Finally had a calm morning today and the 1st place i go to ,nothing.So i take off to another spot,get set up,let out some yelps on a slate,one gobbles about 200yds away.I give him a few more yelps and here he comes with a hen leading the way.I decided to take the Mag 10 this morning and when he was about 30yds i shot,and missed,but he turned and came right at me and i got him with the next shot.When i first got to him and saw the beard,9 1/2",i rolled him over to look at the spurs and he didn't have any'not broke off,just didn't grow them.Has anyone else ever killed one without spurs,kind of rare i thought.
It's been several years ago but I killed one just like that,I to thought it as odd seeing as he had a thick and I mean thick 10 3/4 " beard. Legs looked like he had been handed out a hens legs. Makes for a different kill ,but one with a pitiful score too,but one thing is for sure........they all taste the same .
Great job on the bird ,odd about the spurs ,I killed one three years ago with one spur. :z-guntootsmiley:
Congrats! I killed one this year with only one spur. I guess it's just genetics.
Congrats on the bird. :you_rock: I killed one in Mi. about 5 years ago that was two years old and no spurs, whatsoever. Not even a bump...Mike
One of the birds I'm most proud of was killed on a management area, and I called him across a river to me. He had a full fan, 9 inch beard, and no spurs. Nothing, not even a scab. I had never heard of a gobbler not having spurs, until then.
God Bless,
David B.
1 longbeard w/no spurs. Tasted just like the ones with them. :)
Congrats! Shot a bird in NE three years ago didn't have any spurs - not even bumps!
Quote from: Hognutz on April 30, 2011, 10:01:30 PM
Congrats on the bird. :you_rock: I killed one in Mi. about 5 years ago that was two years old and no spurs, whatsoever. Not even a bump...Mike
Must be common in MI I've seen 3 or 4 in the U.P. with no spurs.
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Very nice gobbler,congrats!!!
Congrats on your Turk! Killed one some years back that had one good spur and the other side was slick. Also killed them with broken off spurs, probably left it buried in another gobblers chest :newmascot:
congrats!
Congrats on a nice bird. On the property where I hunt, there have been a few "spurless" birds killed.
I killed one a few years back with one spur. Hobbes has a pic of one that has none that his boy got this year.
congrats
congrats on a interesting unusual bird!
Quote from: Reloader on May 02, 2011, 10:53:46 AM
I killed one a few years back with one spur. Hobbes has a pic of one that has none that his boy got this year.
Like Reloader said.........my boy killed a 2 yr old in Eastern CO on the South Republican River that did not have spurs. You can see the tiny bumps where they should be, but that is it. My brother killed an Eastern in Southern IL that way a few years ago.
My son's Rio.
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Full fanned 2 yr old would be my guess. 7 1/4" beard and around 18 lbs.
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