Hey everyone, just wanted to share this photo with you. I hope everyone is enjoying spring and finding reasons to get outside!

I filled my spring turkey tag this past Sunday around 8 am. I was hunting a place just outside of Ridgway Colorado at about 8,500 feet. This bird was very talkative and came in hot. My Dad dropped his bird the day before (opening morning) at a spot East of Montrose Colorado. Both areas were public land. Good luck to everyone else out in the turkey woods!

Dang nice tom. My congrats.
Dan

Thank you Sir!

Nice bird. Merriams right? I got this Rio last year in Yuma County:



I find myself in TX this spring but will probably take a Rio this fall when I come back for deer season. Fortunately I have access to a big ranch with lots of them.

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Nice bird! I went to Silt this past weekend and I didn't get a single call back all weekend or see a single bird. Hopefully this weekend will work out.

Nice looking bird! Yeah, both my bird and my Dad's are Merriams. I keep saying that I'm going to go to the other side of the state for a Rio.

I was curious how this season would go with it already being so warm. There is no snow at any of the places I usually hunt but I thought the birds were more talkative than they usually are, or usually are for me? More than the average amount of guys I know killed their birds on opening day around the Western Slope. An odd season around here but in the hunters favor it seems? Good luck on getting into the birds! I hope you drop one!

Congrats Westernspeed ! Nice looking bird, I got mine opening weekend also Sunday around 9:30. 9 inch beard and the first spurs I've seen on a Merriam 5/8 inch, S.W. Colorado.