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Turkey Hunting Tips => Canadian Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: 4n2t0 on April 25, 2016, 03:37:34 PM

Title: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: 4n2t0 on April 25, 2016, 03:37:34 PM
30 minutes into opening day and my tag was filled. I called him in from a 100 yards away and took the shot at 35 yards. He's a pretty nice tom at 21 1/2 lbs. with a 9 1/4" beard and 1 1/4" spurs. Now I have to help my brother bag his bird.

(https://i.imgsafe.org/d4ee357.jpg)

(https://i.imgsafe.org/43e8a95.jpg)

(https://i.imgsafe.org/47c04ce.jpg)

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Title: Re: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: canadatom on April 26, 2016, 01:45:41 PM
Beauty bird there!! Congrats!!
Title: Re: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: SnapT on April 26, 2016, 05:52:05 PM
Congrats . Big ole bird for sure .
Title: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: Dr Juice on April 26, 2016, 08:30:28 PM
Was he still alive in the second photo? His head is too high for my desire. Congrats.
Title: Re: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: nosaj on April 26, 2016, 09:27:41 PM
Quote from: mlisandro on April 26, 2016, 08:30:28 PM
Was he still alive in the second photo? His head is too high for my desire. Congrats.

Looks like he narrowly averted the stunned Tom shuffle!
Title: Re: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: 4n2t0 on May 02, 2016, 09:48:42 PM
Quote from: mlisandro on April 26, 2016, 08:30:28 PM
Was he still alive in the second photo? His head is too high for my desire. Congrats.

No, it was a stiff bird. We had a chance to harvest more than one bird that day so the pictures were taken several hours later. He had been stored in a harvest bag and the neck stayed kinked. I'm not one for too many picutres anyways.
Title: Re: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: tomstopper on May 05, 2016, 09:44:22 PM
Beautiful bird. Congrats
Title: Re: Long Beard Down! Opening Day (Southern Ontario)
Post by: silverspur on September 22, 2016, 12:44:04 PM
WOW that is an awesome gobbler!