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Post by Woody Williams on May 4, 2012 8:09:16 GMT -5
Had a nice bushy bearded gobbler come by me at a tad over 50 yards. Put the Simmons Diamond on him and he is now meat in the pan. The beard fooled me as I thought he was a fully mature bird. Looks to be a nice two year old instead. More later...
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Post by featherduster on May 4, 2012 8:36:51 GMT -5
:-[Maybe you won't need to buy those new decoys now till after season......save money. Congrats.
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Post by 3ptbuck on May 4, 2012 9:26:05 GMT -5
Congrats
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Post by Decatur on May 4, 2012 9:40:19 GMT -5
Grats!
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2012 10:58:03 GMT -5
Congrats! I don't worry about age on turkeys. A long beard is going down if he walks in front of me. 2 year old birds don't look much different than 3 or 4 year olds at 40 yards. Spurs will probably be a little longer and sharper on the older birds, but who can see spurs from 40 yards in most cases? Congrats! Let's see some pics!
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Post by oldhoyt on May 4, 2012 11:00:01 GMT -5
Figured it would happen sooner or later. Way to go.
I really like the way my turkey came out this year. Brined overnight and smoked the following day. Consider it if you don't have other plans.
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Post by oneshot on May 4, 2012 11:16:14 GMT -5
Nice bird, congratulations!
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Post by Woody Williams on May 4, 2012 11:39:56 GMT -5
Light bird.. 15 pounds 8 ounces. Taxidermist/check in said all birds he has checked this year are light as opposed to last year. His biggest was 21 pounds with most going in the mid to upper teens. 9 1/2" beard and 7/8" spurs
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Post by waynecountytrio on May 4, 2012 11:49:17 GMT -5
congrats to you.....didnt need them coys after all.... ?
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Post by 3ptbuck on May 4, 2012 12:01:27 GMT -5
Glad to hear all weights are down. The 2 birds we killed were only 17.5 and 21lbs- by far the lightest we've killed there in the 6 years I've hunted that area.
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Post by oldhoyt on May 4, 2012 13:13:44 GMT -5
Perhaps the lower weights are from the Toms spending more time than ususal breeding prior to opening day?
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Post by Woody Williams on May 4, 2012 13:23:44 GMT -5
Perhaps the lower weights are from the Toms spending more time than ususal breeding prior to opening day? Interesting theory as we all know a buck's weight will drop significantly during the rut. There plenty for the turkeys to eat in the woods and fields.
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Post by oldhoyt on May 4, 2012 13:31:07 GMT -5
Hard to say. Mine weighed 22 lbs, and had 29mm spurs. He was feeding at the time I shot him, craw had corn and a couple caterpillars of some kind. I would have thought he'd weigh a little more. He seemed like he was the boss of the group.
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Post by hornharvester on May 4, 2012 13:49:34 GMT -5
Good going Woody! You would think with the mild winter we had birds and wild animals in general would be in great health. h.h.
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Post by schall53 on May 4, 2012 13:51:50 GMT -5
The birds I have heard about up here are all carrying good weight. I have heard of 7 birds killed and the lightest one weighed 21# the heaviest was 24.5#
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Post by ukwil on May 4, 2012 14:56:55 GMT -5
Congratulations
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Post by kevinhunter on May 4, 2012 18:35:37 GMT -5
Woody congrats! Great looking bird!
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Post by goosepondmonster on May 5, 2012 6:13:15 GMT -5
Nice bird, Woody.
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Post by freedomhunter on May 5, 2012 7:05:48 GMT -5
Nice job, to say the birds were wornout is understatement
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Post by huntinfool on May 5, 2012 10:16:36 GMT -5
Congrats Woody, nice gobbler!
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