RE: how many years
 

this will be my third season turkey hunting, and my first bird was a 22 pound Osceola with a 7 inch beard. All my hunting has been in Florida.

RE: how many years
 

this will be my 6th year hunting turkey...the first 4 years nothing, i was lucky to even see a hen and i'm telling you the shakes those hens gave me were like seeing a longbeard, lol....i have only harvested 3 , all longbeards...my first well, he was worth the weight, some of ya'll might remember how fricking excited i was, still am ,lol....if i did the adding right , he scored a 63.25
he was 17.5 lbs
10 3/8 in beard
1.25 in spurs....

been scouting a couple of my areas that i like to hunt, i can't wait...i just hope i get another to add to that list :D