First gobbler..how did I do?
 

Well just started bow hunting and got to do some turkey hunting opening weekend last weekend. Unfortunetely I spent the whole week in the woods with my bow and could never get the gobblers to come close enough for a bow shot

So this Thursday headed up to the ranch for a 24 hours trip, despirate for my first turkey because I was already starting to notice them laying low and not being as active. So I grabbed my gun and sure enough got my shot at a turkey.

Check out the pictures and tell me what you think.

The beard measured 9.5 and the spurs werean inch.

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More..

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1 inch spurs

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I think you did good. That's a great first bird ora great bird anytime. Congrats !

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beard...

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WTG offroad! You did real good!

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You did just fine! Nice bird!

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Congrats Offroad on your first bird! Thats a good bird no matter if it is your first or your latest!

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Really nice for a first bird (or any bird!)

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Great Bird!!

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GOOD JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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AWESOME JOB!!!! Great Bird! Congrats!!!

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Great Job... I hope you mount the tail and beard so you can look back at it for many years.

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Yea. I plan to mount the tail and beard on one of those wood boards but Im not exactly sure how to do it.

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Real nice bird for your first , 9.5 inch beard , 1 inch spurs ... how much did it whigh ?

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Good Job!

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Looks like an awesome bird man. Way to go!

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Awesome gobbler!!!! Nice job.

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way 2 go off road

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great job, especially with a bow.

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Congrats on a fine bird. Dont ya just love those spurs...

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hell no...I never realized how sharp those things were...they got me a couple times..ha

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Anyone know how to mount the tail feathers and beard onto one of those boards?

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congrats, &hope theres many more

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congrats on a great first bird

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First off, great bird! Second, what you need to do is cut off the fan, trim as much meat off as you can, and spread the fan out on a piece of cardboard in the position you want it to dry in. Pin it down to the cardboard to hold it in place and cover the base of the fan where you cut it off with borax. You can get it in the supermarket in the laundry detergent section, its called 20 mule team borax. Also, trim the meat from where you cut the beard off and cover that in borax too. Let it dry for a couple of weeks then worry about putting it on the board. Most of those kits come with instructions, its real easy to mount them but you need to make sure the fan dries out in the position you want it to be in.

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nice bird congrats.

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Look like you did awesome! That is a very nice bird for your first! Are you going to mount the fan and spurs/beard?

Congrats on the nice bird!

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Congrats. Nice bird. I would take that on any day. Nice Job!!

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Thanks for all the feedback...I guess I did pretty good. I didnt know what was small medium or huge.