All I can say is Wow!!
These weapons are 2 inches and just short of 2 inches. Sharp as a knife.
Bet this guy has whipped some turkey booty in his lifetime!!
R
Hank

Thats a sad daddy right there! do you have the reat of the stats on the bird? He must be atleast 5 years old.

holly crap those are huge!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, those are some first rate "toad-stabbers" for sure!!

Make sure you mount that one. According to my calculations, that one would at least tie for #4 all-time, according to the NWTF records. I pasted them in below.

I'd find out where the nearest NWTF scorer is, and get him to sign off on that. If you don't want him, just get the mount and sell it on ebay. He'll fetch a pretty penny.


JAMES E. LEWIS
KY ( details) 2.2500" Apr 22, 1999
FRANKLIN, KY, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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BILL WINN
IA ( details) 2.2500" May 20, 2001
VAN BUREN, IA, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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2 JOHN R. DOWNS
OH ( details) 2.1250" Apr 30, 1983
ADAMS, OH, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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THOMAS J. MORAVEC
IA ( details) 2.1250" Apr 14, 1990
ALLAMAKEE, IA, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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ANDREW REYNOLDS
OH ( details) 2.1250" Apr 28, 1999
VINTON, OH, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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3 MICHAEL EWEN
IA ( details) 2.0625" Apr 19, 2002
HENRY, IA, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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4 JAMES ADCOCK, JR.
NC ( details) 2.0000" May 9, 2004
CASWELL, NC, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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JERRY F BENNETT, SR.
IL ( details) 2.0000" Apr 9, 1991
CALHOUN, IL, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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MIKE BIELEMA
IL ( details) 2.0000" May 5, 1996
PUTNAM, MO, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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MICHAEL CARDEN
NC ( details) 2.0000" Apr 16, 2004
ROCKINGHAM, NC, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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THOMAS R. CRAIG
NY ( details) 2.0000" May 8, 1980
TIOGA, NY, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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BILL FARLEY
MO ( details) 2.0000" May 5, 1996
ADAIR/PUTNAM, MO, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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WILLIAM HAINES
PA ( details) 2.0000" May 17, 2003
WASHINGTON, PA, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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FRED HEBERLIE
MO ( details) 2.0000" May 5, 2001
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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MATTHEW D.Q. HIGGINS
DE ( details) 2.0000" Apr 19, 1997
KENT, DE, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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JAMES LEWIS
KY ( details) 2.0000" Apr 14, 2000
FRANKLIN, KY, USA Bow TYPICAL

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DONALD MCGREW
OH ( details) 2.0000" May 8, 1985
SCIOTO, OH, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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5 CARL DAVIS
IA ( details) 1.9375" May 7, 1999
CEDAR, IA, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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JAMES H. JONES
NC ( details) 1.9375" May 8, 1998
ROCKINGHAM, NC, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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CARL A. MOORE
VA ( details) 1.9375" Apr 23, 1993
BEDFORD, VA, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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LAWRENCE PYNE
VT ( details) 1.9375" Apr 18, 2001
AHOSKIE, NC, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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RONALD SHRYOCK
IL ( details) 1.9375" Apr 15, 2003
PIKE, IL, USA M Firearm TYPICAL

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GABRIEL SPERANZA
NY ( details) 1.9375" May 1, 2001
MONROE, NY, USA Bow TYPICAL

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The other measurements on the turkey were not that impressive.
He was around 20 lbs and only had a 9 1/2 inch beard. My guess is that he had rot at some point.
R
Hank

r u going to mount him?

Absolutely fantastics set of hooks!!!What subspecie do those spurs belong too!!???

Not my bird, I think he did a fan mount.
An aquaintance of mine killed him. He is a very, very good turkey hunter. Have to be here in Miss. The birds get allot of pressure. Can hunt them from sunup to sundown so they tend to be a bit harder to hunt, also have allot of turkey hunters.
A South east bird.
We have some big ones here, I have killed 4 this year. One during a special fall season and three during our regular season. As below.

Fall season bird.
20#
9 inch beard
1 3/16 inch spurs

#1 spring bird
21#
11 inch beard
1 1/4 spurs

#2 spring bird
20#
10 inch beard
1 1/4 spurs

#3 spring bird
19 #
9 1/2 beard
1 1/4 spur
1 spur

Holy smoke! Are those spurs or commercial meathooks?? That bird's packing some Bowie knives!