A friend of mine I've been mentoring at work killed his first turkey yesterday on a piece of public with a push pin I let him borrow. I seriously doubt he'll ever top it. I figured you guys would appreciate it. One spur was 1 1/2", the other was broken off at 1". 13 1/8" beard and weight was 24.6 pounds. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20250501/80810c7bdaf9f3c259ab0a6ebedb043e.jpeg)
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Fine bird!
Unreal!congrats!
That's a hog gobbler !!!
Congratulations to him..With a push pin, makes it even sweeter...
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Thats biggun!!!
Congrats to your friend Scott, pry some info from him, maybe that Tom has a big brother running around.
Congrats heck of a bird
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Nice :turkey2:
That's a stud gobbler!! :icon_thumright: Some guys have all the luck!!!
That's a goodun !
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That's a big one for sure. Those push pins work!
Awesome gobbler and he will never be any bigger ... congrats to him
That's a beauty and you got to have a part in it. Congrats!
Congratulations to both of you. # 1 For mentoring him, as that was good of you.
#2 I guess he took to heart some of the things you taught him and he ended up with a bird of a lifetime!Good for him!
Awesome! Congrats to you both!
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That's a fine bird right there. Congrats to your friend. What state is it from?
Nice bird. Congratulations!
Quote from: mikejd on May 01, 2025, 09:26:47 PMThat's a fine bird right there. Congrats to your friend. What state is it from?
It's from KY
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Thanks everyone, he's tickled to death and I'm tickled for him
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Congratulations on a heck of a bird!!!
Hoss of a bird!
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Great bird! I wear a scar on my hand from a bird with similar sized spurs. He wasn't quite done when I saw his spurs and had to get my hands on him. LOL.
A great bird. Congrats to both.
Awesome bird and what a first!
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Awesome bird, congrats to your friend. Z
Congratulations
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What gauge, gun, load? Nice bird for sure.
On a piece of public land, the stars have got to really line up for ANYBODY to kill a gobbler like that, much less a newbie. I hope he realizes the good fortune that has come his way. Regardless, in the years ahead, he will come to appreciate the stroke of luck that was involved in that! :D
Quote from: Uncle Tom on May 04, 2025, 08:50:23 AMWhat gauge, gun, load? Nice bird for sure.
He was using a borrowed mossberg 500 20 gauge shooting longbeard XR 3". He said he shot him around 20 yards
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Quote from: GobbleNut on May 04, 2025, 09:12:17 AMOn a piece of public land, the stars have got to really line up for ANYBODY to kill a gobbler like that, much less a newbie. I hope he realizes the good fortune that has come his way. Regardless, in the years ahead, he will come to appreciate the stroke of luck that was involved in that! :D
Absolutely!. I told him that that's a once in a lifetime turkey for any piece of land, let alone public, and I told him that he probably doesn't realize it but he will have to kill A LOT of turkeys before he runs in to another that will even remotely compare to that most likely
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good lord, that is awesome!
congratulations!!!
Great bird! Congrats!