Congrats again! Good looking spot. Looks like a low intensity burn thru those pines.

Yep. I caught conditions right the 1st week in March and burned about 20 acres. The deer and turkey both are using them pretty good right now.

super cool vid
congrats

A little bit about this mornings hunt. As mentioned, I've sat down on fired up gobblers 3 different times only to have something crazy happen that shut them up (crazy squirrel, bobcat, another hunter). Today I got set up within about 150 yards of two that were hammering at anything that made noise (crows, truck horn on road, geese, etc..). Well about the time they flew down, a coyote stepped out about 20 yds to my right. I thought to my self "seriously?" not again. The birds were still out of sight so I just stood up and ran him off. Got set back down and about a minute later I heard something walking in the thicket behind me. I cut my eyes around slowly and it was another coyote that slipping in, so I ran him off.
Finally the two birds strutted into view at about 75 yds and then hung up. I could tell they were looking at something and about that time 6 deer started running crazy all through the pines. They were covering about 5 acres and just running wide open back and forth and in circles. At this point I'm just shaking my head and thinking about this turkey plague that I can't seem to shake. They did this for 2 or 3 minutes and finally left. After about 15 minutes the birds calmed down and eased on my way. They finally got within about 30 yds and I picked the biggest one out.

I hate letting the yotes go, but shooting would have certainly shut the birds down. I'll work on them with some dirt hole sets.

#2 down. Will post pics tonight. Another 2 yr old. Pretty sure it's the running buddy for the one yesterday.

Yessir!! Getting after it!

Congrats!

Didn't get a good pic of this one, but here he is. Decent beard, but light bird and short spurs. Total score 51.25.

Finally on the board after 3 misses and a new red dot scope. It was only a two yr. old but I will take it to start.

Congrats JP! That'll work!

Those are some good looking turkey woods behind you too!

Congrats!

Thought about going this morning before church, but had a long day yesterday and decided to sleep in. Walked outside about 8:00 and there were two in full strut not 150 yards from the house. I haven't seen those two before, so hopefully they'll stick around a few days.

These "behind the house" turkey are making me a little jealous to be honest! All trespassing strutters would be shot on site!

Good luck.

That's a goodun!

Yep, I plan to if our schedules line up.

Guys - I gotta be completely honest - I'm pretty proud where we sit in the standings. I'll bet you when folks were scrolling thru the teams when they were first posted, we were over-looked. Underdogs to say the least.

Let's keep surprising everybody!

Well if I could shoot we would be even better in standings. Called in one Saturday for a buddy who shot over him and then called myself one in Sunday that stopped short about 45 yards. Tried him and missed. Called one up last Monday and couldn't get him out from behind a bush at 25 yards so no shot.

Good thing is - at least you're on birds.

If I hadn't hunted hard the first 10 days of season, I'd be struggling at my club. Went on vacation, then took my son on that KY youth hunt. Since getting back out listening here in AL, it has been slow and quiet. I did find one this morning that I can play with this week - but he's gonna be stubborn. Never gobbled on roost - found him gobbling on his own on the ground at 7am - and when I called to him, he went silent. Had to go to work so I left him, but he's gonna be a challenge.

Congrats on all the birds guys! I definitely like where we are sitting right now! This has probably been the best turkey season I've had. I killed #5 in Alabama this past Saturday while a very good friend and I were competing in the West Alabama Turkey Invitational. My buddy killed a stud shortly after I killed my bird, and we ended up winning 1st place and biggest bird which paid out $1,800 total. Needless to say that was the best day of turkey hunting I've had!! I'm leaving early tomorrow morning headed to Texas and hunting Wednesday through Friday, and then Hunting my property in Kansas Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully I can find an upgrade bird or 2 while I'm out there! I'll stay in touch and let you guys know how the trip goes.

Good luck on the trip weagle!

I got on two this morning that had a hen with them. One was gobbling, but the biggest one kept silent (but strutted every once in a while). I had a hen decoy out and the hen that was with the birds wouldn't allow them to come close to it. Each time I'd call and they'd start my way she would cut them off and lead them the other direction. I finally had to leave them about 8:00 to go to work.

Hopefully the rain will hold off so I can try them in the morning.

Just got us an upgrade bird to replace that 2 year old bird from earlier. Great hunt!

I'll get him scored and posted up later.