well guys, this weekend of the 12th and 13th were the missouri youth season. i couldnt get out on opening day of it, because i had a baseball game. my brother scored at 9 a.m. on saturday, on a 23 pound longbeard, but the beard was only 4 inches, we think its because of the bad winter we had, and it froze off. but i was really excited for sunday morning, but, it was 40*, cloudy, and with a light snow/sleet. heard no gobbling till about 6 a.m. and the first one we heard., we were off after him. after we crossed a lake dam, he gobbled at a crow, and we were only about 100 yards from him, but he was off the property, across a fence. so we set up on a road, hoping he would cross the fence. he gobbled his brains out, and i saw him about 60 yards up the road. he strutted and gobbled the whole way down the road after he crossed the fence. he hung up at 40 yards though, and my gun wasnt up. so when he would gobble, i would ease my gun up a little more each time. until i finally had it on the base of his neck at 43 yards. after the shot, he went down, and flopped and flopped and flopped. he also had a 5inch beard. but one of his spurs was 1.25 inches, the other was an inch and half!
it all happened around 6:30, and was one of my most exciting hunts. it was the first time my brother and i both scored in the same youth season, deer or turkey.
MO bird #1 down in the sleet and snow!
