This year was a personal best, and one I'm pretty proud of. I hunted Virginia, Maryland and New Jersey and had some incredible hunts taking 8 birds and being along the ride for another. I did have two missed longbeards in there as well. Here are some pics, enjoy.
Started things off in VA
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Double bearded jake - mostly full fan had me tricked
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The seven beard~!
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Buddy's longbeard I got to watch him shoot
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Very cool hunt slipping in under them in the dark and shooting him 30 seconds after he hit the ground. Was 25 yards from him strutting on the limb!
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And the last bird taken today, the last day of the season. 2" rotted off beard with 1 3/16" spurs!
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And a few miscellaneous pics
14 future turkeys hopefully!
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Big ole turtle my buddy couldn't resist picking up
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This is for a hunt club, I thought it was pretty funny.
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Seven points on one side
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Fawn from the last week
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And my superstitions!!
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Great pics and congrats on some super birds! That 7 bearded bird is a sure enough monster!
Congrats on a wonderful season and a monster bird.
Very nice young Derek.....
It was quite cool getting pictures everyday from you or yoda..lol
That one bird was season-maker, the rest was icing!
Great season!
Great job Derek. You had a heckuva year!
Congrats on a great season ! Beautiful pics !
vaturkey :newmascot:
looks like one heck of a ride, congrats
Congrats again from a proud Dad!
man thats awesome! hope you mount that 7 beard!!!
Im hoping to start doing a few extra states soon.. way addicted to turkeys
congrats on an awesome season, how many days afield did you spend??
Looks like you had great season
Big time congrats to a killer team member. :wav:
I'd be framing that 4 leaf clover and hang it in my trophy room.....better yet....send it to me. :z-guntootsmiley: