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April 24, 2007, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: July 27, 2006
Location: Central Alabama
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Some Turkey Pictures
The Alabama season started out pretty tuff, but things started coming around about two weeks ago. I haven't been able to hunt as much as I wanted due to school, but I manage to get in about 3-4 mornings a week.
Heres how I have done so far. Twenty pound bird with inch spurs and a ten inch beard. He gobbled around 5:15 and then came in to a strutting decoy(homemade) and a hen. He hung at 80 yards and finally broke after some loud purring on my part and came right to the decoy. Flopped at 35 yards. This Bird Went 23.6 pounds and had 1.25 inch spurs, but the beard was lacking at only 6 inches. This morning it was raining, the wind was blowing, and it was pretty chilly. We snuck through a swamp and cut this bird off at the edge of a field. Flopped at 54 steps. One weekend left in the season, and finals are coming up. O well! Last edited by piercfh; April 25, 2007 at 11:46 AM. |
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April 26, 2007, 04:39 AM
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Join Date: January 26, 2006
Location: Arkansas-Oklahoma Line
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Good hunting and congrats!
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April 26, 2007, 02:55 PM
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Join Date: February 22, 2007
Location: Jackson,Mississippi
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beard length
Beard length can be odd. I killed one 2 years ago and 70% of the beard had never grown past 6" while the rest was from 6" to 10.25".
Killed one this year that was only 8.5" and wavy but with 1"spurs and weighed 21# another 2 year old bird from the same area was 9.5"and straight. |
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May 5, 2007, 07:48 PM
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Join Date: October 4, 2005
Location: springfield,MA
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Good show!
I know your feeling.I got you today for the first time.Many deer but my first turkey.Good shot.
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May 13, 2007, 08:24 PM
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Join Date: May 13, 2007
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Nice looking pics! After 3 weeks of failure on my part, it's nice to see SOMEONE get one, lol.
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May 14, 2007, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: May 31, 2004
Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A.
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Very nice! 23+ pounds is a BIG bird. Good shootin (& callin).
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May 23, 2007, 09:23 AM
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Join Date: January 11, 2006
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
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Can you hunt turkeys with a rifle anywhere?
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May 23, 2007, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: July 2, 2006
Location: Corpus Christi TX
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Dirty Harry, you can hunt turkey w/ a rifle in Tx, except those counties w/ an Eastern Turkey season...It is legal to shoot the Rio's w/ a rifle. I shot one during the general rifle season (deer) 2 years ago w/ a 300 win mag...It's all I had. 43 yds, right in the base of the neck. Needless to say, I took his head off. Had a 10" beard. And no, I don't advocate the 300 win as the optimum turkey gun...I can already hear it comming....
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