Strut&Rut

Nice jake!

By the pics, the spurs appear to be 3/16" - spurs on an average jake are typically under 1/2 inch.

For the beard...
You should pull/stretch the beard straight. It's probably going to reach 4+" when you straighten that wave...

S&R

kellyguinn

Yep spurs look to be 3/16" to me. Like Strut said stretch the beard out straight while getting the measurement. You may be able to squeak out an extra 1/2" by the looks of it.


For weight a typical fish scale works good. I have a dial type fish scale with a measuring tape on it. I'm looking at getting a digital though so I can be more precise.


Great bird! Any turkey is a good bird. How I normally call is I locate them with a owl hoot when they are on the roost or once they fly down I will use a crow call. If no answer with the crow call I will try a loud box call with yelps. Once I get them coming abandon the box and use the mouth call (diaphragm) with some yelping. If they gobble I will cut them off with some cutting and finish off with a yelp.


I am still learning but this has worked well for me. Take in mind though I have only taken a few first thing in the morning. I have most of my luck after 9 am and before 2pm although I did take 2 this year at 5:30pm by calling in the hen that the Toms were courting. If ya get a hen to start calling try mimicking her. This will piss her off and she will almost hop in your lap looking for the hooker that I trying to steal her man lol.

kellyguinn

When ya get the final score you are happy with either you post it on the score thread or I can post if for ya. What ever ya like. Congrats again

Bocajnala

I'll post it over in the score thread, save you the time! I know being captain can be allot to keep up with. Thanks for the help everyone updated the score and posted to the score thread.
-Jake

kellyguinn

Welp fellas we are hanging in there. Just a 20 points or so behind team 1. Looks like it could come down to the wire. That's why I have always liked this contest lol. Gives me a reason to keep on holding on the season even though the hunting is over for me till fall. Keep up the good work

springspur

Sounded like an awesome hunt, any bird you call in yourself is a trophy. I learned the hard way to get the gun ready for a followup shot. Sometimes they get up and start running and if you left your gun at your hide you can lose the bird. I got lucky and managed to find him about 75 yards inside the treeline. Got him with a followup shot. And I've heard horror stories about guys picking up a longbeard by the legs while they are still flopping, those spurs will rip your hand wide open. I just stand on their neck until the hackles go down. Another Tom rejected, and another morning of sanity and serenity in God's house.

Bible_Man

Nice, Bocajnala! I still haven't had anything but birds out of range, and afraid of even leaf scratching and purrs...I'll have a few more hunts next week here in TN, then I'm out unless one of you teammates from another state wants me to come visit! HA!

Nice work, everyone.

kellyguinn

I would say come on but our last day is tomorrow.

Zim

I still got 3 Wisconsin hunts May 10-30. I expect to raise my 52 score but I don't know about 20 points! Could definitely use some help. Keep hunting hard.

kellyguinn

I hear ya Zim. Team 1 has at least 1 person that has taken 3 birds but they haven't posted it so we may need way more than 20 lol. Probably need 2 guys that haven't gotten one yet to get lucky. Either way considering how the contests have been going this has been a great team to be apart of.