Lawdwaz

What could be the down side? Shoot more, shoot more often. (an old tv quote) It'll keep you from betting on the ponies AND keep you sober. Win, win............ Hell yes, join a club!

Little Grizzly bears? Let them be. They'll grow and THEN ventilate them.............

It wasn't a turkey. They don't "drum". They make a sound like WNYBH says but more like a, well, a..... oh hell I don't know how to spell it! Get a video or YouTube of it and you'll know what it is. If you get a gobbler close enough to here the sound were talking about, he is within 30-40 yards I'd guess?? I need more information, such as coordinates and ownership? <grin>

Draw weight?

Nice ride......................... http://www.elitearchery.com/products/2012-bows/pulse/

Cash price for a stripped bow?

Great job!

I guess so!

The one I mentioned above was killed in Greenwood in 1983 and IIRC was weighed on the scale in the butcher shop of the Red & White Grocery store in either Cansiteo or Greenwood? My buddy & I walked in with the bird and said "hey, can we weigh a big gobbler in here?" They said, heck yes! We flung him up on the scale, right on the counter!! Only a couple young studs like Albert & I could get away with it. <grin> I'll hang a picture tonight. He had a 10.75" beard and 1.25" spurs IIRC (again) <grin>

Drumming? You mean gobbling? Grouse drum.....

Wing span? All these years and I never measured a single one!! What is the wing span of those birds your shooting? I've been at this for 30 years (started in '82) and the heaviest one one I ever shot weighed in at 23.5 lbs. on a supermarket scale. One other one went 24lbs. but that scale was suspect............<grin> When I shoot one near home, I weigh them on my fish scale. They may not be that accurate but I do occasionally check them with a bag of kitty litter or similar object of known weight. 26lbs. is a heck of a gobbler. Not too many that heavy in my neck of the woods.

Copy/paste from the above link................... SPURS 1 year . . . . . . . . .1/2" or less 2 years . . . . . . . .1/2" to 7/8" 3 years . . . . . . . .7/8" to 1" 4+ years . . . . . . .1"+

I think that the NWTF has it pegged with this.......... http://www.nwtf.org/conservation/bulletins/bulletin_18.pdf

As noted in your reply from the folks at Penn State, that was a VERY rare bird. Very rare for any birds around here to get to that age I'd imagine. Judging his age by his spurs would have been a mistake.

IF WE NEEDED SARCASM WE WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR IT.................................>GRIN< And I would have been quick to add to it. <grin> Smokin' Joe's & a Mighty Taco??

It happens at my Ponderosa only in the summer months.

Congrats! Details............ Any pics? Where are you hunting? How big were your birds?

Its all fun & games until they start eating the new trees.............BLAMO! PIA Bears....

RIP Gus. Condolences to the entire family.

Remember this......... You will NEVER figure out turkey's completely, ever. Nobody will.Simple as that. Tomorrow you could have a couple birds race in, gobbling their fool heads off pleading to be killed. Zero to hero in nothing flat................ Then, you post hero shots on this web page and we say "damn, that jake03 is GOOD" <grin>

I only watched the first clip. All I saw was one duck? Pretty sparce...........<grin> I'm sure it is an experience to hunt a place like that! A bit different than a duck hunt around here.

Good job Mike. I had a couple in my bird bath today. Mmmmmm they looked tasty!

I find it hard to believe you only heard one bird on Mahogany Ridge? <grin> (as I sip my very cold Bud Light)

Where I hunt is barren........ bar·ren (brn) adj. 1. a. Not producing offspring. b. Incapable of producing offspring. 2. Lacking vegetation, especially useful vegetation. 3. Unproductive of results or gains; unprofitable: barren efforts. See Synonyms at futile. 4. Devoid of something specified: writing barren of insight. See Synonyms at empty. 5. Lacking in liveliness or interest. n. A tract of unproductive land, often with a scrubby growth of trees. Often used in the plural. [Middle English barreine, from Old French brahaigne, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

The past few times out I didn't hear a single gobble. I probably couldn't find a ButterBall at Wegmans at this point.............................................................