2013 Spring Turkey!!!

[archie126]

My 2013 Tom. Won't likely go out for a 2nd, just way to busy.

Weighed 20lbs 5 oz on my Berkley digital fish scale, spurs around 1 3/16 or so, 8 1/2 inch beard. A nice avg bird that I missed once and was able to get a second chance on a week later.

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[Akito]

Got my first bird on the 10th. 4 Jakes and a Tom cam running through the field to the calls and decoys. The tom hung back and let the jakes investigate... I wanted the sure thing so I went for one of the jakes.
15.9lbs on the scale. Can't wait to taste him after he is done in the deep fryer!

 

[Fishingismylife]

Not a monster but in this morning at 8:30am shot at 8:50 so I'll take it lol

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[smokingun]

fishkinger,
I added pics as requested. I think I got the measurements right. You'll have to take my word for the weight, I used a digital luggage scale.
Regardless its a pretty sweet bird.

 

[waltman]

fishkinger,
I added pics as requested. I think I got the measurements right. You'll have to take my word for the weight, I used a digital luggage scale.
Regardless its a pretty sweet bird.

That will be a tough bird to beat, congratulations.

 

[Ishodu]

I only got out 2 times and managed to get this one on the second time out at 13:00. He came in so fast I didn't get a chance to turn on the camera.

9" beard 1-3/16" spurs and 20lbs 6oz

 

[phinton81]

Not sure what the weight was, but it was a nice tom and I have worked hard this year. Couldn't be happier!

Cheers,

Patrick

 

[Runningfool]

Great looking birds everyone! Keep the pics coming!

 

[Otokiak]

SOOOO jealous as I'd love to go turkey hunting!

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

 

[Runningfool]

SOOOO jealous as I'd love to go turkey hunting!

I've seen your pics...I don't think you are allowed to be jealous of a few Ontario turkey hunters!

 

[bcook21]

SOOOO jealous as I'd love to go turkey hunting!

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

What, your mean you don't have any snow turkeys all the way up there?? Lol.

 

[Otokiak]

I wish I could go turkey hunting as it looks fun and I' msure they taste great! There's lots of turkeys up here but they're the human kind! HAHA.

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA

p.s. I heard geese today ... so I'll be shooting birds here real soon ...

 

[CanuckR]

My second one

 

[6IXXER]

Sitting in a blind... Hurry up ol' Tom!

 

[jongun]

My second one

You got him good bud. Talk about humane. Congrats on your successes.

 

[CanuckR]

Actually jon gun, almost quite the opposite unfortunately. I hammered him at 35-40Y, he buckled over and hit the ground, I was sure he was done. Then he stood back up and started to fly away, I sent another, it wasn't the best shot as I was prone and shooting through a hole in a fence. I jumped up and over the fence and took off after him. I found him 150M away. The last shot was the "humane" one at about 2ft.

Certainly not the way I would have prefered it to go down.

 

[yorgi]

Actually jon gun, almost quite the opposite unfortunately. I hammered him at 35-40Y, he buckled over and hit the ground, I was sure he was done. Then he stood back up and started to fly away, I sent another, it wasn't the best shot as I was prone and shooting through a hole in a fence. I jumped up and over the fence and took off after him. I found him 150M away. The last shot was the "humane" one at about 2ft.

Certainly not the way I would have prefered it to go down.

Poultry trumps poetry, you got the job done that's what matters, congrats on your second bird!

 

[Adrian J Hare]

 

[Cintax]

Nice bird Adrian! Glad you had better success in Pennsylvania than you had in Ohio.

 

[Adrian J Hare]

Nice bird Adrian! Glad you had better success in Pennsylvania than you had in Ohio.

Yep makes the game a whole lot easier when there is birds to hunt. Out of 20 some years I have never seen a population is low as I did in Ohio. Give me birds and kill them but you cant if there not there...