Spur Gauge/Measurement Tool?

[dublelung]

Folks will come up with anything to separate a fool from his money.

[Rapscallion Vermilion]

Spurs are measured along the outside curve of the spur from a point parallel to the center base of the spur where the curve meets the base at that point, along the curve, to the tip.

Where to start the measurement is the most ambiguous part of the various descriptions I've seen.  The NWTF used to show a picture like this on their website



but now they show this



I've always done it like the bottom picture, but squishing down that cuticle  .  Which one is correct?

[guesswho]

I have seen inch and a half spurs that measured with that tool would be an inch or less.

A good example.

[tomstopper]

I have seen inch and a half spurs that measured with that tool would be an inch or less.

A good example.

Holy curve.....

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[catman529]

I don't think it matters how you measure a spur unless you're trying to get into the record books. I measure along the curve like it says in the book, but I don't care how anyone else measures theirs. It's just a spur


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[GobbleNut]

I don't think it matters how you measure a spur unless you're trying to get into the record books. I measure along the curve like it says in the book, but I don't care how anyone else measures theirs. It's just a spur

Of course, you are correct, catman.  It is just a spur,...beards are just beards,...and turkeys are just turkeys.  As hunters, we could all save ourselves a lot of time and trouble by just running down to the local human feedlot and buying a packaged, ready-to-eat gobbler.  The fact is that we, as hunters, are inclined to establish standards by which we quantify our hunts and the game we harvest.  It is just human nature.  It is not good or bad in most cases,...it is just the way we are. 

Humans have this annoying habit of wanting to compare our accomplishments with the accomplishments of others in pretty much every aspect of life.  I suppose if we are going to do that, we should all accept the same systems of measuring those accomplishments. 

For me, personally, I would like to measure spurs from the tip to the back of the leg.  If I could do that, I would have a bunch of gobblers with record-book spurs.  Alas, nobody seems to want to allow me to do that...   

[snapper1982]

I don't think it matters how you measure a spur unless you're trying to get into the record books. I measure along the curve like it says in the book, but I don't care how anyone else measures theirs. It's just a spur

Of course, you are correct, catman.  It is just a spur,...beards are just beards,...and turkeys are just turkeys.  As hunters, we could all save ourselves a lot of time and trouble by just running down to the local human feedlot and buying a packaged, ready-to-eat gobbler.  The fact is that we, as hunters, are inclined to establish standards by which we quantify our hunts and the game we harvest.  It is just human nature.  It is not good or bad in most cases,...it is just the way we are. 

Humans have this annoying habit of wanting to compare our accomplishments with the accomplishments of others in pretty much every aspect of life.  I suppose if we are going to do that, we should all accept the same systems of measuring those accomplishments. 

For me, personally, I would like to measure spurs from the tip to the back of the leg.  If I could do that, I would have a bunch of gobblers with record-book spurs.  Alas, nobody seems to want to allow me to do that...   

gobblenut, I am ok with you doing it that way buddy. probably has a bit to do with us beingon the same team though.

[THattaway]

Just do what most others do. Say they are 1.5" and roll with it.

[bullet]

https://thebeardedbuck.com/product/true-form-spur-gauge/ 

[Terry]

I must be a fool. I bought one. I thought it would be useful for the pictures we take for our team contest...

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[Turkeyman]

A good turkey hunting buddy has a set of spurs, made into a necklace, which are very unique. They curve around into an arc. I've never seen any spurs with that much curvature. If measured "straight line" from the leg they'd be no more than 7/8" to 1". When measured along the outside curvature from eruption on the leg they're 1 1/2".

[Boykin Hollow]

Interesting gadget to take your $$$.  I will use my free tape measure from Harbor Freight !!!!

[GobbleNut]

I must be a fool. I bought one. I thought it would be useful for the pictures we take for our team contest...

The tool you show in the picture is not the same gadget that the commentary is about.  The device you show would work, assuming it is flexible enough to follow the curve on all spurs...but then again, it looks like nothing more than a really short measuring tape with a little handle on it.  Nothing wrong with having that,...as long as you didn't pay much for it!  (add smiley face here)

[Spitten and drummen]

Meh. My tape measure works fine.

[howl]

Try a tree limb. Either it'll hang or it won't.