Talking Turkey ( Part 2 )

[BriarCreekBeagles]

yeah well ironjaw 1.25 spurs and 9'' rope sounds like a pretty fair bird, the best bird i ever killed had .25 nubs and a 4'' and 2'' beard, but i'd been turkey huntin for 4 years to get that first one and all I can say is going to the turkey school of hard knocks finally paid off on first bird. took 2.5 hours of moving and callin, movin and callin but i finally got to where he wanted to be before he did and all i seen was that red head just a bobbin and after 3 years of gettin beat up by them ol' boogers i was not about to pass up anything with a red, white , or blue head and that was all i could see so i let the ol'betsy roar and flopped him.
best bird for me was last year 17lb 12.5" rope and 1 and 5/16" hooks that dude was a limb hanger. some of you guys live in a state were you can kill more than one bird in the spring but here in Indiana we're only allowed one per season but it's better than none
here's some pics of my bird this year
23lbs 11'' beard 1.5'' hooks

[Anderson Upland Beagles]

congrats on the turkeys what kinda calls you using and who made em...

[BriarCreekBeagles]

I use all custom made calls. Box calls, tube calls, slate calls,etc. etc. I make alot of my own calls but mainly I make box calls Longboxs (aka boat paddle call) and short boxs. I turn out alot of my calls on the lathe (slate calls, tube calls, strikers and such) my call logo is Mac's Custom Calls. The bird i killed this year I called in with an IHW (Irving Whitt) custom made short box.
Can't beat a good box call about the only thing better is a good mouth call or tube call, heck i like em all

[Anderson Upland Beagles]

congrats again to you and Mr whitt

[deadeyebeagle]

post jumpin show off lol real nise bird good luck in the future

[sanfordssj]

post jumpin show off lol real nise bird good luck in the future

Look out deadeye! Someone else on here has a bigger bird Looks like you found someone wh likes to hunt those ugly birds just as much as you!

[deadeyebeagle]

you use to until your wife wont let you no more

[BriarCreekBeagles]

post jumpin show off lol real nise bird good luck in the future

Dang, I thought we was just talkin turkey but yeah i like to show em off as much as the next guy LOL
actually i figured there would be guys jump on this post and show off their birds, guess I'll start a thread and see if we can get some on here I'd like to see who's killin them wary old gobblers and buck wild jakes

yeah back at ya deadeye them's some perty nice logbeards you guys got yourself.

as far as findin somebody else that likes to hunt them ugly things, your daggum right I LOVE IT!
three things in life worth gettin out of bed for #1 JESUS, # Turkey huntin, #3 watchin them bunnies runnin for their lifes with a pack of hammerin hounds hot on the trail. And the last two just depend on what season is in at the time

Good luck to you guys and remember a dead bird is a dead bird you can't eat beard soup!

GOD SPEED

[yellowdog]

i killed a bird yesterday morn..had a 8 inch beard..trick is that it was a hen...how many of ya have seen that before?...

[TBrabbitman]

I have heard of it but never seen it.

[ironjawdawgs]

I have heard of it but never seen it.

First turkey that I ever shot was a hen. I thought I was going to jail until I found out you can shot any bearded bird.
Elliott
P.S. I don't want to get talking about turkey hunting on here or I'll never stop and some of you guys will get sick of hearing from me. LOL. Turkey hunting is like crack to a crack head. You just gota do it. LOL.

[deadeyebeagle]

briercreek sounds like u got your priortes straight. if your ever in ohio look me up will run some dogs or run in gun some turkeys and if anybody else gets a turkey post a pic im tagged out im still tring to get some buddys a bird im calling and video it

[BriarCreekBeagles]

Thanks for the invite deadeye i just might take you up on the offer someday and just so you know the offer go's both ways so whenever you want to come down for a spring bird get with me and we'll see what we can put together and get you one tied up.
hey yellowdog that's a dandy bearded hen, usually you only see one with a four or five inch beard, seen one this killed with a six inch beard. last year a buddy of mine put together a disabled hunt and one of the guys huntin killed a hen with a nine inch beard and ended up havin it mounted. only bearded hen that had a bad day under my gun had a 3 inch beard but hey like i said a dead bird is a dead bird!

[E.C.I. Rookie]

my 12 yr old Son got his first turkey last week on our youth hunt, his first time turkey hunting and he killed a 20 lb jake. it was a great day.

[yellowdog]

when i shot that hen there was 4 more with her just like her all had beards..also 3 big goblers..gonna take my boy sunday and try to him one..