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Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: PEARL DRUMS on May 19, 2013, 09:49:28 am

Title: Whatta ya' call this one?
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 19, 2013, 09:49:28 am

A jake and a half? You got me. His fan is mostly full? His beard will stretch to  6 7/8"? He weighs in the 20# range? His spurs are 1/4" bumps? He ran off a full fanned 2 yr old from his hens. I seen a decent beard dangling and a decent sized bird. So I shot him at 60 paces, gotta appreciate those ol' boom sticks! I didnt know what to think once I got to him and checked him out, never seen a tweener in the spring.

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Post by: blackhawk on May 19, 2013, 09:55:28 am

I call it tasty dark meat and feathers for arras pal...congrats buddy ;)

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Post by: Roy on May 19, 2013, 10:18:20 am

Congrats, Chris..

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Post by: Pat B on May 19, 2013, 12:21:11 pm

If he acts like a tom, struts like a tom, displays like a tom, shoot him!  ;)

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Post by: stringstretcher on May 19, 2013, 01:27:27 pm

Call him "arrow material"

Title: Whatta ya' call this one?
Post by: MWirwicki on May 19, 2013, 02:02:58 pm

Hey Drums!  If you have a turkey fryer, bring him to Marshall and cook him up!

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Post by: Josh B on May 19, 2013, 03:23:13 pm

I'd call it dinner!  Congrats pearlie!  Josh

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Post by: Frawg on May 19, 2013, 04:16:52 pm

Lol Doc, I was gonna Say it looks like dinner with a side of fletching
Matt

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Post by: osage outlaw on May 19, 2013, 04:36:34 pm

Looks like one of those sissy Michigan birds I've heard about  ;D

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Post by: JW_Halverson on May 19, 2013, 05:50:22 pm

I have heard of gobblers without spurs, but have never seen one.  Those nubbies are sure a classic looking Jake set, but that beard tells another tale.

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Post by: mullet on May 19, 2013, 05:54:12 pm

I'd call him a 1 year old and a few months bird. The first bird I killed was a 3 year old with a 10 1/2" beard with no spurs, not even bumps. The next week I shot his brother with one spur, 1 1/4".

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Post by: bubby on May 19, 2013, 08:09:43 pm

through him in the smoker Chris, heck our season is already over, my daughter-in-laws brother got one this year with 4 beards, freaky looker,

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Post by: seabass on May 19, 2013, 08:58:00 pm

i would have shot him too Chris.good job bro.

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Post by: Danzn Bar on May 19, 2013, 09:57:29 pm

Congrads on the nice bird .....Chris

DBar

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Post by: Matt G. on May 19, 2013, 10:06:37 pm

That's a bird with an attitude! No spurs to fight with and runs off another Tom? His #1 primaries look to be good size.

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Post by: TRACY on May 19, 2013, 10:36:59 pm

Legal and bagged! Nice harvest!


Tracy

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Post by: lesken2011 on May 19, 2013, 10:53:52 pm

Good job, Pearl! :)

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Post by: hedgeapple on May 20, 2013, 01:24:55 am

This season, I was doing some bush hogging on the farm when I bumped a hen off her nest.  I stopped the tractor to watch her cross in front of me at maybe 15 yards.  She had an 8 beard.  I stopped mowing and set up my ground blind.  I hunted her the next morning to no avail.  Season ended and finished my bush hogging task.  I found 10 hatched eggs in her nest.  Hopefully, we meet again this fall.

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Post by: chamookman on May 20, 2013, 03:17:56 am

Two thumbs up Chris !

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Post by: BowEd on May 20, 2013, 06:42:56 am

Congrats PD.....Mother nature has it's ways.Does with spike horns etc.It is'nt always the buck with the biggest rack that's dominant.Suppose it's that way with turkeys too.

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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 20, 2013, 08:39:27 am

Thanks for the comments guys. Ive shot alot of birds, called in alot of birds for others and just never seen a turkey caught in between jake and tom. They either had a 3-4" beard or a 8-10" beard. If we are lucky Ill have it jerky'ed before I leave for Marshall, Im thinking teryaki or bbq.

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Post by: Pappy on May 20, 2013, 10:04:16 am

Nice Tom,probably very early hatch from last year .  ;) :) I see that quite a bit. :)
   Pappy

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Post by: Blackcoyote on May 20, 2013, 10:13:47 am

Nice work bud...yup seeing more and more like that, not many toms get to be "old" around here!

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Post by: Stringman on May 20, 2013, 10:44:03 am

Way to go, Chris! Didn't have any luck this year myself. Glad you had the chance to get out!

Scott