Nice morning

[mullet]

A nice ending to a morning that started out bad. I had two Toms strutting and holding up on me at 40 yds. I decided to take the shot and ended up shooting high. I started to go home but said,"what the hey". I went down the river a little farther and started soft calling and after twenty minutes a group of Jakes came up. One bird looked a little different and then I saw a swinging beard. So I took him. Small bird at 14.5# but had a 9 3/4" beard and 1 5/8" spurs. He must have been an old bird on his way out. The feathers were ate up from mites and his fan was shredded, and feathers spit and broke. But, the meat is good and I like curved hooks .

[H Rhodes]

Congratulations!  Any tom is a trophy in my book.   

[Pat B]

Nice bird, Eddie. 

[osage outlaw]

Great job Eddie! 

[JW_Halverson]

Innit wunnerful?  First robins of spring can go fly a kit as far as I am concerned.  It's a rusty bucket rattle of a gobbler that tells me it's spring!  Atta boy, Eddie!

By the way, that's a dang sexy looking yelper.  The osage looks like it will still turn a bit darker and be even prettier!

Custom jobbie?

[nclonghunter]

Way to stay after it, congrats on a great bird. I also like that yelper, bet it sounds sexy.

[mullet]

Thanks, guys, I have a real good season going this year. One more week and it's over. The yelper was made by Alan Sentel. He won the best Call a few years ago for his yelpers made from exotic wood, horn and bone at the NWTF get together, in Nashville. He made me the field model that unscrews part way down to make a young hen sound, also. I was gifted with  this one and one of his Slates, which I lost last year , for putting him on his first Osceola.

[Marc St Louis]

Very nice Eddie

We are actually starting to see wild Turkeys up here.  I'm sure they never ranged this far North in the past but with global warming.

[JEB]

Very nice bird.  Those are about as long of spurs that I have seen on a bird.

[DGF]

Nice bird with some sweet hooks!

-Dan

[mullet]

Very nice Eddie

We are actually starting to see wild Turkeys up here.  I'm sure they never ranged this far North in the past but with global warming.

Marc;
Kevin Townsend from Ontario and Chris Poff were the big Push behind restocking Canada with Eastern Turkeys. I met and guided Kevin and Chris in the Green Swamp down here for their first Osceola. Kevin's claim after restocking is the first person in Canada to kill a bird in over a hundred years. My Chocolate Lab, my best hunting buddy, came from Chris Poff, who trains the dogs and guides at a lodge in Port Orford.

[mullet]

JEB, DGF, Actually Osceola's have the longest spurs, but these are starting to go over the top. I have a bird in the Outstanding Bird Registry in Fl. I got with a black powder shotgun a few years ago that had the same spur length. I'm sure the State record is over two inches. These birds have the longest spurs,,, more predators, and less body weight, hot weather.

[Pappy]

Nice one Eddie,making up for last year it seems. By the way Tim emailed me,he is coming in on the 27th for a few days to hunt,hope it is better then,the woods are filling out now.
  Pappy

[mullet]

I hope I left Tim some in SC.  , he'll be at Chris' that weekend, I think.

[PEARL DRUMS]

Way to go Eddie! My season is still a few weeks away.