Qualifications for a good bird.

[Crutch]

Just realized today that anything with a beard longer than 6 inchs and spurs longer than 7/16th inch is considered a good bird, or at least you will get told it is a good bird. Much different from deer where it needs at least 8 points and some mass, or weight to be considered a good deer by veteran hunter standards. However if a kid shoots anything, its a good deer.

A good turkey for me would need a 10" plus beard, 7/8ths plus spurs and be over 23 lbs( easterns toms) but my first year of hunting and probably last year, if it gobbled it was a good bird. Actually last year the one with 1 inch spurs was my good bird. But then again, they were all good birds.

Anybody else feel this way, that they are all good birds?

[Flydown]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

[shootumindaface]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

Yup, I always figure if he is 2 years old, he has lived 2 long

[bowhunter84]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

[4nwtf]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

I want to kill all turkeys 2 yrs old and above.  If a jake struts and gobbles my trigger finger gets very itchy!!!!

[Shotgun]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

Yup, I always figure if he is 2 years old, he has lived 2 long

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[Basser69]

I had piece of property a few years back that I killed a lot of birds off of that had 1 1/4" + spurs on them but a big beard was 10". Average was 9 1/2". Most of the birds weighed between 18 and 19 1/2 pounds. Not huge beards or heavy weights but all great birds due to age.  The worst bird I ever killed was a good one and most were great.

[gatrapper]

Good Manners
Religious
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Life Goals
Good Looks
Funny

[hookedspur]

 

[OldMarine]

A good gobbler ( never a bird ) too me is a gobbler you call off the roost in the timber and work  to call him up to the gun,one with a good hanging beard with spurs better than 1".Shooting a gobbler off of a chufa or clover patch isn't quite the same.

[Kylongspur88]

Good Manners
Religious
Nice Family
Life Goals
Good Looks
Funny

HA
I'll be honest, full fan he's toast. If a jake is really asking for it... I just like turkey hunting, the shot is just the bonus.

[mudhen]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

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mudhen

[handcannon]

A good bird to me is a dead bird with a full fan. I have killed a lot of good birds and I have killed better birds but I have never killed a bad bird.

Aint dat da troof!

[knightrider]

to qualify it must be of the male species and be within 40 yards of the barrel if my son is pulling the trigger, for me anything over a jake will do

[TauntoHawk]

If it was a fun and memorable hunt, it is a good bird. I don't take jakes

the group of guys I hunt with have a turkey competition for fun and we base it off the scoring system. 60 is a good score but it usually tAkes a high 60's unless a multi bead bird gets taken. But it's all in fun its just fun to get out and hunt with the guys