Im back from my hunt this week and have a bird in hand. Shot him on Wednesday at 615 am. It couldnt have been a more perfect hunt. Roosted him the night before,answered every call and came in gobbling and strutting right to the decoy where I shot him at 12 yards. My friend got it on video also.

And boy was he a big one !! My heaviest and biggest beard to date.

28lbs, 12" beard, and 1" spurs = 72

Not quite sure why his spurs werent any bigger his legs and feet were twice the size of a normal bird. I cant complain though.

I took several pics with the scale to verify. This was the lightest at 28.2 with the heaviest at 28.6.