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craigepo 04-19-2010 10:14

Turkey season rocks
 
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Here's a photo of a bird I killed on my farm this morning. 19.5 lbs, 10 inch beard, 1 inch spurs. Two-year old bird.

Buffalobob 04-21-2010 04:39

Congratulations.
I went yesterday and tried but the only gobbler around was too far away. I'll give them another try on Friday.

craigepo 04-21-2010 04:50

Good luck. I was in the prone, having crawled about 100 meters, had to shoot around a tree. Damn 3 1/2 inch mags about broke my nose.

You should come to Mo to turkey hunt sometime. a lot of birds. I heard 6 when I walked out my door.

The Reaper 04-21-2010 05:46

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Originally Posted by Buffalobob (Post 326603)
I went yesterday and tried but the only gobbler around was too far away....

Never thought I would hear you say that.:D

TR

greenberetTFS 04-21-2010 12:12

Never been turkey shooting in my life,but my redneck son in law does and last week in texas he had 4 of them and told me the only meat you can get from them is their breast,the rest isn't worth eating............... :rolleyes: True? :confused:

Big Teddy :munchin

craigepo 04-21-2010 12:45

The breast on a wild turkey is fantastic. The rest of the bird is very tough, to the point of being inedible.

Team Sergeant 04-21-2010 21:39

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Originally Posted by craigepo (Post 326604)
Good luck. I was in the prone, having crawled about 100 meters, had to shoot around a tree. Damn 3 1/2 inch mags about broke my nose.
You should come to Mo to turkey hunt sometime. a lot of birds. I heard 6 when I walked out my door.

LOL, you accomplished the mission and thats all that counts. Nice looking bird!

LarryW 04-22-2010 05:26

I just got back from a trip to Texas. Went hog hunting but got skunked. Shot up a lot of ammo at the dreaded tree-stump zombies, though. It was fun. The guys out there were talking about now being able to hunt turkey with .22's, least in Texas. The guy whose ranch we visited said there were a lot of turkeys around this year. I've never been turkey hunting and couldn't comment one way or the other. Is a .22 a suitable gun for a turkey hunt?

TrapLine 04-22-2010 14:47

Excellent bird, and an equally nice shotgun, Your Honor.

craigepo 04-22-2010 21:24

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Originally Posted by LarryW (Post 326804)
Is a .22 a suitable gun for a turkey hunt?

If you like the thought of pulling a head shot, at a target about 1/3 the size of a skoal can, that is constantly moving, at approx 50 yards.

Can't pull body shots on them with anything small, as they don't have enough blood to really bleed out.

Green Light 04-23-2010 05:01

Sounds like fun. Good looking bird! I like a judge that shoots! :D

craigepo 04-23-2014 10:53

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We must have had a very good turkey hatch last year. Had a beautiful morning, heard 5 gobblers in one hollow, directly behind the house.

I tried to get a picture showing the dogwoods just coming into bloom, but my photography ability leaves a lot to be desired

x SF med 04-23-2014 14:04

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Originally Posted by craigepo (Post 326284)
Here's a photo of a bird I killed on my farm this morning. 19.5 lbs, 10 inch beard, 1 inch spurs. Two-year old bird.

It's probably not going to be good by Thanksgiving unless you freeze it in one of those plastic bags with a net around it... y'know what I'm sayin?:munchin;)

craigepo 04-23-2014 18:29

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Originally Posted by x SF med (Post 548731)
It's probably not going to be good by Thanksgiving unless you freeze it in one of those plastic bags with a net around it... y'know what I'm sayin?:munchin;)

All evidence will be gone by the weekend

x SF med 04-23-2014 18:48

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Originally Posted by craigepo (Post 548765)
All evidence will be gone by the weekend

Your Honor, could you send me a sammich, at least?:D


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