Double beard Pig ?
 

Well I got a nice one finally,:D get the pics latter, the bird is at the taxidermists as we speak. ;)This is for team 11# Its a nice Double bearded 25 pound bird. And yes I am tickeled pink. I just have to decide how to mount him.[:-]
He has a 11 in. and a 9 in. beard 1 3/8 to 1 1/2 in spurs. Beautiful bird. I got him on the 4th day of the hunt. I saw him every day in the same local, so after being shot, thats right ,[:o][:@][:@] shot on friday morning by another hunter I decided to move out of the area that I was hunting and try for this bird instead. I went in early with tennis on to be quiet (4:30). He parked himself in front of me with a hen at 5:45 and I watched him and videoed him till 6:00. That was it. Talk about happy, wow, when I saw the beards and spurs, it will take some doing to top this one for me. I will post the actual score when I get it. About 88-89.:D

Now about the hunter that shot me, He pulled up in front of me after shooting hour and stopped. I was out in the middle of a grass field laying on my stomach with a camo cover over me , I got up on my elbows when he stopped and parked, I thought he was looking at my decs with binocs when all of a sudden " BAM" [:o] and pellets hit me from my shoulder to my leg. [:@]I got up and introduced myself to him as politely as I could in that situation.

The guy turned out to be an old farmer with a handicap license to shoot out his vehicle, I explained not to shoot at any turkeys that dont move anymore.:eek:
By the way, its sure nice to still be able to see, another foot of pattern over and who knows?[:' (]

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awesome , cant wait to see the pics:D

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Wow, what a day what a story!!! Thank goodness you were not seriously hurt.

Team 11 is looking better all the time. [:-]

Congratulations on an exceptional tom!

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Reminds me of a time I was judging a NSTRA field trial in Canada and got shot (in the shoulder and face) by a rookie handler. Fortunately for me, I was a ways away, and only a few pellets struck me, as he didn' t pull the trigger exactly when the bird flew between us, just a split second later. One pellet, however, directly struck my eyeglass' s right shatterproof lens, dead center, and another my left lens, lower center. Without those shatterproof glasses, I' d be blind now. (Though some people say I must be blind, anyway.) I still have one of the pellets in my right shoulder, and often say a prayer of thanks to God that I still have my vision when I behold a spectacular vision such as a tom in strut, a beautiful spring sunrise, nature' s splendor in any form.

Don, way to go!!!! Another great bird for Team Eleven!!

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congrats that sure is a hog!!..man id love to get a nice multiple bearder!!!...congrats...sorry about getting shot.....thats horrible....he had to see you laying there...but he STILL shot????

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Sounds like a real beauty of a gobbler!! Way to go!!:D

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Thats a real dandy!!!Congrats:DIt seemed like all the birds had hens as soon as they hit the ground by me.I have never heard as much hen talk in the morning as I did this year.Manage to call in a couple by going in early and setting up up close to the roost.How was it by you.I was in Clark county.

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Congrats

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Congrats!!!!

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Wacker.... Same thing, all the toms had hens, couldnt call any away from the real thing. I didnt use any decoy or calling that day, I snuck in hopping to catch him with his hens before he got too far out in the field. Worked out good.

Where I go by Mondovi, ther are alot of mature turkeys, but they aren' t dumb, Ive gotten lucky 3 out of the past 4 years so far, 23# with a 11 1/2 in beard, 23 1/2 # with a 10 in. beard and this one. Last year was tough, all toms in large groups, wouldnt budge, on the last nite I missed a good one that snuck in from behind, alone, go figure.

This pic is from the 23# 11 1/2in taken 2 years ago, pic didnt turn out too good unfortunately.