Good Start to the season Kansas and Missouri success

[bghunter777]

I had a good few days in Kansas was able to take two turkeys pictured as the first two attachments and an Eastern in Missouri Wednesday morning. All shot on public land

I have a question for all of you turkey experts I was in the heart of Rio country near Salina but the first pic looks a lot like a Merriam?

The Eastern was my biggest to date 26lbs  11.5 beard 1 3/8th and 1 1/2 inch spurs

Remington 870 Smag   Nitro ammo 3.5    4*5*6 hevi  distances 35-40-53 yards

[tomstopper]

Congrats..

[RemingtonRules]

Jake patrol and yardage police are slow this morning.

[bghunter777]

lol Jake patrol are people going to put me down for shooting a jake? as for yardage my set up will kill a turkey 100 out of 100 times at 50-55 yards with my set up if I shoot straight. The big eastern should make up for the Jakes a side note about a Jake I ate him yesterday the most tender tastiest turkey strips I have ever had and in all honesty the hunt for the jake was more exciting than the 26lb eastern had 20 birds inside 15 yards interacting with the dekes for 5 minutes the big eastern snuck in on me silent.

[RemingtonRules]

Pretty country you were able to hunt.  That is the complete package for a hunt birds and scenery.  You hunt how you want, no issue.

[bghunter777]

Yes, Central /  Western Kansas is beutiful I have no trouble at all spending hours on a set up out there just watching the day pass.

[drake799]

First time I ever hunted in Kansas we were close to Salina. Me and my brother both killed our birds first day of shotgun season. 2 looked like easterns 1 rio and 1 merriam lookin bird.  He has it mounted and you'd swear it was   Later that day we were talkin to a man who remembered when they first had released turkeys out there.   30-40 yrs ago. He said they released a lil bit of everything out there not just rios   Been back several other times since and always killed rio lookin birds   Id say most birds in that area are the traditional rio bird. But there is possibility (small) you
Might kill something different looking. Just my opinion.

[stinkpickle]

Nice birds.  Kansas is the place where you can find several different "looks" within a single flock. 

[nativeks]

A now deceased biologist friend told me that when they reintroduced turkeys to the state they didn't know what would take so they scattered subspecies around.

[Gooserbat]

Great job, we kill an assortment of turkeys up there every year.

[Thunderbolt]

Congrats that's awsome!

[mgm1955]

Nice!!