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.
Outstanding :you_rock: :icon_thumright:
......low 90s. Shazaaaaaaaam. :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Awesome!!
I cant wait to see the pictures/ Hurry up a little ;D
Congrats, Mr. Jim!! Sounds like a fantastic bird!
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
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.
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/GobbleNut/OK2014GobblerII_zpsc5cd5399.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/GobbleNut/OK2014Gobbler_zps3396b135.jpg)
(http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc4/GobbleNut/cedd8f4f-abab-47f2-96d4-db040e61e362_zps11133d27.jpg)
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.
It LOOKS like a 5 beard then he is a MONSTER .
WHAT A BIRD Congrats Buddyl.
I'd call him 5. Looks pretty clear from the pic.
Awesome bird! Congrats
Now I'm not on your team but that's a stud of a bird. Congrats...on one fine Okie Bird.
Looks like the 2 main beards are individual, and have skin between them to me. That is 5 beards, imo!
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 ( :TooFunny: 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.
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?
Looks like 5 to me. There is obvious skin in between.
Looks like ZZ Top to me.Never taken a multi beard. Probably pass out if I took a 5 beard.
Yea, That is a 5 beard Jim, no doubt!
Quote from: honker22 on April 14, 2014, 11:28:25 AM
I'd call him 5. Looks pretty clear from the pic.
Awesome bird! Congrats
:agreed: Looks pretty clear to me too! I'd call him a 5 beard!! Congrats on a fantastic bird!!! :you_rock: :icon_thumright:
that is deffinatly 5 seperate beards.