Aint been on here much for some time. One of the boys from work was on here and saw a thread about the fact that I hadn't done a contest!! Last year there was evidence of cheating
. Cheating at cards or cheating on the wife is one thing, cheating in a turkey contest just don't go I was member number 40 when this forum was begun some years back and still have way short of 1000 posts. I say what needs saying
I support a local contest where birds are scored by the same individual and all is on the up and up. This year the longest spur will receive on of my "Hook Hunter" long box calls in walnut and purple heart
I had an excellent season calling in lots of birds and had 7 mature gobblers at once in front of me. One of those birds came in and drove off the first bird that was with the hens at fly down then face off 5 others (likely 2yrolds) that came in to take the hens. He drove the hens into the bush on a knoll then paced back and forth gobbling and the other five wouldn't go in fight. That bird weighed 22/14 had 10 1/2 beard and 1-3/16 & 1-1/4 spurs. I know this cuz I killed him
Bird 1
why we call them "limb hangers"
Bird 2 was after having called in quite a few birds and yes even missing one. This was one of the best dramas in my years of calling. He was in font of me for at least thirty minutes and must have gobble 200 times. Finally he came in to my purrs and died weighing 22/11 10 1/4 beard and lovely spurs at 1 3/8 and 1 7/16
Recognize that stubby barrel Doug
Although I used my box-calls quite a bit on some days, on both kills these calls were used most. A "purr pot" and most of all an old glass over slate call that was the first glass call I ever made some years ago. The glass was hand cut from a window.
I also chased off a few trespassers and then the was the quad. I figger the quad riders were going to have nightmares any way so I might just as well be in them. They won't be back
Great season I hope everyone else had the same.
. Cheating at cards or cheating on the wife is one thing, cheating in a turkey contest just don't go I was member number 40 when this forum was begun some years back and still have way short of 1000 posts. I say what needs sayingI support a local contest where birds are scored by the same individual and all is on the up and up. This year the longest spur will receive on of my "Hook Hunter" long box calls in walnut and purple heart
I had an excellent season calling in lots of birds and had 7 mature gobblers at once in front of me. One of those birds came in and drove off the first bird that was with the hens at fly down then face off 5 others (likely 2yrolds) that came in to take the hens. He drove the hens into the bush on a knoll then paced back and forth gobbling and the other five wouldn't go in fight. That bird weighed 22/14 had 10 1/2 beard and 1-3/16 & 1-1/4 spurs. I know this cuz I killed him
Bird 1
why we call them "limb hangers"
Bird 2 was after having called in quite a few birds and yes even missing one
. This was one of the best dramas in my years of calling. He was in font of me for at least thirty minutes and must have gobble 200 times. Finally he came in to my purrs and died weighing 22/11 10 1/4 beard and lovely spurs at 1 3/8 and 1 7/16Recognize that stubby barrel Doug
Although I used my box-calls quite a bit on some days, on both kills these calls were used most. A "purr pot" and most of all an old glass over slate call that was the first glass call I ever made some years ago. The glass was hand cut from a window.
I also chased off a few trespassers and then the was the quad. I figger the quad riders were going to have nightmares any way so I might just as well be in them. They won't be back
Great season I hope everyone else had the same.
They weren't record breakers by any means, actually not much compared to the OP's. #1 was 21.5lbs, 7/8 spurs, 9 1/4 beard, #2 was a 16lb jake with nubs and a 3" beard. Not trophy birds necessarily, but waaaaayyy better than tag soup...again.
