RE: What makes a "big" turkey to you guys?
to me a biggun is anything with a 10+ inch beard and 1+inch hooks......monster is when the beard is approaching the 12 inch mark...and the hooks are scarry lookin lol...even if i killed a monster...multiple bearded birds i dont know that id get it mounted..atleast not now....500$ is the going rate of my taxidermist...though he does the best turkeys ive ever seen...thats a financal setback for a college kid lol......but then again maybe i would...thats a once in a lifetime bird.....maybe a half mount if a full was out of the question....im just trying to break the 10inch mark....i got a 9 and a 9 and a half..3/4 and 1 inch spurs respectivly.....but i was hunting a trophy last year......i could see his beard hanging between his legs when he strutted....THICK and long......it was probably at its max legnth...im sure it hit the ground when he ate...never got a crack at him though......maybe this year