Team 13 - 12 Gauge Turkey Chokers
04-28-2011, 06:29 PM
#141
Typical Buck
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Wye Mountain, Arkansas
Posts: 865
I went out this afternoon and I was walking around the woods trying several methods to try to strike up a gobbler with no luck I just kept on walking. I look up and 30yds there is a turkey feeding. I plopped down on the ground and put on my gloves and facemask. Somehow that turkey never saw me or heard me because the leaves were very dry. Unfortunately it was a jake. It took some self control not to fold him up. Our game and fish made shooting jakes illegal this year due to the poor hatches we have been having. It was a cool encounter he got within about 15yds and moved off. I tried yelping and cutting at him to get him to gobble and strut to get a good look at his tail fan, but he never did anything.
05-01-2011, 02:42 PM
#145
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: lutz, Fl
Posts: 363
Nice job bowshot.
Yes you have it right.
There is a link to scoring on the turkey contest page, scoring your bird.
Lets see some pictures and hear the story.
My season is over, I did not get a bird this year. I would have a hard time believing anyone tried harder. Next year I will be ready.
John
Yes you have it right.
There is a link to scoring on the turkey contest page, scoring your bird.
Lets see some pictures and hear the story.
My season is over, I did not get a bird this year. I would have a hard time believing anyone tried harder. Next year I will be ready.
John
05-01-2011, 05:24 PM
#147
Spike
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 80
Long, tiring day saturday, so i decided not to get up early today. So 9:00, grabbed gun, walked down steps to pool, stepped off pool deck, walked 10 steps, entered blind (threw out a decoy a few yards out too). 9:05 here comes a hen, walks near decoy, I clucked a couple times, then noticed the tom 30 yrds behind it. I waited until her followed his hen and took the shot. At 9:10 I was standing over my bird.
20 lbs
9 in beard
20 mm spurs
05-02-2011, 06:41 AM
#148
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Jamestown, KY
Posts: 207
I smoked us a good one yesterday. It had 2 beards. One was 10 7/16" and the other was 8 3/4". Spurs were 1 5/16" each and it weighed 20.55 lbs.
Beard #1 = 10.4375 x 2 = 20.875
Beard #2 = 8.75 x 2 = 17.50
Spurs 1.3125 x 2 = 13.125 x 2 = 26.25
wt. = 20.55
20.875+17.50+13.125+13.125+20.55 = 85.175
Tim I will email pictures tonight.
Beard #1 = 10.4375 x 2 = 20.875
Beard #2 = 8.75 x 2 = 17.50
Spurs 1.3125 x 2 = 13.125 x 2 = 26.25
wt. = 20.55
20.875+17.50+13.125+13.125+20.55 = 85.175
Tim I will email pictures tonight.
Last edited by little indian; 05-02-2011 at 06:42 AM. Reason: forgot message to Tim
05-03-2011, 06:55 PM
#150
Typical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Posts: 714
Hey bud,
Do me a favor and use the scorer to score your own bird. I don't feel like converting mm to inches.
Thanks, Tim
Long, tiring day saturday, so i decided not to get up early today. So 9:00, grabbed gun, walked down steps to pool, stepped off pool deck, walked 10 steps, entered blind (threw out a decoy a few yards out too). 9:05 here comes a hen, walks near decoy, I clucked a couple times, then noticed the tom 30 yrds behind it. I waited until her followed his hen and took the shot. At 9:10 I was standing over my bird.
20 lbs
9 in beard
20 mm spurs
Do me a favor and use the scorer to score your own bird. I don't feel like converting mm to inches.
Thanks, Tim
Long, tiring day saturday, so i decided not to get up early today. So 9:00, grabbed gun, walked down steps to pool, stepped off pool deck, walked 10 steps, entered blind (threw out a decoy a few yards out too). 9:05 here comes a hen, walks near decoy, I clucked a couple times, then noticed the tom 30 yrds behind it. I waited until her followed his hen and took the shot. At 9:10 I was standing over my bird.
20 lbs
9 in beard
20 mm spurs
