. He going to try to get a few hunt in over the next couple of weeks.

Good luck on the rest of ya'lls seasons mine is about to rap up May 1.

[slughunter]

been out scouting some, getting ready for wensday when my last season starts, it runs thru that sunday, so I have one more chance to get a tom.

keep your fingers crossed for me to be able to conect with a bird.

[Ohiobucks]

I'm going out in the morning for a little bit before work, who knows? Maybe a dumb, lonely one will hear my calls. We'll see, I'll keep you posted.

[3seasons]

good luck, keep at'em

[slughunter]

i wen tout and didnt really see much, going out tommorow all day

i just checked the score board, we are in the lead by 20 points http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Ohiobucks]

No luck this morning. I heard a few gobbles on the neighbors property, then a shot. I had 3 silent birds in the trees around me until about 6:30am, then they hopped off the limb, onto the ground and down the hill to the bottom ground of the neighbors.

Going to another property Saturday morning, 200 acres all wooded. It holds it's share of turkeys, so we shall see.

Good luck all!

[257Roberts]

Common guys, lets go 5 for 5 and wrap this thing up. I think if we can get one more bird we'll win this thing. Good luck.

[slughunter]

IM GETTING READY FOR GOING OUT IN THE MORNING, PUT A GROUP OF 23 TURKEYS TO BED, I WILL LET YOU KNOW

[vagobbln]

You put'em to bed, now have one for breakfast!

[Ohiobucks]

Well, went out last Saturday morning with Tominator, we couldn't even spell TURKEY....I think the cold front gave them a severe case of lock-beak. I heard one gobble, about a mile off, and that was it. Discouraging to say the least. Season is still in till May 21 though....

[slughunter]

well not much of a story to this guy, slept in on sunday morning and woke up to a huge gobble about 30 yards outside my window at about 7:50 am. looked out the window and there he was in full strut with 4 hens and a jake with him, so I grabed my shotgun and blasted him, he was done without any kicking or floping. I would have to say that it was one of the easiest trukeys I have ever shot in my hunting career. he has a 10 1/2 inch beard and weighed in at about 25 pounds. here he is:
http://www.hunt101.com/img/403423.jpg (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=403423&c=526&z=1)

[vagobbln]

Are those camo pajamas or did you throw some on just for the picture? http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif Hope no one else was in the house! I had a friend who shot at a deer out of his bathroom window early one morning with his wife still asleep. He's still married - barely.

Anyway, congratulations. Get that big dude scored. That should put us on top again.

[257Roberts]

Good deal. Get that rascal entered we are in second place right now.

[3seasons]

Thats awesome, congrats. You did good.

[Ohiobucks]

Way to go slug! Pajamas or camo, who cares! That is an awesome bird! What kind of spurs did he carry?

[slughunter]

I shot him in my boxers and put a camo shirt and jeans on for the pic, I never got a chance to measuring the spurs, I will have to do that when I get home from school, this should put us on top, well see http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[257Roberts]

Well if that bird has any spirs at all we should be in first. I checked the other teams in the running and heres how it shakes out.
The Full Fan Attics are our biggest threat. They have 237.4 with only 3 birds. We should have around 240 something with 4 birds. If they get another bird were dead meat. But, i checked and i think they only have one more still in the hunt till the end of may. The other team in the running has 186 with 3 birds. They have two still in the hunt. One till may 21st and the other till may 31st. If they get a decent bird were toast unless we get another bird and knocks one of us out of the four. We have 2 still in the hunt so maybe Alex and Ohio can knock our two lowest out (incidently the two MS boys) and increase our score. Were still in it but it don't look good. Makes it exciting though knowing your in the hunt.

[257Roberts]

BTW, Way to go slug hunter. Nice bird.

[vagobbln]

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Well if that bird has any spirs at all we should be in first. I checked the other teams in the running and heres how it shakes out.
The Full Fan Attics are our biggest threat. They have 237.4 with only 3 birds. We should have around 240 something with 4 birds. If they get another bird were dead meat. But, i checked and i think they only have one more still in the hunt till the end of may. The other team in the running has 186 with 3 birds. They have two still in the hunt. One till may 21st and the other till may 31st. If they get a decent bird were toast unless we get another bird and knocks one of us out of the four. We have 2 still in the hunt so maybe Alex and Ohio can knock our two lowest out (incidently the two MS boys) and increase our score. Were still in it but it don't look good. Makes it exciting though knowing your in the hunt.

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I'm only showing the Full Fan's with two birds and 145 points. What did I miss?

[vagobbln]

I did find where exturkinator killed one this morning. According to the stats he posted it will score 67.75. That still puts them at 212.75 with just three birds. 257Roberts is right, it won't take anything more than a jake to overtake us. Come on guys, it's two outs in the bottom of the ninth - take one deep!

[Ohiobucks]

Decided to take tomorrow morning and Thursday morning off of work to hunt. We'll see what happens....

[slughunter]

I just looked, things are looking pretty low for us to win, I hope to have my bird entered before this weekend. well see how this ends up.

[Ohiobucks]

Shot a jake this morning, looks like he'll go 29.25. Missed being the lowest scoring bird so far by 0.25. http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Jake bird down! (http://www.realtree.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=956314&an=0&page=0#Post9 56314)

Slug, get that big bird entered buddy!

[257Roberts]

Good deal ohio. I was runner up last year on the smallest bird. tough year last year for me.

[3seasons]

Congrats Ohio, its not the size of the bird but the experiences and memories you make with you kids.

[vagobbln]

Congratulations on the jake OB. Slug has your back when he enters his bird. Way to go team!

[vagobbln]

Get that "boxer bird" entered Slug. I actually think it will put us in a real good position unless there are a lot of people sandbagging out there.

Anybody hear from Alex? Did he get to hunt any?

[Ohiobucks]

Slugger, get that bird entered buddy! http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[slughunter]

been really buisy lately, my grandma has been in the hospital and so I have been with her 24/7. but I hope to get it entered today.

[257Roberts]

sorry to hear about your grandmother. If you will email me the pics i'll post them for you. hope your grandmother gets better. My email address is mstatece@aol.com

[Ohiobucks]

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been really buisy lately, my grandma has been in the hospital and so I have been with her 24/7. but I hope to get it entered today.

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Man, sorry to hear that. Prayers are being sent right now for her and your family.

[3seasons]

Slug, hope all is well or getting better.

[slughunter]

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sorry to hear about your grandmother. If you will email me the pics i'll post them for you. hope your grandmother gets better. My email address is mstatece@aol.com

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thats guys. I know how to post pics just havent even had time to take up close pics of the beard, spurs, and permit. but I have em all and might be able to do it on friday. thanks everyone again.

[vagobbln]

Belated prayers to you and your grandma. Let your teamates know if we can help.

[slughunter]

sorry guys, I have just been really busy and have had no time to take the pictures, buy I hope to tommorow. I just checked the score board, we are loosing by .4 of a point, but my bird with put us in a good lead.

[Ohiobucks]

Take your time slug, the contest is on till June 12.

[Ohiobucks]

Looks like cutter10x got a good bird for the Full Fan Addicts.....even if slug gets his bird entered for us, it may only be good enough for 2nd place. Anyone hear from Alex?

[slughunter]

yea, I just saw that, I think this is where the road ends for us, but who knows, maybe something will come up, Im still working on getting my gird entered.

[3seasons]

Well team its been fun. This was my first year for the contest and I had a blast http://www.realtree.com/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif We gave it a good run with 5 out of 6 scoring not to bad. I hate to loose but FFA scored some huge birds, my hats off to them. Im looking forward to next year, it looks promising. Do you get anything for second or third??

[slughunter]

it was fun, thanks everyone for participating. cya arond everyone