Finished out the Ohio season with a slammer! Killed him 5/1/06 in Vinton County. Below, I'll include all the facts on this bird. Good luck to all and GOD bless!

Turkey # 4
Ohio Eastern Turkey
Gun: Browning Gold3.5 NWTF
Load: Federal Flight-Control Heavyweight #7
Distance: 40 yards
Bird weight:25pounds 6 oz
Spurs: (Left - 1 3/8 in) , (Right - 1 7/16 in)
Beards: (Shortest - 9 1/4 in) , (Longest - 11 3/16)

Score - 25.375 + 13.75 + 14.375 + 40.875 = 94.375

That's a pretty awesome bird. Congrats

WoW !!!! Great bird....

I have been chasing a big bird behind my house for the past three days. My Father In Law and I went in well before daylight this morning by the infamous Miss My Deer Tree and the Birds were roosted and gobbling there ass' off. Rich, my father in law went up near a field edge and I pulled off some sniper tatics and tucked in as close as I could to the trees that held the birds. I was about 25 yards from them as they started to fly down and of course they started walking in the other direction. I yelped real soft and low and behold three birds gobbled about 30 yards from me but I could not see them because of where I positioned myself. It was really hard to see because it was barely light out but I caught movement through my scope to my right about 25 yards and it was a longbeard feeding in the woods. his head popped up again and I let er' fly. Dropped stone cold. I would also like to say that this was not the bird I was after, but he will do just fine.
21.8 pounds
left spur 1 1/8
right spur 1 1/8
beard 10 3/4
I'll have pictures posted later after I get them developed to make everything legit. http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/mattm_/th_372232-R1-038-17A.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/mattm_/68ae7c96.jpg http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/mattm_/c304d4e6.jpghttp://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/mattm_/e5d453de.jpg more to come. If a moderator would help to get my pictures to show up that would be great.

Closed out KY season with a nice bird! Killed in Warfield, KY at 6:35 am. Facts are below. Good luck to all and GOD bless!

Kentucky Mountain longbeard
23 pds 3 oz
Left spur - 1 3/16
Right spur - 1 5/16
Beard - 10 9/16

I'm headed to West Virginia and then Maryland, so wish me luck!

Forgot to post my score so here it is
KY Longbeard score killed May 3, 2006:

Your score is 23.1875 + 11.875 + 13.125 + 21.125 = 69.3125

Team 2
21.5 lbs
10" beard
1 1/8" spurs (both)

total score 64.00

One for team 9
It has been hard hunting here in Oh this year. My bird didn't score well.
14 + 1.25 +1.25 +17 = 33.5

I guess thats not too bad for a jake. Hope to fill my other tag with a bigger tom. car

Hey deeq, look out for that coyote slipping up behind you. Really nice birds. Your having one heck of a season.

I bagged my Pa. gobbler this morning 20# with a 9 inch beard spurs 7/8 inch and 1 inch. 20 + 8.75 + 10 + 18 = total 56.75 for team 3