Well as the 2012 season starts up I have an old friend from last year that I have some unfinished business with. A bird that I didn't kill last year after numerous encounters. As smart and wily as they come and with a suspicious disposition.
I've named him "ol' tubby" because one day he was gobbling on a limb and flew out to the end of the limb almost snapped it off because he was so fat and the limb not so big. His big butt was bobbing up and down on the end of that oak tree limb.
Hoping to have an encounter with "ol tubby".
Any other birds yall have named in the past or present?
Kamski and I named one " Lightbulb" You could see his head shining from miles away. We never did get that sucka.
"Last Chance Charlie"
That's the one that gets away the last weekend of every season.
Hunting "Lucky, too" in the morning. His spurs are big, he's mean and he's "Lucky, too".
a slick old joker that rules small area in swamp that goes by ''groucho''
Ive only named one bird that I had missed and I think that would be the only reason I would name one unless he has some interesting feature like others have seen with ol tubby and lightbulb. (I got Ted a week later fyi :D)
"Lone Ranger". He gave me the slip several times last year. I scouted him last week. He's still home.
I've named alot of Turkeys, most I can't say on the site.Like Red said we named one light bulb for his 100 watt head. I named one Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top cause he had a beard that almost touched the ground.
I name most of the turkeys preseason that i scout. last year named one wimpy because he ran away from all other gobblers he encountered, he kinda walked funny when near them, almost sideways. turns out he was completely blind in one eye. my buddy killed him and his eye was yellow, like a kernel of corn. named another big boy that has given us the slip the past 2 seasons, The General. then there is Lucky, Whispy,Splitfan, Boomer and Squeaky
I have known many. Two Rocks, Little Dot, Gilligan, No Show, and Radar just to name a few. Most eventually died of lead poisoning.
I can't say them on here!!!
I chased one all year last year, the closest he got to me was 70 yards. He earned the name "Slick Willy." He's still around. Hoping to put the hammer on him opening day.
We have one on a small piece of property that we call "Fencepost" he always comes to the field and will sit on the fence for 45 minutes and survey the situation. I hope he is still there this year!!!
Houdini, Problem Child, the Ole gee.
These turkeys will live in my mind until I pass. They are legacies.
Slick, hard head those are the most memorable :newmascot:
I just name them after the fact.... After I get up and see him running away "You dumb son of a ...." why didn't you wait a few more minutes.
I hunted a bird for four seasons. I nicknamed him Einstein because he always out smarted me. He would gobble his head off, but when you made a call to him he would go the opposite way. I had him close 2008 and in 2009. I studdied his every move, and finally in 2010, I outsmarted ol Einstein by ambush. He is my biggest bird to date and my most memorable. He weighed just shy of 22 pounds, 10.5" paintbrush beard, 1 3/8" spurs, and the biggest head I have ever seen on a turkey. He is mounted on a pedestal in my home now.
The last 2 I killed:
Dead and Deader
Quote from: runngun on March 14, 2012, 09:12:15 PM
I can't say them on here!!!
Yeah. Most of my nicknames start after a few trips back to the truck empty handed.
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Years ago I hunted two field birds that always gave me the slip. Didn't matter which side of their roost i set up on, whether i used decoys or none, whether I called alot or a little, I couldn't get these birds under 75yds or so. The way they earned their name was they would leave their hens and walk off together, spinning and strutting and gobbling etc. I finally named them Sigfried and Roy cuz they were a lil gay acting and they put on a pretty good show. ;D
My Brother and I have an encounter the last two years with 2 birds always together and always seemed a step ahead of us. They seemed to be a tag team and we both always liked the Road Warriors in wrestling so we named these 2 toms the Rope Warriors as they both sported nice beards.
Only one...
Last year I named one "lucky". I missed him at about 25yds and shot off the tips of his tail feathers right above his head....a few days later in the same field he gets 5-10 steps out of gun range and a group of jakes run him off, the next day(last day of the season) I had him roosted and he came in alone and my reddot malfunctioned.
I just determined that some turkey aren't suppose to be killed. He was in the same field every day and you could about set your watch by him. He should have been dead several times and was just "lucky".
Yep. I name em all the time.
"The Professor"- kicked my arse
"Fidel"- lived on an island.-- dead
"Bowling Ball"- giant head- dead
"Arnold Palmer"- lived around a golf course in NH- dead
" Him "
My first turkey I named Flinthill Monarch. He was a old hernit gobbler that lived on Flinthill Mountain. I had a few encounters with him before I got him. I had him mounted flying. I mounted him in that postion because that is the way he looked has he was flying away from me on my first encounter with him.
Old Country Boy.... I think the bird is pushing 5 yrs old now... Haven't seen him yet, but getting ready to put out the trail cam (About a month away from season opener here in WI).
:z-guntootsmiley: :OGturkeyhead: Old boy better have his helmet on!
I have always heard it was bad luck to name a living a living gobbler so I wait till after the feathers fly.