Turkey season is finally arriving up here!
#21
Well I have been after them and still no luck. So I went to a different area and saw five nice long beards together. I tried calling them and they take off the other way go figure. I think that maybe those ones have already been hunted hard? I am not sure what’s going on with them. No matter where I try there is no gobbling going on right now. I still have until June first to get it done though.. Good luck everyone that is still out there hunting..
#23
I tried my luck again this morning and three birds came in silently. One was a long beard and one was a jake. The other one I couldn’t get a good look at as they spotted me first. All three ran together and when they started separating I fired at what I thought was the bigger Tom. I ended up shooting the jake instead.. While it wasn’t the bird that I wanted to get I am still happy with it. It has a different colored beard on him though.
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 05-17-2019 at 02:06 PM.
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Congrats on getting one down now that the presuure is off the next one shoud fall right into your lap lol
As far as the beard I have shot several with that red/brown section about half way down and then black at the top and bottom where it seems to keep growing . I also shot one a couple years ago with 1 1/4" spurs and a beard about 3 inches long with a red tinge on the end so it had obviously finally broke off !
As far as the beard I have shot several with that red/brown section about half way down and then black at the top and bottom where it seems to keep growing . I also shot one a couple years ago with 1 1/4" spurs and a beard about 3 inches long with a red tinge on the end so it had obviously finally broke off !