Mr. Theron asked me to post this picture for him. It is his first blonde bird. Absolutely beautiful bird! A true trophy. It was 17 lbs., 8.75" beard, and 1" spurs. Congratulations again Mr. Theron!
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ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!!
Congrats on a trophy of a lifetime!!!
God Bless,
David B.
:o WOW! That's awesome!
Very cool! I love the solid black primaries.
This is a red phase gobbler. Very rare and a once in a lifetime gobbler. It should be headed to the taxi man, I hope.
TRKYHTR
Quote from: BOFF on April 03, 2012, 10:56:09 PM
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!!
Congrats on a trophy of a lifetime!!!
God Bless,
David B.
:agreed:WOW What a Beautiful Bird ....Congrats
WoW! :o.... That is Awesome. I've never seen anything like that.
Beautiful
Wow! Super cool. Congrats!
Awesome looking bird!!
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That is amazing. What a trophy!
That bird would be going to the best taxi in the area if I killed him, great bird!!
Awesome bird. Of all the phases I've seen that one is definitely the most unique.
Wow! That is awesome! Congrats!!
Thats the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Congrats.
WOW!!!! Cool bird!!!! :drool: :you_rock: I sure hope he is getting a full body mount of that one!! :icon_thumright: Tell him congrats on a fantastic and rare trophy!! :happy0064:
Definitely the most awesome bird I've ever seen
Straight to the taxidermist I hope!
BEAUTIFUL.
congrats!!!
absolutely amazing :icon_thumright:
What an incredible bird! Congrats!
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I would have to do a cape mount on that one at the very least! I can dig that one very much for sure.
Awesome!
Full body mount indeed. That is a beaut. :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
That is a beautiful Bird, congrats!!!
WOW!! Very nice!! Anymore pic's of that bird...I would love to look at them!! Congrats again!!!!
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Beautiful bird!! :icon_thumright:
Quote from: TauntoHawk on April 04, 2012, 12:18:52 AM
That bird would be going to the best taxi in the area if I killed him, great bird!!
I agree
Congrats on a beautiful gobbler. That is off the wall, neat!!
wow never saw one like that before, thanks for the post!
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Congrats.. I bet you could kill 5,000 turkeys and never do that agian. Was he hunting it, or was it just another bird that came in? If I ever get the chance at one like that I hope he just pops out in range. I'd freak if I had to watch it from aways out and probably think something was wrong with my eyes. :z-winnersmiley:
Quote from: Deputy 14 on April 04, 2012, 12:53:51 AM
Thats the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Congrats.
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What a beautiful bird! I hope he shares the story with us and like many others have said, I hope it's going to a taxidermist. Congratulations on the bird of a lifetime! :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
that is one beautiful bird.. thanks for sharing.
Quote from: dirt road ninja on April 04, 2012, 10:28:08 AM
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Congrats.. I bet you could kill 5,000 turkeys and never do that agian. Was he hunting it, or was it just another bird that came in? If I ever get the chance at one like that I hope he just pops out in range. I'd freak if I had to watch it from aways out and probably think something was wrong with my eyes. :z-winnersmiley:
Knowing his hunting style it probably popped out on him, but not sure. I will have to find out.
Very cool looking turkey Congrats :icon_thumright:
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Very nice going,congrats!!
What a beautiful tom, Congrats on a fine trophy.
You gotta mount that sucker. Sweet!
Most beautiful tom I have ever seen!
Congrats Theron, on the bird of a lifetime! :icon_thumright:
All I can say is "WOW"
What a unique trophy Theron. Congrats!
Truly a thing of beauty
very beautiful bird....congrats
That is awesome
others have said it all.Lee :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
I would love to see more pics of that bird!!!
That is amazing! That would be on the wall in a heartbeat!
Nice bird!! Never seen anything like it
Thats awesome!!! very nice! Congrats!! :icon_thumright:
Awesome bird. I bet that was something to see when he came in :icon_thumright:
I have never seen anything like that before, that is a beautiful bird Congrats....Lenny :drool:
Wow, I like that a lot. Congrats!!!!
QuoteThanks for all the kind words fellas. That bird has a little history, I called him in as a jake with another half blonde bird and two regular colored last year while calling for my Daughter. I thought about a full body mount but it's just not something I wanted to do. I killed that bird for pure simple meanness and he doesn't deserve a mount. I may regret it but I was mad at him when I shot him, not sure if that makes sense but I don't want the circus critter in my house. LOL!
I'll get to the story but first let me catch you up on the past three very busy days.
Monday 4-2-12
Went with Daddy to Laurens. Heard 3 across the road at daylight. Didn't hear any birds on our side. Hunted to 1:30 PM in the heat and came out. Went back at around 4:30 PM. Got a bird cranked up on a back pasture and called him to within 80 yards. He had a hen and she dragged him to a different pasture. We circled and set up on nearby but still couldn't get him to within 60 yards. Big storm blew up and the turkeys eased off to roost so we left before the rain set in.
Tuesday 4-3-12
Hunted down near Rose Hill. Got back on a big river ridge before daylight. Had two toms gobbling on roost across river. Just held my ground and about 8 AM I had two coming up from the lower ridge. Sounded as if they were about to appear then they went quiet. Spent the rest of the day moving down then back up the river bottom with the toms answering a few times then going quiet. Then about an hour later they would have moved off. I would then move and they would repeat the whole game again. This went on all day with them gobbling a few times every hour. I finally got frustrated and set up on the point of a big pine ridge. Called a bunch then shut up for an hour. At 6 PM they came slipping in and I shot the lead blonde tom. Extreme prejudice kill plain and simple. No he doesn't rate a mount, I'm gonna eat his blonde arse.
17lbs. 8 ¾" beard and 1" spurs.
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White toe nails
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Wednesday 4-4-12
Hunted the mountains. Didn't hear anything on the roost at daylight. Lingered till well after fly down time before heading off to the top of the mountain. Walked for 2 hours and finally heard a tom gobble 3 times on another mountain ridge. Headed his way but couldn't get on him. Ended up back at the first ridge and struck up a tom at 10 AM. Couldn't get up there to him before he was on me and just sat in a laurel thicket waiting for him to move off. He heard me walk in there and was strutting about 40-50 yards away. Then a squirrel started rustling in the leaves 10 feet from me and the gobbler thought it was the hen. Only made him drum louder and stick around longer. Suddenly he spooked and flew right back over me. Next two hunters came walking down the ridge so I got up to deal with them. Sat up there another hour after they left before I called again. Got a couple toms to answer from the next mountain over. Moved over there but took the wrong log road and ended up below them. I passed them before I heard their answer so I ended up circling back above them higher up on another log road. By then they moved off into the valley below. After I completely circled them they finally committed and came in fast. It ended up being three two year olds at 3 PM. I shot the first one I had a clear lane on at 35 yards since there was a good bit of brush between us.
17lbs. 10 ¼" beard and ¾" spurs.
On my walk out I struck up one of the other toms and had him to 50 yards at two different spots in the laurels but couldn't coax him on in.
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That completes my quest for a SC Slam (toms from the Lowstate, Piedmont and Mountains). I am going to do a triple fan mount with the feathers, may include the beards and spurs.
Have a great season.
Here is the story behind the bird.
Beautiful bird, get it mounted! :happy0064:
Cool story. Never saw a bird like that before.
Nice bird definetly to the Tax man
There are taxidermists around me that would have paid BIG money to have that bird for a competition mount. Man, I get mad at them at times, but I'd have had to mount that one.
I would have mounted him, but I understand 2ounce6's reasoning. Mounts should be special to YOU! doesn't matter what others think about the bird if he doesn't think he deserves a spot on the wall.
That birds coloration is so striking that it looks like a hologram. Absolutely stunning.
He was an incredible specimen. What an incredible waste not to commemorate and share such a rare animal through a mount.
To each his own.
Awesome looking bird, congrats :you_rock:
Way to stack em up Theron. Sounds like some fun hunts for sure. You heading to another state this spring?
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2ounce6s Jr. killed his first bird this past youth season and it is getting mounted and that is the more special bird. When you have 110 and counting then I think you can choose what you mount and not mount. Glad you all would have mounted it, I probably would have too, but that is not what my friend decided to do and it will make one mean turkey nugget dinner! :icon_thumright:
Beautiful Turkey,Congrats on 110! My son killed his first turkey a few weeks ago and I am also getting him mounted,and boy did his turkey nuggets taste good. Good luck this season on 111 and 112.
Fantastic looking bird, congratulations on your slam :icon_thumright:
Hey Theron, congrats on having a great season, and on your SC slam! :icon_thumright:
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Again Theron, Congrats Buddy!! Keep stacking them up homeslice.
WoW! That is amazing.
Congrats!!!