Hey guys!
It's me, the original HuntinGirl, Bethany! Life's been hectic but I'm here. I finished my Master's degree in December but I'm still hunting a career.
Anyhow, I just want to share my 2010 season ender with y'all. For one thing, it was my first time tagging out, and also a multiple beard bird.
We had left at lunch time and came back for one last go on the last day. It was windy as all get out and I was using the woods as cover to help me make my way to my favorite point to check the field. I crossed from the pines into the hardwoods and was poking my way along when something caught my attention out of the corner of my left eye. It was a gobbler throwing his head up out in the field. I thought he saw me because he froze and I froze, and that's when the wind calmed down. I waited for a gust of wind and dropped to my knees and proceeded to crawl to the edge of the field. I slowly rose to my knees with my gun ready and I thought he was gone. That's when 2 hens got nervous and his head popped up right in perfect range. And BLAM! Jellyhead. Apparently there were a bunch of other gobblers in the ditch in the field because turkeys just scattered in every direction, but mine had already hit the dirt.
I was just so excited to have tagged out on the last day of the season that all I could think to do was to praise God for allowing me to take this bird. I walked over to him and saw that he had nice spurs and a nice thick beard. I carried him back to the edge of the field to meet my Dad, but he was on the other side of the property, so I just laid my bird down and sat on a tree and thanked God again.
Then Dad got back and he was all excited and he turned it over and I thought his eyes would bug out of his head. I said "What?!" And he said "Bethany, that things got 2 beards!" I said "No freaking way" and looked, and that's when we saw that he actually had 3 beards! After we hugged and jumped around hooting and hollering, we took him on to the store and weighed him at 21.2 lbs.
He had more than 27 inches of beard, 10.5, 8.5 and 8.5 inches!
When I scored him according to the NWTF records, he's an even 100. :)
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Needless to say, I can't wait for Saturday!! :fud:
Congrats on a great bird and a exciting hunt to boot!! Hope this year shakes out just as well!
Neal
Congrats on a very nice bird! Wait, your season is over already? It hasn't even started here yet, I'm not sure if I would like my season being over already.
Awesome bird there! Congrats on finishing your Master's degree too! :you_rock:
Thanks y'all!
Whitelightning: No, that was my 2010 season ender, our 2011 season starts Saturday. I can't wait!
Thanks 870!! It's been a long time coming!
That was away to end a season right there, especially with bird like that. Congrats on the Masters. Good Luck this year.
That is awesome, congrates on a nice bird, I bet both of you are happy,,, :icon_thumright:
Thats awesome huntingirl, did you post pics properly, alls I see is red X's
Congrats on your masters
I think I posted the pics right, I can see them.
And thank you!
Now that was one awesome Tom. ;D I need that one for the contest. Good luck on 2011.
:z-winnersmiley: :z-guntootsmiley:
Very Nice ! Congrats on the trophy gobbler and good luck this weekend !
Awesome way to end the season! :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock: :you_rock:
Awesome bird!! :icon_thumright:
Nice bird :icon_thumright:
Excellent end to a season !! May your 2011 season be just as eventful and congrats on a GREAT bird ! One question though, did you have him mounted ? I would have had to even if I had to pick up every penny I seen laying on the ground !! Congrats and GOOD LUCK :happy0064:
Congrats, what a bird even beeing with your Dad must have been a great hunt.Now go getum this year too....
congratulations. :icon_thumright:
Congrats on a great bird!!! :z-guntootsmiley:
Congrats on your multi-beard close out of last season, and best of luck this season!!! :icon_thumright:
What a bird! Congrats!!!!!!! :icon_thumright:
TURKEYSLAYER 101
What an awesome bird. Congrats and good luck this year.
Congrats on a great bird!!! Even bigger congrats on the Masters degree!!! :happy0064:
:icon_thumright: congrats!
Quote from: Bad Grizzly on April 06, 2011, 09:23:37 PM
Congrats on a great trophy and a good hunt!!!
:icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
congrats on an awesome bird :icon_thumright: :icon_thumright:
Congrats, nice bird :icon_thumright:
Way to go girl, that is awesome!!!
Wess
Quote from: X-Tennessean on April 06, 2011, 10:05:59 PM
Excellent end to a season !! May your 2011 season be just as eventful and congrats on a GREAT bird ! One question though, did you have him mounted ? I would have had to even if I had to pick up every penny I seen laying on the ground !! Congrats and GOOD LUCK :happy0064:
Honestly, I had no idea he was a trophy gobbler. I mean, I knew it was a really rare thing, but I had no idea it was such a trophy. The more I read about it, its pretty rare to have 3 long beards on one bird. I didn't even know about scoring them and entering them into the NWTF record book until the other night when I read a post on here about it. And from what I calculated, with 100 points, I have taken a bird that would rank as the #2 in the state by a female hunter. But more importantly to me: It was another successful hunt with my #1 hunting partner! ;D
If I had it to do all over again, I think I'd definitely have it mounted! :)
You atleast walked away with some memories for a lifetime, that is what it's all about anyhow !! Congrats again :)
congrads nice bird good luck this season
Thanks, Kevin!
And thank you to everyone for the kind words!
very nice bird,congrats.
Very nice bird---very nice pics!! Thanks Bethany!