What are the biggest birds you guys have harvested. Species, weight, beard(s), spurs and tail width and height. Individual bird, not each one separate. Mine is
Eastern
23.9 pounds
10", 4.5",4", 3.5", 1",1"/ 6 beards 24" total inches
1",1"
30" wide tail
19" height on tail
I've killed a number of birds and have had three, somewhat, goals: 25#, 12" beard and 1 1/2" spurs. I got one with 1 5/8" spurs several years ago and just achieved one of the other this year. My MO bird was 25.33#. Still waiting for the 12" beard!
I've shot two heavyweights, both in Illinois. Eastern of course.
26lbs 10.5 1 3/8
27lbs 11 1 5/8
Longest spurred bird was 1 7/8 but he was barely over 20lbs and a standard 10 inch beard
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Highest scoring single bird?
1 5/16 Spurs
56" beard
22 lbs.
Wide tail yes (didn't measur)
Tall tail yes (didn't measure)
I've killed one a couple years ago that weighed 26.3 pounds 1 1/2 Spurs and 12 inch beard that was the biggest bird I ever killed here in Kentucky
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Don't have all those details but for my "Typical" best scored at 81.3750
As for heaviest weighed in at 29lbs 2oz, killed him this spring and have 3 other over 28lbs
MK M GOBL
25lb., 4oz.
1 3/8", 1 1/2" Spurs
10" beard
Taken just outside Rochester, MN
Eastern from Indiana.
29.5 lbs.
!0'',6",4" beards.
1" spurs.
Probably the biggest I'l ever kill.
Greg
28.8 lbs
11 3/4" beard
1 5/8 spurs
I've killed a bird with 1.5 inch spurs, another with an 11 inch beard but I've never killed one over 22.5 pounds.
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Heaviest 24 lbs 4 oz.
Longest single beard 11 1/4"
Longest spur 1 7/16"
Never measured a fan
Over the years I have killed a 12.5" beard Eastern with 3/4 Spurs and weighed 20#
A 23# Rio that had a 9" beard
A 1 7/16 spurred Rio with a 9" beard and weighed 21#
A triple beard Eastern
And a 17# Jake.
Somewhere in all that there's around another 100 birds. Some where really good as far as trophies are concerned but all of them created memories. Some are more vague but memories none the less.
28 lbs. KS. bird is in the NWTF archery records
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My best bird was an Eastern killed here in Iowa in 2001.
25.3#, 10 and 11 1/4" beards, and 1.5" spurs.
This eastern
22#
Had some strands on beard that were 15 inches
1 1/4 spurs
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My best is a 26 pound eastern with 1.75" spurs. Beard wasn't anything special 10". My son one the other hand kills 2 hogs in youth season when he was a youth. 24 pounds 1.25" spurs and a 12.5 and a10.75" beards
My biggest is a Rio shot off the Niobrara River in Cherry County Nebraska. It had four beards, the longest was 10 1/8" with a total beard length of 30 3/4". One spur was 1 5/16" and the other was 1". Weight was a hair over 25 lbs. The same year my good buddy shot another giant Rio off the same property. Beard was 11 1/2" but it actually had a few strands that were 14"! It got shot in the beard and they were literally falling out as we picked it up. By the time we got back to the house to measure everything, most had fallen out so we went with the 11 1/2" measurement. One spur was 1 7/16" and the other was 1 3/8" and it was over 27 lbs. Genetics must have been crazy good in that area during that time period.
28 lbs this year! Massive fan, and VERY tasty. Two and a half year old. Measured his length only bc i am a The Hunting Public nerd. 52" long.
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My mom was with!
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Mine was this year. Eastern 22lb 12" beard 1.5" spurs
http://oldgobbler.com/Forum/index.php/topic,91250.0.html
Mine is a Maryland Eastern, 22#s, 10" Beard and 1.75" Spurs
Best bird eastern:
26.5#
Triple beard 10,6,and 3.5"
1 11/16 spurs