Hot time in NW Kansas

[Dinger]

Started out in Eastern Colorado, a few birds but a lot more hunters.  Decided to go over the line into Kansas, buy a license and permit....2 hours later called in and shot my biggest Rio to date.  The 9.5" beard was so so but this guys hooks were awesome...one went 1" and the other was 1.25".  WOW!  It was so hot that afternoon that carrying that bird out (about a mile is all) was actually a chore.  I told my wife that it felt like hauling out a hind quarter of Elk.  Not complaining...just talkin'!  We went back to CO and the next morning found us back at the roost tree way before light along with high winds, COLD and RAIN.  The birds couldn't hear me or chose to ignore...they walked out into some winter wheat and stayed there.  OH Well, good weekend overall!

[Dinger]

Here are the hooks...

[Ol'Mossy]

Nice bird, congrats  

[Ol'Mossy]

Nice hooks too 

[mnturkey]

Congratulations, that is a nice bird and great hooks.

[hookedspur]

 

[surehuntsalot]

very nice

[oklahomaboy]

Great bird.  Congratulations

[Hognutz]

Congrats on the nice turkey bird..

[boomer]

Congrats!!

[WyoHunter]

Congrats Jerry! Nice bird and nice spurs!

[Kates]

love the hooks!

[Northerner]

Congrats, great looking bird.

[nativeks]

If I was going to illegally take a bird, I wouldn't come on here bragging about it. Your KS tag wasn't valid till the next calendar day, so in essence you poached a bird. Congrats.

[tomstopper]

Congrats...