And another bang, and another bang! This morning was opening day for us. I went to call for an elderly man, Jack, who hasn't killed a turkey in many years, despite great efforts. To make a long story short, I got a wad of birds to come running in and he smoked the first one with a beard. It had a 4" beard. I was pumped for him and glad he got this bird. We did have a big Tom in the buch, but this bird and some others were at less than 20 yards when he shot. Didn't hurt the Tom, started calling and he went right back to full strut. Then we moved about 100 yards to try and get me a bird. After a series of calls, 2 birds came RUNNING in, one with a 6-7 inch beard and the other was right at five, cuz he got shot! About 3 minutes later, my buddy Jason scored on a bird that was hung up and gobbling in between us. It sported an 8 1/2" beard! Not a bad morning to start the season off! Here's som pics, sorry for quality, "phone camera"!
