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Me and deadeyebeagle did some turkey hunting today, as the pic
shows deadeye had all the luck. We got set up just before day break
and the only thing we had going on was a hen yelping so later on around
10:45 i stared calling i called and called and 4 long beards came in did a
half circle right to deadeye about a 50 yard shot straight down
17 lbs 10" beard. your welcome deadeye.

at least you seen 4,,,,,,,

Now I know why his name is deadeye. Good job boys. Just remember Terry, you called him in.

atta boy dead eye They Call me Fast Eddy

Congrats , I have killed quiet a few in my life but I still giggle like a little school girl everytime I kill one . I just took my second one this morning . I hope to get some pics on later.
Where did you kill the bird @ ?

I killed one Tuesday.....18.5 pounds with a 7" beard

Monday morning there were 8 longbeards gobbin their heads off and my buddy and I just couldn't put it all together. Everytime we moved to get in better position we would look back and they were right where we were 10 minutes before. We had them pounding right up until noon but really only could have shot a few jakes.

Tuesday morning I only heard about 10 gobbles all morning and those were from the roost. By 7:30am I was about to hang it up and go on into work. I decided to hit the glass call really hard and get agressive with it....bang....two gobbles. They hung up and seemed confused as to where the calling was coming from because some hens fired up to my left. I moved in closer to them and set my decoy out on a lane in plain view. A few hard cuts followed by intense purrs and they were coming in hot. They ran right into my setup....felt like the first turkey I had ever killed. It is funny how it all comes together so quick. I went to the house and hooked up with my buddy. We spotted 5 out strutting in the open so we moved in from a woods and I did the calling from in behind him. He was watching them in the field....meanwhile one snuck right up beside me within 15 yards. I got my buddies attention and he was able to close the deal once it started to move off. Pretty awsome morning!!!!

I put 4 more to bed tonight but I'm not able to go in the morning ........and no.....the GPS coordinates are not for sale

round here we call that turkey huntin! when it all comes together we just call that turkey shootin but i guess a guys got to do a little turkey huntin before he can do some turkey shootin. got mine on 2nd day 11'' rope 1.5'' spurs 23 lbs good solid 3 year old bird. hopin to get the wife on one i got tied up in the mornin and then i'm gonna try to get one tied up for ol' Ringtail
good luck and safe huntin boy's and may all your birds be longbeards (with a real bad case of jelly head )

TB,
At least you now know where deadeyes honey hole is!!! I'll meet you there this weekend
These guys came by the house afterwards and i got to see the bird. I have never seen a bird with little spurs and a beard like this one. Spurs where only about a 1/2", but the beard was around 8" plus????? Pretty fan to.

I'm running sunday afternoon deadeye! Are you ready?

sanford i beg the defrence that was a full 10 inch beard and 3/4 spurs its 430 and im going turkey hutin good luck. tom 2 look out and if tb would wake up in the woods he might get one 2

up here in michigan we have a lot i got one spot that i deer hunt and there are at least 50 turkeys in the section at any givin day i would be happy to take anyone hunting for them i just dont have fun killing them it is to easy for me but like i said i live in mid michigan and would be happy to take someone that dosent have a spot there are big toms i shot one with a 13 in beared durning deer season just couldent let it walk by

We'll we went back out Friday morning and we got set up ol deadeye made 2 calls here comes a yote running in, needless to say they don't call him deadeye for nothing one less yote. We move about a hundred yard's got set up deadeye started calling, we herd one gobbling right away he called him in from about 2 hundred yards away. When i seen them it was 2 long beard's i thought ole yea here we go, deadeye called them right in. We ended up getting a double. It couldn't happen any better.
My bird was 22 lbs with a 10 1/2" beard and deadeye was 18 lbs 10" beard

Good job boys on the yote and the Toms. Excellent! When you guys going to make a video?

You guys look SEXY in green!!! Looks like you found the Mecca of all Turkeys....22lbs?????

BriarCreekBeagles wrote:round here we call that turkey huntin! when it all comes together we just call that turkey shootin but i guess a guys got to do a little turkey huntin before he can do some turkey shootin. got mine on 2nd day 11'' rope 1.5'' spurs 23 lbs good solid 3 year old bird. hopin to get the wife on one i got tied up in the mornin and then i'm gonna try to get one tied up for ol' Ringtail
good luck and safe huntin boy's and may all your birds be longbeards (with a real bad case of jelly head )

1/2" spur is a jake, 3/4 " is a two year old bird, an 1" spur is a three year old bird, an 1 1/4 is a four year old bird and an 1 1/2" spur is a five year old bird. I would say the bird you got was an old wise one. Great job on killing such an old bird. They are by far the most alert wild animal in the woods. If they could smel like a deer they would be impossible to hunt. I got mine today 4-26-08 Kill time 9:45. 20 lbs, 1 1/4" spur and 9" rope. so far he is the smallest bird that I have ever killed. Oh well! They all have to die sometime right.
Elliott

three toms in 2 days me and tbrabbitman smoked some birds and now its deepfrier time iv been turkey huntin for over 21years and 2 take 1 yote and 2 toms long beards in 1in half hours was one of the best days of my life good times and good friends thats what its all about D ps ohio turkeys beware of tbturkeyman deadeye now we just got 2 find some shrooms