Probably not the right spot to post this but everybody has been so helpfull getting my 835 ready to hunt that I wanted to share. I left for a hunt outside Junction, TX Friday and came back Tuesday after morning hunt. I got three with the biggest weighing 21 lbs. It had a 9 1/4 inch beard and 1 15/16 inch spur and 1 3/4 inch spur. The lease manager measured the biggest spur at 2 inches. The spurs were not only long but had a lot of mass. The second bird had 1 1/4 inch spurs and 8 1/2 inch beard. The temperature went from 93 degrees Sunday to 35 degrees Tuesday morning with winds up to 35 or 40 mph. I saw a bunch of turkey(as many as 19 one evening) but they were not talking much because it was windy every day. I'm sure the big tom will be my biggest bird ever. Two of the shots were over 40 yds. Thanks again for all the help.
congrats on 3 great birds.
Congrats on your birds! How about some pics of those spurs?
Nice birds. Those are definitely some great hooks! Congrats
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AWESOME and congratulations on a great bird. That is a mounter if you are able. Post up some pics PLEASE!
Quote from: Bwk on April 06, 2011, 11:46:55 AM
Congrats on your birds! How about some pics of those spurs?
+1 pics would be awesome!
NEED PICTURES!!!!
wow! congrats
Congratulations on your very successful hunt. Post some pics for us to get the visual stimulation we crave. :icon_thumright:
Congrats on a very successful hunt.
Thats a trophy, I have only killed one bird with spurs longer than 1 1/2 inches.
Post some pics please!
Congrats!
Post some pics! I went to TX last spring, hunted April 1st thru 3rd, was in Crockett County i believe. Birds were not very vocal either, the outfitter told me that it generally picks up the 2nd week in april down there. Still filled two tags!
Quote from: 870supermagnum on April 06, 2011, 12:32:16 PM
Congratulations on your very successful hunt. Post some pics for us to get the visual stimulation we crave. :icon_thumright:
Yes, Please do. :z-guntootsmiley:
Congratulations!!!!
WOW..... PICS WHEN U GET TIME ?????
I believe this belongs in the "tall tales" section since there are no pics :goofball:
J/k, congrats
Here is the picture. The smaller spur is 1 1/4". The beard is 9 1/4".
The two larger are 1 3/4" and 1 15/16"(same bird). The third turkey was a jake.
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WOW!
THOSE ARE WHAT I CALL HOOKS!
MORE LIKE DAGGERS!
CONGRADS ON THE BIRD OF A LIFETIME! :icon_thumright:
Dang. Dont grab that bird while its flopping.
Yowsa!! Now that's a set of daggers..Way to go..Mike :you_rock:
Quote from: longhorn on April 06, 2011, 05:08:13 PM
Here is the picture. The smaller spur is 1 1/4". The beard is 9 1/4".
The two larger are 1 3/4" and 1 15/16"(same bird). The third turkey was a jake.
HOLY HORSE$#&%!!! Daggers indeed!
Those are indeed giant hooks.
The longest spurs I've ever seen were on Rios. I've seen some around 2" that were blunt on the end and wondered how old the tom was.
We've never gotten them up in the panhandle that long, our longest has been one at 1-7/16in and a few at 1-3/8in. A friend of mine that hunts South TX always gets a couple with extreme hooks. He got two this year in the 1-1/2" range.
Congrats on a great tom.
Reloader
Thanks. The ranch we were hunting was 5,000 acres of a 33,000 acre ranch a lot of which hasn't been hunted in five years according to the lease manager. I think there are a lot of old toms there. It wasn't an easy hunt. 14 people hunted 2 days with 4 of us staying a total of 5 days and only five birds killed. Everyone saw a lot of birds though. Lots of fun. I agree about a bird of a lifetime. My prior biggest spurs were 1 1/4". I didn't realize how big this bird was. To me Rios are normally easier to call in than Easterns. Anyway thanks again.
Just curious are you mounting that turkey?
Thats a true trophy there. WOW :anim_65:
Congrats! Post some pics! :icon_thumright:
That`s frickin awesome!!! :anim_65:
NICE!!! Be carefull or you'll poke yer eye out!! Think somebady has some word to be eatin though bout call shenanigans! :TooFunny:
That's as good a spur as I've ever seen.
Nice set of hooks :icon_thumright: