only use regular PayPal to provide purchase protection
Started by dublelung, April 26, 2017, 05:08:18 PM
Quote from: Uncle Tom on April 29, 2017, 12:20:42 PMHunt on the Cape Fear River in central N.C. and have killed several over 1 1/4". Near end of season in 1913, I finally got one that had eluded me for some time. He weighed 19.4, had an 11 1/4 beard, and spurs of 1 5/8" and 1 9/16". Posted picture in the local paper. Think there are others of 1.5" on that river but most time when they get that big/old they hard to hunt and wiser than we give them credit.
Quote from: guesswho on April 29, 2017, 01:44:29 PMQuote from: Uncle Tom on April 29, 2017, 12:20:42 PMHunt on the Cape Fear River in central N.C. and have killed several over 1 1/4". Near end of season in 1913, I finally got one that had eluded me for some time. He weighed 19.4, had an 11 1/4 beard, and spurs of 1 5/8" and 1 9/16". Posted picture in the local paper. Think there are others of 1.5" on that river but most time when they get that big/old they hard to hunt and wiser than we give them credit.1913? I bet the pictures were in black and white. Congrats on the stud of a bird.
Quote from: GobbleNut on April 29, 2017, 01:49:41 PMQuote from: guesswho on April 29, 2017, 01:44:29 PMQuote from: Uncle Tom on April 29, 2017, 12:20:42 PMHunt on the Cape Fear River in central N.C. and have killed several over 1 1/4". Near end of season in 1913, I finally got one that had eluded me for some time. He weighed 19.4, had an 11 1/4 beard, and spurs of 1 5/8" and 1 9/16". Posted picture in the local paper. Think there are others of 1.5" on that river but most time when they get that big/old they hard to hunt and wiser than we give them credit.1913? I bet the pictures were in black and white. Congrats on the stud of a bird.Damn,...somebody on here older than me! I don't think I killed my first bird until around 1915.
Quote from: Treerooster on April 30, 2017, 12:24:24 AMBoy do I feel like a schmuck. I have been measuring my trophies all wrong. I thought it was how the bird came in. The exchange of turkey talk...the gobbling..the drumming. The intensity of having a gobbler walk past you from behind and the need to let him get out there a bit before you can shoot him.What a fool I am. And it should have been so obvious to me...you can't put a number on that stuff.
Quote from: Treerooster on April 30, 2017, 12:24:24 AMBoy do I feel like a schmuck.
Quote from: guesswho on April 30, 2017, 03:32:52 PMTwo birds standing side by side at 20 yards. You can clearly see both of their Spurs. One looks to be twice as long as the other. Which do you shoot? I think the majority of us don't turkey hunt or measure a hunts success by beard and spur length. But it sure is nice to walk up on a long spurred gobbler. And if given a choice I'm sure most if not all of us would choose to shoot the longer spurred bird. But wouldn't be disappointed with a hard gobblin short spurred gobbler either. The topic was just about how rare 1 1/2" Spurs are.