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-FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1985
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Talking turkey could aid your hunting
There is a broad spectrum of skill and ability in turkey
hunting, just as in any other sport, c
On one end of this scale is the S
rookie hunter who has perhaps
been successful in other types of
hunting but has not been so
fortunate in taking a trophy tom.
This hunter has most of the
equipment needed, a fair abilty in
calling, and generally knows where
the turkeys are, but despite all his
efforts he has yet to bring home any
results. This is the category I fit
squarely in.
On the other end of this spectrum
is Ben Rogers Lee of Coffeeville, -
Ala. There is perhaps no more knowledgeable hunter of
wild turkey in the land than Ben. He has taken wild
turkey in several states as well as Mexico and has
designed calls of all types, written books, produced tapes
and lectured on turkey hunting more than anyone I know
of.
So when he was in Atlanta at the recent SHOT show and
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decision over Brookwood’s Gudeseal.
Senior Mitchel Elzey rounded out
Forsyth’s scoring with a first period
pin of Malone in the heavyweight
match.
“I think we were a little intim
idated before we ever went down
there,” said Forsyth Coach Richie
Taylor, noting the reputation that
perennially strong Berkmar carries.
“Both Berkmar and Brookwood are
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to it, they didn’t react quickly, and
that allowed us to build the lead back
up,” Fields said.
But once again, North Gwinnett
came back, and a rebound basket by
Rogers narrowed the Forsyth lead to
but 35-53 with 1:57 remaining.
And again, it was Gilbert replying
to the North Gwinnett threat with
another driving layup to thwart the
rally bid.
Gilbert and McCallister then con
verted clutch foul shot opportunities
in the final minute to clinch the hard
fought victory.
“This was a big game for us, be
cause it was a chance to eet that 10th
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real good teams, but we wrestled
very timidly and let them be the
aggressors.”
Forsyth’s record fell to 8-7 with the
losses. The Bulldogs closed out their
regular season schedule with a match
against Riverside Tuesday night and
will compete in the Area 7 Wrestling
Tournament at Brookwood cm Satur
day.
win, which was one of our goals when
the season started, and get back to
.500,” said Fields. “I think that was in
their minds and it made them play
hard.
“This really means something for
our program at the stage it’s in now.
It gives us the chance to finish the
season at .500 or above and go into the
(sub-region) tournament with a good
seeding.”
Chester led all scorers with 21
points, while Gilbert, who “did a very
good job of handling the ball and
directing the offense,” according to
Fields, contributed 18 points.
filming a guest spot on one of the local TV stations, I
seized the opportunity to ask his advice on my hunting
tactics. His answers were informative, surprising, and
always entertaining. Our talk was brief but contained
some hints that you can possibly use.
One of the first things I asked Ben about was my
calling. In looking for a scapegoat on whom to blame my
lack of success, I had decided that I was not a good
enough caller. Ben said that without hearing me, he
couldn’t tell for sure but said that most people can call
turkey well.
A primary consideration is that rarely does a wild
turkey call perfectly every time. According to Ben, they
make mistakes, skip, and sometimes interupt the call
they are giving.
He said the most important thing in calling is to
maintain a constant series of calls. If you start with, say,
a series of five notes in your call, stay with five. That will
sound more like the real thing than jumping around from
one series to another.
What type of call you use should depend on how well
you can use it. Ben did suggest that a hunter that uses a
SUWANEE Forsyth County’s junior varsity
basketball squads turned in quality performances
against North Gwinnett last Saturday, but while
the Lady Bulldogs’ efforts paid off with a 36-35
victory, the Bulldogs were dealt a 60-54 defeat by
their hosts.
Guard Ellen Fries paced the Lady Bulldogs’
early offensive attack with five first quarter
points as Forsyth moved out to a 645 advantage.
The Lady Bulldogs opened that margin to 21-13 by
halftime, but then had to stave off a second half
comeback that saw North Gwinnett bounce back
to tie the game in the fourth quarter.
Fries converted Forsyth’s control of a jump ball
tip into a layup midway through the final period to
break the deadlock, and the Lady Bulldogs went
into their four comers offense in the game’s final
minute to protect what had become a four-point
advantage.
But the Lady Bulldogs misfired on three straight
one-and-one free throw opportunities, which al
lowed North Gwinnett to pull back to within 36-35
and gain a chance to sneak away with a win. But
JV ladies edge N. Gwinnett 36-35
Forsyth cheerleaders
capture regional title
Forsyth County’s varsity
cheerleading squad traveled to
Tift College in Forsyth last Satur
day and came back home with top
honors from the Eastern
Cheerleaders Association State
Regional competition.
The local cheerleaders won the
regional championship, and thus
earned a trip to the national com
petition in Williamsburg, Va. on
March 30-31, with a four-minute
routine of cheers, chants and
stunts.
Members of the title-winning
Forsyth cheerleading squad in
clude Lyn Anderson, Nan Garrett,
Tammy Hester, Heather Hut
chins, Lori Hubbard, Kimber
Nichols, Lori Nudo, Cindy Perry,
Leslie Rich, Tia Thomas, Diana
Whitmire and Ruth Williams.
Spring football opens
Freshmen interested in trying
for the Forsyth County Bulldogs’
1985 football squad should report
to the team field house at the high
school at 3:30 p.m. next Monday.
Also, any high school sopho
Celebrate!
Last Saturday was a night of
celebration for the South For
syth Gators and the Otwell
Lady Builpups, who captured
titles in the annual Seventh
and Eighth Grade Basketball
Tournament in Dawsonville.
At left, South Forsyth’s
Richie Weaver (center), Adam
Craft (15) and Donnie Ander
son (30) congratulate one an
other after Anderson’s late
foul shots lifted the Gators to
a thrilling 34-32 triumph over
Otwell in the boys
championship game. At right,
Otwell Coach Carolyn Hicks
is swarmed by her Lady Bui
lpups players after the team’s
36-31 defeat of South Forsyth
in the girls championship
contest.
box or peg and slate or other hand-operated cal], bring
some type of camouflage to cover the hands while
working the call. This goes along with Ben’s feeling that
more birds are lost to the turkey spotting the hunter than
to bad calling.
Ben believes that good camouflage techniques are at
least as important, if not more important, than how you
call. When you are practicing your calling and it seems
you will never get it right, just remember that, as Ben
says, there is not a wild turkey alive that would win a
calling contest. Ben should know, since he has won the
World Championship more times than anyone else.
Ben also has some different ideas on moving while
turkey hunting. I have in the past hunted turkey the way I
hunt deer: Find a good spot with plenty of sign and try to
wait it out. While this is a sound practice for deer, under
most conditions it has drawbacks in turkey hunting.
Ben’s advice is to locate a spot early in the morning
and start calling. If after a reasonable amount of time
you get no answer, try moving some distance and then
attempt to locate a tom.
Turkey flocks move about a great deal as they feed,
mores snd juniors who did not play
football last year but who wish to
play in 1985 should report. All
players should report in running
gear, according to Bulldogs’ Head
Coach Ronnie Jackson
Returning players will report
Thursday, Feb. 14.
Spring practice will officially
start cm Monday, Feb. 18, and will
continue through Friday, March,
when the varsity and junior var
sity squads will face Riverside in
the annual spring football games.
Hunters’ course set
A Hunter’s Safety Course will be
held Feb. 20-21 at the Forsyth
County Courthouse, with meeting
times set for 5:30-9 p.m.
For more information, call 887-
4948.
Chestatee club meets
The Chestatee community’s
youth softball and youth baseball
organizations will meet Tuesday,
Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chesta
tee Elementary School lunch
room.
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Forsyth clung to its one-point lead for the win as
North Gwinnett’s last-gasp shot missed its mark.
Fries led all scorers with 11 points, while Trade
McPherson scored seven points and Pam Rough
ton and Glynis Caldwell added six apiece to the
Forsyth cause.
“We didn’t play as well as we did against
Berkmar or the (Forsyth County freshmen) All-
Stars, but we did have a good effort. The hustle
and effort was there, we just made some silly
mistakes in the second half that hurt us and we
didn’t ice the game away at the foul line when we
had the chance to,” said Coach Jerry Cauley,
whose Lady Bulldogs avenged a season opening
loss to North Gwinnett with the win.
The Bulldogs turned in their most balanced and
most productive offensive attack of the season,
placing four players in double figure scoring, but
North Gwinnett countered with a balanced attack
of its own for a 66-54 triumph.
“This was our best overall game since (sopho
more center) Brad (Elzey) moved up to the
varsity,” said Coach Byron Orr. “We played with
good intensity, and probably played well enough to
and they could be far away from the last place you saw or
heard them. Move off in the direction you think they are,
and try to locate them. As you move, try calling on an owl
hooter or crow call. A tom will gobble back at either of
these calls, and, if you listen as you walk, you should be
able to hear a tom long before you get close enough to
spook him.
Ben recommends you blow a crow call as you walk. A
crow is more likly to be heard during the day than an owl
and sounds more natural.
Under no circumstances should you make a gobbler
call while walking. This, according to Ben, is as easy a
way to get shot as you will find. A hunter and a turkey
sound exactly alike as they walk and if you are traipsing
about the woods walking and talking like a big old tom,
some less than brilliant clown is liable to blast you from
the other side of a bush. Blow the crow call and play it
safe.
(Ben Lee Rogers will conduct a seminar on turkey
hunting on Sunday, Feb. 24 from 2-5 p.m. at the World
Congress Center. Reserved-seat tickets are $8.50 and
$5.50.)
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Gators while Derrick Mathison
scored 12 points and Gravitt added 11
for Otwell.
The girls game was not exactly
lacking for excitement either, as Ot
well had to hold off a fourth quarter
rally by the Lady Gators to win the
rubber game between the two teams.
Each team had defeated the other
by wide margin on its home floor, so
Saturday’s bout was expected to be
an intense, closely fought contest.
And it was.
Otwell broke on top in the second
quarter with a 14-4 scoring spurt
keyed by Sissy Adkins’ five points
and carried a 23-16 advantage into the
intermission.
The Lady Bullpups widened that
margin to 29-19 in the third period and
seemed on the verge of breaking the
game open when, despite the loss of
Tracy Brookshire to fouls, South For
syth came storming back.
South Forsyth outscored Otwell 11-2
over a four minute stretch in the third
and fourth quarters, and Dee Anne
Cline’s foul shots with 3:19 remaining
drew the Lady Gators to within 31-30.
Momentum seemed to be firmly in
South Forsyth’s favor when, in the
next minute, both Adkins and Lori
Frederick fouled out for the Lady
BuUduds. But Otwell’s defensive whiz
win most games.
“But we had a couple of streaks, one in the first
quarter and one in the second quarter, where we
had some mental lapses and gave up some turn
overs that cost us.”
North Gwinnett used that first quarter lapse to
build an early 12-6 lead, which reach 27-20 by
halftime. The Bulldogs won the second half battle
by a 34-33 margin, but could never manage to
overcome the advantage North Gwinnett had
mounted in the first half.
“We pulled close a couple of times, but we just
couldn’t get back even. North Gwinnett’s a good
team and they held us off,” said Orr.
Shane Williams paced the Forsyth attack with
14 points, while Andy Faw, Jimmy Peecook and
Greg Tallant each contributed 10 points to the
Forsyth attack.
North Gwinnett placed three players in double
figures, including Robert Brooks (15 points), Todd
Pendley (14) and Keith Morrison (11).
The junior varsity squads, which played Clarke
Central Tuesday night, will close their season
Friday with games against Johnson.
Christy Ahrendt grabbed one of her 11
steals and drove for a layup to open
the margin back to 33-30 with 2:54
left.
Both teams missed several free
throw opportunities in the final three
minutes, but Jennifer Forbush, who
scored eight points and pulled down
14 rebounds for Otwell, iced the vic
tory in the closing minute by connect
ing on a foul shot and a field goal to
account for the final 36-31 margin.
“I don’t know what more I could
ask for,” said Otwell Coach Carolyn
Hicks, who took her Lady Bullpups to
a 9-3 record and the tournament
championship in her first year coach
ing the team (a feat matched by
Pritchett and the South Forsyth
boys).
“The girls got everything going the
last two games of the season against
South (Forsyth) and South Hall.
Those are two good teams but we
played well and beat them, and it
seemed like those games really got us
going for the tournament.
“But I told the girls coming into the
tournament, that anything we had
done up until then didn’t mean a
thing. The only thing that anybody
would remember would be what they
did in the tournament. And they did it
l’m so croud of them.” said Hjpks.