First I am not trying to brag. Just figured some might like to see the monster I shot on Tuesday. I have held off shooting a few toms since the season opened April 25th because I knew there were a couple big toms in the area but was still surprised when I rolled this dude over. He came in a 11 am to my calling with 2 other toms and he wasn't even the strutter. Just the one that finally after what seemed like hours, came close enough for a shot. Talk about a cautious bunch of toms now I know why. I have already killed a nice triple bearded bird with busted 1" spurs in Texas and figured that would be the highlight of the year but! I have always dreamed of killing one with 1 1/2" or better spurs but never really thought it was a possibility until I rolled this guy over on Tuesday morning. I only have increments of 8ths inch on my tape measure and both spurs touched the 1 6/8" mark with one going slightly over it. I am going to keep this location quiet until next year as maybe I can get on his 2 brothers
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Stats
weight-19lbs 10 oz
beard-9 6/8"
spurs-1 6/8"