measurments

[saltysenior]

after looking at and reading about turkeys killed this year,i have a question on how properly to measure spurs and beards ..i have a spur that measures   1  1/4''on the inside of the leg,,1 3/8'' when measured from the back of the leg,,and 1 9/16 when measured on the outside of the leg and that could even be fudged a 1/16......which is correct??
with beards do you measure to where most of the hairs end or do you measure the longest single hair???

[guesswho]

Spurs are measured from where they start on the leg along the outside edge to the tip.  Beards are measured by the longest attached strand.  Here's a link.
http://www.nwtf.org/for_hunters/how_to_score.html

[saltysenior]

well that explains some of the claims that are made....i have on the wall a beard that yesterday i would call a nice 10'' beard,not my biggest,but because of one hair ,i can say i have a 13 3/4'' beard ...and also a 1 5/8 spur..

[Ky strutt n bust n]

well that explains some of the claims that are made....i have on the wall a beard that yesterday i would call a nice 10'' beard,not my biggest,but because of one hair ,i can say i have a 13 3/4'' beard ...and also a 1 5/8 spur..

got any pictures of this boss? thatd be sweet

[hobbes]

Guesswho...........I did not realize you spent so much time on the NWTF site.......have you decided to join?   

[guesswho]

Guesswho...........I did not realize you spent so much time on the NWTF site.......have you decided to join?   

You don't know how much it pained me to retrieve that link


Saltysenior, make sure that 13 3/4" strand is connected and not held in by dried blood or something else. 

[TauntoHawk]

two years ago I shot a tom with a heavy 10in beard got to him and said "dude look at how long this one......."

pulled out that one long strand out in my hand, was over 12 easy.. oh well still one of my most memorable hunts. 10min to go on the last day after a 1/2mile dash to get infront of him and watching him flog the crap out of 2 jakes that made the mistake of gobbling at HIS hens

[bird]

Guesswho...........I did not realize you spent so much time on the NWTF site.......have you decided to join?   

You don't know how much it pained me to retrieve that link


Saltysenior, make sure that 13 3/4" strand is connected and not held in by dried blood or something else. 

Truth be told, Ronnie sits in his bedroom at night with a night light on lookin' at the pictures from his NWTF magazine. (He keeps them hidden between the box spring and the mattress of his bed.)

[stinkpickle]

Guesswho...........I did not realize you spent so much time on the NWTF site.......have you decided to join?   

You don't know how much it pained me to retrieve that link


Saltysenior, make sure that 13 3/4" strand is connected and not held in by dried blood or something else. 

Truth be told, Ronnie sits in his bedroom at night with a night light on lookin' at the pictures from his NWTF magazine. (He keeps them hidden between the box spring and the mattress of his bed.)

The NWTF still takes nice pictures.  I'll give 'em that.  That's my excuse...yeah, that's the ticket.   

[bowhunter84]

Guesswho...........I did not realize you spent so much time on the NWTF site.......have you decided to join?   

You don't know how much it pained me to retrieve that link


Saltysenior, make sure that 13 3/4" strand is connected and not held in by dried blood or something else. 

Truth be told, Ronnie sits in his bedroom at night with a night light on lookin' at the pictures from his NWTF magazine. (He keeps them hidden between the box spring and the mattress of his bed.)

   

[saltysenior]

Guesswho...........I did not realize you spent so much time on the NWTF site.......have you decided to join?   

You don't know how much it pained me to retrieve that link


Saltysenior, make sure that 13 3/4" strand is connected and not held in by dried blood or something else. 
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well i pulled on that one strand....it pulled out easily from a 20 year old beard......now i have a 10'' beard and a 13 1/2 single strand......just a freak of nature i guess