16 1/2 lb 9 1/2" beard and 1" spurs, Tagged out for this season, it has been a great one. Details of the hunt later, got to run. Goes to team 3.

Way to go on #2!!! I' m still working on my second bird as we speak!!

It must be nice to live in Missouri . Hopefully I' ll make it out there some spring. I' d like to hunt Kansas, Missouri and maybe even draw an Iowa tag, hows that for a spring trip?

Tyler

At least YOU get to sleep in!

Congratulations!

Nice bird Strut!

Hope he gobbled and strutted all the way in! Congrats!

GH

Congrats to you!

great bird, congrats!

Congrats

Now the story, It has been a rough week as far as turkey hunting goes, with all the storms and the birds are just about to quit gobbling. I hunted every morning this week and some mornings all you could hear is just a few faint gobbles, so far that it was hard to tell which direction they came from. Thursday morning I took a newbie out to try and get one called in for him and we heard 2 different turkeys, each one of them gobbled about 3 or 4 times on the roost and then shut-up when they hit the ground. Well this morning I was hunting alone and went back to the same area in hopes of getting close enough to one before daylight that I might get him fired-up a little before he flew down, I was lucky cause I parked within 300 yards of him and he gobbled once and I headed to him, I got to where I thought I was close and waited for another gobble but none, so I got out my Cody glass call and cut and purred at him real soft and he cut me off before I was done, I was within a 125 yards and in a great place, just a small narrow field between us and he was in the woods on the other side about 50 yards deep, so I found me a tree and set-up on him about 10 steps back in the woods on my side of the field. I set for several minutes and no gobbles, I did' nt want him to shut-up like he did the morning before so I cut and purred at him again, he cut me off again, he really liked that purring. I set about 5 minutes and he gobbled again, he was at the edge of the field right across from me but I could' nt see him for a small cedar bush that was about 10 steps in front of me. I purred once more then a hen answered me from behind and to the left a little, I thought oh no, she is going to mess me up big-time. I focused my attention back to him and cut and purred once more and this time he was well within range but I could' nt see him at all, he came completely across the the little field behind that cedar bush, then I caught a glimpse of something moving from my left and sure enough it was the hen coming in. She came up right in front of me and started milling around and I thought well, I have a live decoy, and in just a few minutes he stepped out from behind the cedar bush in full strut with his attention 100% on the little hen in front of me, I let him break his strut and at 30 yards he gave me a perfect shot. The only thing I wish was that I could have watched him come across the field and the cedar bush had' nt obstucted my view so much, but all in all it was a great hunt and one that I will remember a long time, just like all the rest of them. Turkey hunting memories are some of the best.

Nice Bird and a great story to go with it!

Congratulations!