My father killed the bird of a lifetime this morning.

Long story short... he took a neighbor of ours who is fairly interested in hunting. She does our taxes and has been a family friend for a long time. She isn't quite ready to shoot one yet, but leaped at the chance to go observe.

Dad called in 4 right off the branch... shot him at 25 yards at 650am.

21#s 14oz, matching 1 3/4" hooks, 12.5" beard = NWTF score 81.875

For a typical, one bearded turkey.... its the equivalent of a 200" inch whitetail. I'm freakin' stoked for pops!

I'm going Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Monday (my birthday) over the next ten days. Sat and Monday will be in the mountains... Wed and Thursday here in the tidewater area.