Up North Journal - G5 Super Slam, Illiniois Turkey Hunt Gone Bad, Michigan Turkey Hunt, Bike for Hunting Experiment

Published: April 29, 2016, 11 a.m.

G5 Super Slam event with Tim Checkeroski the G5 Marketing Specialist

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  1. G5 got involved with the Super Slam to get the G5 name out to the local hunters and shooters
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  3. Four leg event
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  5. Use to be called the G5 Triple Threat for the last four years
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  7. Family style event as well as professional shooters class
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  9. A class for shooters that allows you to use a range finder to check distance to targets
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  11. Every class shoots the same course but with different stakes
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  13. 30 targets on the course
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  15. 2 bonus targets with additional scoring possibilities
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  17. First leg had 240 shooters
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  19. 4th leg has bigger prize money payout
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  21. Should bring an arrow puller, a good set of binoculars and a half dozen arrows
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  23. 2 minute time limit to shoot per station
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  25. Find more information at: G5 Super Slam Facebook Page G5superslam.com
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Illinois turkey hunt gone bad with Carrie Zylka of HuntFishTravel

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  1. Carrie heads to Illinois for a turkey hunt and gets sick
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  3. In Illinois you can only hunt turkeys until 1:00pm
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  5. First day heard a lot of turkeys but nothing to shoot
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  7. Set up in the middle of an ag field in a pop blind with a shotgun
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  9. After the first morning hunt she became seriously ill
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  11. After missing a day's hunt she went back out the third day but got even worse and called the hunt short
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  13. Hunting Wisconsin next three weekends
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  15. Talking hunting Wisconsin for turkeys
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Dan's Michigan turkey hunt

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  1. Monday he sees six toms but cannot put one down but got to see four of them fighting
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  3. Moved blind for next day's hunt but only seen two hens
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Mike's new mountain bike for hunting experiment

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  1. Hope to use the bike to get back to stand and camp quietly
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  3. Got the new bike Saturday morning and headed north to deer camp
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  5. Headed out with the bike to check my trail cameras at camp
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  7. On first impressions the bike performed as expected
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  9. I had a backpack on along with my hiking boots and hunting coat, all items didn't cause any issues while riding
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  11. Was able to ride within less than a hundred yards of several deer without being detected\xa0
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