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I managed to score today!

Started by notsure, April 30, 2024, 12:07:14 PM

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notsure

Sorry for being a stranger around here, but providence shine upon me this morning. I managed to kill a nice gobbler on the last day of my season. Pictures and data will be provided by no later than this evening.

JeffC

1st. Congrats on waiting till last day! 2nd. Please dont ghost us on your pictures, any problems let me know.
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notsure

2024 Spring Turkey
S.E. MN, ~10 miles S.W. of Rochester
Taken on 4/30/2024, 7:20 AM

lacire

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notsure

L Spur = 1"
R Spur = 15/16"
Beard = 9"
Weight = 22.4 lb

notsure


backforty

Congrats


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Muzzy61

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JeffC

I sent you a PM, please PM me with answer.
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JeffC

Congrats again on the Tom!! Will update score when I get home. Thank you for posting the missing pictures.
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notsure

I'm finally getting around to posting a brief story summarizing my 2024 Spring turkey hunt. For starters, I missed a bird on opening day. I've been hunting turkeys for 21 years, and this is the first time I missed with a shotgun. (bow hunting is another story entirely). The Tactacam video shows the shot pattern hitting very low, completely missing the tom. I re-patterned the gun and made a subtle adjustment, but that didn't explain the miss. I flinched, BADLY, and that's all on me. At least I didn't wound the bird, which brings me to the primary reason I'm posting this story. As you know, I did manage to kill a tom, and on the very last day of my season. That's a first for me. Another first, at least as far as I know, is taking a bird that had been shot during a previous season and managed to survive. Looking at the attached photo, note the two very distinct pellets I pulled out of the tom's breast tissue (I shot a bit low!). The small silvery pellet came from my gun, a #9 TSS piece of shot. The much larger gray colored pellet was also embedded in the breast and appears to be a #6 tungsten shot pellet, although rougher in appearance (lots of flat sides) compared to the TSS pellet. Turkeys are very tough animals!

zelmo1

Last day birds taste better bro. Nicely done. Z :turkey2: