What's considered a trophy bird???

[Basser69]

All of them are trophys

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[strutnva]

It all depends on the hunt, let's just say you pulled off the road, yelped 3 times and he came running in, now that's not that memorable.  Just kiddin, you know you got the dragon son.

BG

[redarrow]

If it taken legally,its a trophy.

[TauntoHawk]

You got a trophy!

I consider 60+ a really good bird

70+ is a trophy and a mount worthy bird

but these are just my standards with the easterns I hunt.

[Ol'Mossy]

All of them are trophys

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[Ky strutt n bust n]

I am a 19 year old kid who has been hunting since i was just a little young'n well before i could even take a gun. me and my dad have been on many memorable hunts together. to be honest any and every turkey i have ever taken with him or my buddies is a trophy to me. even the ones that get away! lol! getting to watch a bird strutt up to 50 yrds and something go wrong is a trophy. im sure many others would disagree, but its just the thrill that makes a it a trophy to me!

[stinkpickle]

All of them are trophys

This.  And that's another reason I prefer turkey hunting to modern deer hunting.

[Mailman]

Was curious, with the one I took to the taxidermist, wwhat it would score. It came out to 74.5
This was a trophy to me because he was big, got him all on my own, used the calls that I made, and one of my handloaded TSS shells. Very memorable hunt.

[neal]

Sounds like a great bird to me!!! My buddies and I talk about this subject often and how hard it can be to get the "trifecta" beard, spurs, weight. And you got all 3 so congrats!!

[ohiostrutter]

Watching my daughter shoot her 18 lb jake this year for her first turkey was defenitley one of my best trophys

[Hognutz]

The big one that got away is usually a trophy.

[dixiedeerslaya]

ITS ALL ABOUT THE SPURS FOR ME... sure, some of my most memorable hunts have been with two year old birds, but the first thing i look at when i walk up to a dead turkey is his spurs.  ive been fortunate enough to kill two birds with legit 1.5" spurs over the last three years.  however the first one had a little something extra, he also had 4 beards!.... i never thought i would mount a turkey, but when i killed that one, i knew it was wall worthy.....

this guy scored 113, and only weighed 19lbs.  





here he is mounted....

[heathwesley]

We all love a long beard and set of hooks on a turkey but its more about the hunt sometimes.  To be honest I have had some of the coolest hunts with some birds that were not typically considered trophys.

[guesswho]

Hey guys I just wanted to get a general idea of what people consider a trophy turkey by the scoring system. Saturday morning I killed my biggest bird ever which scored just over 69 and I'm debating on mounting it. Any opinions???

Final score and other peoples opinions have no influence on what I consider a trophy. 

It's your money, and if you feel he his worthy of a mount by all means have him mounted.  And enjoy thinking about the hunt every time you look at him.

[coyotetrpr]

  agreed