Oklahoma Jackpot!

[GobbleNut]

Well, after having our Florida Osceola hunt fall apart at the last minute, we got skunked by the public-land birds in Tennessee and things were not looking good for the start of the 2014 spring hunts for old GobbleNut.  Things started to pick up in Texas when I scored on a couple of nice Rios on consecutive days there.
We then headed to Oklahoma for our last two and a half days of hunting.  Things were looking bleak there until the last ten minutes before sundown on the second evening when a series of unforeseen circumstances put me in a position to harvest my second-best gobbler ever.  I lucked into a four-bearded bird that l think will score in the low 90's.
...Will post pictures when I get them uploaded.

[hookedspur]

Outstanding      

[redarrow]

......low 90s. Shazaaaaaaaam.

[anthonyjhallen]

Awesome!!

[hookedspur]

I cant wait to see the pictures/  Hurry up a little 

[vicksburg]

Congrats, Mr. Jim!! Sounds like a fantastic bird!

[Woodsman4God]

Way to go man, that makes taking the biggest bird for Crusaders 2014 a little harder.
Congrats and way to go

pics man pics cant wait to see that monster

[GobbleNut]

Here's a few pictures of my OK bird. Sorry for the two small ones,...I can't figure out how to blow them up without losing definition.






I am in a dilemma about him now that I need some help with.  I initially thought he was a four-bearded bird, but after looking more closely, I am not sure he would not be considered to be a five-bearded gobbler. At first inspection, I thought he just had one main beard that was split, but upon closer inspection, it may be that it is actually two beards.  It is such a close call that I really couldn't say for sure one way or the other. 

I'm not going to loose any sleep over it either way, but it will make a difference of about 18 points to the team depending on how it is scored.  I will ask for a decision from the judging panel if we need to, but before I do that, I want to get the opinions of my teammates about what you think.  As a four-beard, he will score about 84.  As a five, he would score about 102. 

I thought I was pretty good about determining whether a beard was just split or not, but this one has me stumped.  The two beards have two individual sheaths, but they are so close to each other that I am not certain about it.

[hookedspur]

It LOOKS like a 5 beard then he is a MONSTER .
WHAT A BIRD Congrats Buddyl.

[honker22]

I'd call him 5.  Looks pretty clear from the pic.

Awesome bird!  Congrats

[Gooserbat]

Now I'm not on your team but that's a stud of a bird.  Congrats...on one fine Okie Bird. 

[vicksburg]

Looks like the 2 main beards are individual, and have skin between them to me.  That is 5 beards, imo!

[Woodsman4God]

Well for the teams sake looks like 5 to me, however if he was a 4 bearded bird I would have a better chance to win the Crusaders top bird  (  like that will ever happen) so I say 4......J/k looks like a 5 bearded bird to me definite split at the base. Congrats again that is a stud.

[BigAL64]

I am not on any team and I say it has 5 beards!! There is skin separating them. What a stud!! My favorite thing is spurs though. How long were it's spurs?

[anthonyjhallen]

Looks like 5 to me. There is obvious skin in between.