Va Turkey

[jaybez101099]

I was hunting this weekend at our Va farm and this hog of a turkey came in sat am. Hit box call and he came in from pines running right in on 3 decoys set up at 25yds. I had both my Ross and shotgun but once I seen his beard dragging the ground the 12g was in hand. By far my biggest bird. He was 20lbs on my bass scale but not sure how accurate that is.

[Grouse45]

WOW....Congratulations

[Semisane]

Man, that's a bruiser Jaybez. You must have put him right down. His feathers aren't beat up at all. Congratulations.

[cayugad]

I was thinking the same thing Semisane. You must have knocked the snot out of that pig. Also I think you need a different scale. I would guess that thing around 25 pounds plus. What a beautiful bird.

[jaybez101099]

Thanks.........Head shot and I was so nervous that he was shot coming in like they do with head forward and on a mission. He will be mounted for sure.

[falcon]

Congrats on the nice turkey.

[oldsmellhound]

Congrats!!!! That is a fine-looking bird there.

[deer655]

Thats one heck of a beard on that turkey. Congratulations. I hunt turkeys in sw Virginia. By far the least amount of turkeys I have ever seen or heard this year. All the folks in that area swear the super cold weather killed them off. My hunting buddy got a 23lb turkey on opening morning but after that it was all downhill for the whole week of April 12 thru the following Saturday. Maybe I was hunting too early after such a cold winter. Even the hens were scarce. Congrats again

[gman57]

Beauty bird really nice beard,up here in NY I had a smallish about 12-15 lb come in to the box and at about 35yds he changed his mind and boogied.

[stretch56]

congrats beautiful bird