GR8WhiteHunter

Oops... Forgot to include the beard and spur measurements: 9" beard and 1" spurs.

On Friday May 30 I watched two turkeys fight for 20 minutes. Jumping and spurring and then wrapping their heads around each other pushing each other around the field. When they stopped they followed 5 hens into the woods. I cut the distance to where they entered the woods, made a few hen calls. Within a few minutes both toms entered the field and went in to full strut. When the one tom walked in to about 20 yards I took the shot, second bird of the season down!

Went out today and shot my oldest bird to date. It was windy and rainy but the birds were still gobbling. My hunting partner knew exactly what the birds were going to do. He had watched them from a distance on Saturday . At 6:35 four hens, two jakes and two toms entered our field. At 6:40 I shot the tom with an eight inch beard and inch and a half spurs. His beard appeared to have been broken off over the winter but still a great bird!

I would like to enter the contest.

Thanks congrats everyone.

On 5/29 I shot this guy. He was all by himself out in a field in full strut and gobbling. Stalked him and got a 35 yard shot, after moving on him a couple of times to meet up with him where he was close enough. His beard was 10 3/4" and his spurs were 1 inch, similar to the other one I shot. A much heavier bird though - 23 lbs. Also, this bird had a terrible smell associated with it - absolutely rancid. It wasn't due to any previous wounds, I inspected it closely, it was almost like it was something maybe an oil secreted from its body or something. I don't think I am going to eat it though, the smell is atrocious. I actually had to wash everything because of it. Never heard of this before.

After taking a friend's son to this spot over the youth weekend, we saw this bird in there but couldn't close the deal that day. He looked like a good bird then. We went back there and after some light calling the bird flew down and was gobbing walking away. I moved up to close the distance and after a short wait he headed back to where he heard the calling. He was a "long beard" measuring 10.75 inches with 1" spurs. One of my best birds yet.

I would like to join as well.