what is the heaviest eastern you ever harvested!~

[Ky strutt n bust n]

25 lbs. western ky, located in crittenden county. shot the bird at 1:05 in the afternoon. had 9 1/2" beard and sharp 1" spurs. day ill defianely never forget spending it with my dad on a memorable youth hunt a few years back.

[savduck]

GA........20.5  Mid morning 9 AM

SC. 22.5...........morning, right off the roost. 7:30ish

[stinkpickle]

I've had a couple around the 26lbs mark....both from Missouri.  I can't remember the specifics, but one of them got himself dead about two minutes after flydown.

[bird]

27# plus Tennessee

26 1/2# Iowa

[csgrizz]

I have 39 turkeys recorded in my journal, all weighed with a digital scale with the exception of the first couple.  Heaviest ever was 24 lbs 2 oz on two different birds, one from MO that was a 2 year old and one from IL that was at least a 3 year old with 1 5/8" spurs. Every single bird was heavier until it was put to the scale.

I host a braggin rights contest for friends and make everyone guess before they weigh, almost every single one gets guessed a couple pounds higher than they actually are....especially if they get carried for any period of time.   

[PANYHunter]

26# PA  fall bird around 8:30.  10.75 beard and 1.5 spurs.  That one made me late for work  

[Scout24]

23 1/4 from Ct, weight and beard length don't do much for me but big spurs take my breath away!

[ElkTurkMan]

21# 9oz Newton County, GA taken 3-31-2011

[mightyjoeyoung]

26# PA  fall bird around 8:30.  10.75 beard and 1.5 spurs.  That one made me late for work  

NOOOOO!  WORK made you late for HUNTING!!

[dixiedeerslaya]

i couldnt imagine a 25+lb turkey.  most of the turkeys killed around here in south carolina average 16-18lbs with the occasional 20-22 pounder mixed in.  ive killed 20 something turkeys and my biggest came this year at  21.6lbs.... ive only killed two or three over 20.

[Roostem33]

West Ga. 25# in April 2008

[Lon0121]

with the exception of a few monster gobblers,
turkeys are like coyote when judging weight!  they feel like a 30 pound turkey or 40 pound coyote but when put on a digital or true scale it is sometimes half of what your guess was.  thats my opinion!  now i know guys whom have killed 50 pound coyotes and 30 pound gobblers,  but i personaly have not.


great stories guys, there sure are some biggins in ky!~

[Muskie03]

25 1/2 Wed. morning. I've killed two this year over 25lbs and 1 just over 20lbs--I have only hunted 4 mornings total with over a month to go. Feeling pretty good about this year!

[hobbes]

I dont' remember anything over 23 and change.  That would be from an Eastern in Southern IL.

[RS]

23 lbs. 5 oz. in SW piedmont of NC during the last week of the 2005 season at 6:50 am.  Hardest gobbling eastern I have ever heard.