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What is your smallest Tom wieight wise
What is your smallest Tom wieight wise
Started by turkeyfoot, February 20, 2016, 07:19:25 PM
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February 20, 2016, 07:19:25 PM
seen the talk about the heavy birds was curious about the light weight Mature toms you have killed, My smallest was a 14 pound merriam barely 6 inch beard and spurs little under 3/4 had full fan but as soon as I picked him up was no doubt he was light, Have killed few in Neb like that. Smallest eastern was 16 pounds
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February 20, 2016, 07:50:20 PM
Mature Tom would be 16#
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February 20, 2016, 08:08:34 PM
12 pound Osceola , 11 inch beard , daggers for Spurs , wings blacker than coal
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February 20, 2016, 08:17:01 PM
I would say about 16# for here in NY & PA
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February 20, 2016, 08:19:29 PM
14 pound Eastern Gobbler...16 pound Eastern Jake....
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February 20, 2016, 08:24:00 PM
16lb as far as mature birds go. Jake was 14. There's been some I haven't weighed but pretty sure those were the lightest.
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February 20, 2016, 08:25:48 PM
In 1982, last week of season in Louisiana. 15 1/4 pounds, 11 1/2" beard and 1 1/4" spurs.
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February 20, 2016, 08:36:23 PM
14 lbs 9 in beard and 3/4 in spurs. Amazing how the little ones still look big strutting 20 yards in you're face.
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February 20, 2016, 08:39:57 PM
In 2014 I killed an 18 pounder it had 1" 3/8" spur 11" beard
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February 20, 2016, 08:42:44 PM
I haven't weighed a lot of birds but I'm betting I've got a Tom or two in the 13-15 pound range. Did shoot a jake once that weighed just at 10 pounds. Had a pencil thin beard and was only about 3 inches long. He was shot in early fall.
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February 20, 2016, 08:44:02 PM
17lb eastern I killed during last week of season in WI and on the flip side I killed a 22llb 3oz Jake, yup you read that right. Killed him in IA during 2nd Season and he gobbled his head "off" yes pun intended.
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February 20, 2016, 08:50:36 PM
This one: 14.5 lbs. Funny part was the year before, I called in another 3 year old like this one for the old timer in our camp, he shot his from almost the same tree. That bird had identical spurs and beard, and also weighed 14.5 pounds.
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February 20, 2016, 08:54:29 PM
I never shot a small Tom
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February 20, 2016, 09:13:36 PM
We shot several longbeards in the 13-15 lb. range one spring back in the early 90's in WV after a REALLY bad winter.
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February 20, 2016, 10:06:14 PM
Ive seen areas here in Florida produce a lot 14-16 lb toms but the lightest Osceola I can think of killing was 17 lbs.
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