Scoring a Turkey?
#3
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 730
RE: Scoring a Turkey?
Depends on where you are hunting. An example is a 20lb. bird with a 10" beard and 1" spurs would score 60 points. In my area that is a decent bird and anything that scores above say 65 is a good one. And, yes you could score a bearded hen, but her spurs would be very small.
#4
RE: Scoring a Turkey?
here this should help
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/how_to_score.html
and the NWTF calculator
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_score.html
remember to convert all measurements from inches to decimal
and of courseWild Turkey records kept by specie.
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_records.php
JW
No I am not on the NWTF staff but do read what they put out.
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/how_to_score.html
and the NWTF calculator
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_score.html
remember to convert all measurements from inches to decimal
and of courseWild Turkey records kept by specie.
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/turkey_records.php
JW
No I am not on the NWTF staff but do read what they put out.
#7
RE: Scoring a Turkey?
the calculators that I have used in the past to score a turkey only have one slot for the beard. what if you have a gobbler with multiple beards? A couple years back, I shot a gobbler that weighed about 28 lbs and had one beard that was 6.5 inches and another beard that was 10.25 inches and the left spur was 1.625 and the right spur was 1.625. Best gobbler I ever shot and it was my first gobbler I ever shot! I would assume that you just add the lengths of both beards and then input that lenght as the beard length? Any thoughts...
#9
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Roanoke, VA
Posts: 730
RE: Scoring a Turkey?
I would assume that you just add the lengths of both beards and then input that lenght as the beard length?
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