I wish that I could tell all of you that I took two huge gobblers while I was down there, but Lady luck never shined on me!! They were henned up big time, at least the ones that we were working!! Some guys took some real dandy' s, 1 1/2" spured devils!! I took a few pic' s and will post them after I finish off the roll of film in my camera!! Now it' s back to working on bird #2 here in NY!!

P.S. I spooked two birds while there!! One bird came in on a run after giving out some calls from the road, and as I was running in to set-up on him, we almost shook hands, he busted me!!
The other time there was a strutter out in a large field, again it was off to the races, but after getting into this set of woods there was a large ravine between me and where I wanted to go, so I was sneaking around the woods edge to possibly get closer that way, got busted again!! Oh well, that' s turkey hunting!!

Here' s a group shot of the guys that were there!! This shot was taken right off the back deck of Clyde' s lodge!!

Better luck next time. I am still working on my first bird here this year. There are a lot of hens and the hatch has not been good the last two years so the gobblers we do have are pretty wise and hard to hunt. I got busted also but mine was as a result of trying to get too close to a bird I couldn' t see but like you said that is turkey hunting.

Glad to see ya back Paul.Sorry ya didn' t connect but I' ll bet ya still had a great time.

Wanted to bump this up so that some folks can see the pic!! Here' s a shot of the quality of birds down in Ohio!! Awesome spurs or what!!!

And here is another long spurred devil!! I was awe stricken when three of these whoppers were brought in!![]

looks like ya had a good time Paul, ya know ya don' t have to kill a bird to enjoy it...BT

Jess Maytom those are some hooks those birds could probly hold their own in a mano e mano showdown. sounds like you had a good time and like me in MO. next yr you' ll have some unfinished business there in Ohio

Sounded like you had alot of fun Paul!!Thanks for posting those awesome hooks!!!Oh my[]!!!!!!Ohio limbhangers indeed!!

Nice birds, Maytom.......did you some invites for next spring????? WooooHooooo

This pic was of Tim Herald' s awesome bird taken that day. The spurs that were shown in the 1st spur photo were on this bird!! That' s Clyde (owner of BeardBusters), Tim, and one of Clyde' s guides Chris!![8D]