Well, as most have said, the end of turkey season is bittersweet. I can finally get back to focusing on work and saving up to chase these wonderfully peculiar birds next year.
This year was another great year for me. I killed my limit in MS, KS, SD and killed one in OK. When the dust settled, I pulled the trigger on 9, called up 4 for my wife, 2 for my dad and 2 for a buddy, totaling 17 long beards killed. However, along the way there were 3 misses and one cripple. Fortunately only one of the misses was mine.
All in all it was a great season and to cap off another year for our 6th year in a row, we went out west. I got to spend a week traveling and killing turkeys with two of the people that mean the most to me, my wife and dad. We were gone 7 days. We traveled 3 and hunted 4. We killed 8 longbeards.
Here are some pics from 2014:
MS #1
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/05BC0DDB-9272-405A-B25B-1C12E1419C2A_zpslw9zgoss.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/05BC0DDB-9272-405A-B25B-1C12E1419C2A_zpslw9zgoss.jpg.html)
MS #2
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/2F7AC7B7-C5A4-47B0-BD77-B5A178D8A843_zpseenvc8ac.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/2F7AC7B7-C5A4-47B0-BD77-B5A178D8A843_zpseenvc8ac.jpg.html)
MS #3
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/3342DDFD-C87D-4CDF-9221-E4FD3B343A70_zpsxkk47omx.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/3342DDFD-C87D-4CDF-9221-E4FD3B343A70_zpsxkk47omx.jpg.html)
KS #1
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/EDB24120-CDA4-4DC1-81E2-7333C4F01B49_zpssv7zdxpi.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/EDB24120-CDA4-4DC1-81E2-7333C4F01B49_zpssv7zdxpi.jpg.html)
KS #2
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/E061C5E4-6907-49B3-824E-73B79D87CF5F_zpsqkzjnep2.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/E061C5E4-6907-49B3-824E-73B79D87CF5F_zpsqkzjnep2.jpg.html)
SD #1
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/7356B746-78F9-4377-A0EF-7CBA64302965_zpsctuxrzhq.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/7356B746-78F9-4377-A0EF-7CBA64302965_zpsctuxrzhq.jpg.html)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/1D19E558-F7F9-4EE1-B28C-BF3A370DD15A_zpsey8i6zfp.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/1D19E558-F7F9-4EE1-B28C-BF3A370DD15A_zpsey8i6zfp.jpg.html)
SD #2
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/DB339E49-EE10-4614-90A7-48082AF2DCB1_zps52a2jyr3.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/DB339E49-EE10-4614-90A7-48082AF2DCB1_zps52a2jyr3.jpg.html)
OK
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/FE217EE9-1A0F-4718-9A12-3583786C44BF_zpsvzgnoj3d.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/FE217EE9-1A0F-4718-9A12-3583786C44BF_zpsvzgnoj3d.jpg.html)
My wife's birds from our trip
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/2A7E59A7-1990-476A-890D-D70E5F73A5C2_zpsheyzmwsf.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/2A7E59A7-1990-476A-890D-D70E5F73A5C2_zpsheyzmwsf.jpg.html)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/01BA5782-376B-4319-94BE-8D3A65BFF356_zpspolxmhwz.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/01BA5782-376B-4319-94BE-8D3A65BFF356_zpspolxmhwz.jpg.html)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/9959A8C0-0406-4A9F-95E1-A464181EAD7B_zpsm2hshskz.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/9959A8C0-0406-4A9F-95E1-A464181EAD7B_zpsm2hshskz.jpg.html)
My dad's birds
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/BF621483-B49E-4BE5-8990-03B2ABE8A796_zps16vvlciy.png) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/BF621483-B49E-4BE5-8990-03B2ABE8A796_zps16vvlciy.png.html)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/7356B746-78F9-4377-A0EF-7CBA64302965_zpsctuxrzhq.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/jrtaylo/media/7356B746-78F9-4377-A0EF-7CBA64302965_zpsctuxrzhq.jpg.html)
Wow! That's a heck of a season! Way to go. Great pics
Real nice! That's the way to do it right there!!
Awesome season. Congrats.....
nice pics congrats on a great season
Looks like a great time to me.
Thanks fellas!
Good job homie
looks like ya'll had another great season. I like that box ain't for sale is it.... :drool: One of the best, if not the best sounding box calls I have ever hear.