I’d agree it’s proof it can affect a bucks horn. I’ve seen it numerous times. I have also seen it have no effect at all.

I realize there is risk involved in jumping into a deal like this but my brother and I have been wanting to find some North MO land to hunt and decided to take the chance and try it this year. We actually both own private land in South East MO but just can’t seem to break the 150″ mark down here. As far as the lease we got in, there are 8 of us total in the group and they have 13 permanant stand locations set up on 308 acres with room for 3 or 4 more on 90 acres they just picked up this year. So even on opening morning of rifle season there will be as many empty stand locations as there will be occupied. The two brothers have been leasing from the same landowner for 13 years and it was a family deal up until this year. Story I got was a couple can’t afford it anymore, one is a teen and has interests other than hunting and a couple aren’t dependable so the two brothers decided to basically start over with new members in the group. They told all of us prospective new members that they each had their favorite locations that they have both hunted for years and they wanted to have dibs on those two stands on the days they hunted. If they didnt hunt that day, anyone could hunt there.It was sort of like they had seniority is how they presented it. I have scouted the land three times now and agree one of the spots they like looks really good but the other is just OK IMO and I actually found a couple other spots that look as good as the one I said looked really good. I’m a decent judge of character and I’m pretty sure I will be fine with the two brothers. They also seem to like and respect me so I’m not worried about getting along with them. Not to sound conceited but I know my brother and I are far more experienced hunters than any of the other guys in the group except for one of the other new guys who also seems pretty experienced. I have no doubt we can kill deer and have a good chance at some nice bucks as I saw huge trees rubbed up from last year and lots of monster tracks. One big plus is that my brother and I will be the only 2 of the group that hunt turkeys in the spring and only one other will black powder hunt deer in late December. Also, neither of the brothers bow hunt after the first week of November when rifle season opens and two of the group don’t bow hunt at all.

Here’s the deal… My brother and I could probably stake claims on areas for our primary hunting spots and the two brothers would say ok. My concern is that I don’t want to make the other new guys mad or whatever. I want everyone to have a good season and hopefully leave happy. I am looking for some suggestions as far as how something like drawing numbers to choose locations works out for you all and other possible ways to decide who goes where. Do you draw numbers daily, weekly, a few days running, for the whole season, ect? I have hunted with rifle hunting clubs before and most of them each had their “spot” the new guy that came into the group took whatever spot was open. We are supposed to have a meeting next week to discuss all this and I was just looking for ideas to take to the group. Thanks!

it’s finally official

http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_records.php

Yes, I saw the Iowa archery story, that is how I found your forum and decided to join. After we get our ducks in a row as to how best to release our story I will also post our full story on here. It is a pretty cool story as my son was after this bird the whole season and only asked me to come “help” the last weekend of the season. I’m sure it was more to do with the hens finally starting to “set” than my help as my son can call just fine and has had success on his own in the past. Pretty cool that both archery and modern weapon records were broken this year… Who knows, they may both fall again next season.

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WOW!!! that is some bird!! I had heard the world record was shot in Iowa?

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Yes he was some bird… I am sure this is the same bird I saw with a group of gobblers during deer season in one of our alfalfa plots. I zoomed in on his spurs with my 14X Leupold and knew they were both close to 1 1/2″ (I’m a spur hunter lol)I also saw he had a really nice beard but didn’t realize it was a wad of multiple beards. And yes, the World Record for Archery was also broken this year in Iowa by Todd Pringnitz. I think it scored somewhere around 150. My son took his with a shotgun and it scores 199.9 .Unless another was killed that hasn’t come forward yet it will be the new record for all methods, all species, though it is an eastern subspecies. Please understand we have more pics but we are sort of holding our cards close on this until a few folks get back to us. We are a little unsure of how to best get the story out so we are seeking advice from some folks in the hunting “industry”. We already have a few wanting to interview us from the local word of mouth news spreading but haven’t granted any as of yet. I’m guessing that will happen in the near future though. I added a pic of the beards in my original post. Thanks for the warm welcome!

Not messin with you all but I gotta run for today. I will try it again tomorrow.

I took it all the way down to 250×188 and it still won’t take it.

It won’t take my pic… says Only files of type .jpg, .gif and .png allowed but it is a jpg so I don’t know what the problem is. Any suggestions?