2025 BIG GOBBLER FUN CONTEST - Leaderboard
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2025 BIG GOBBLER FUN CONTEST - Leaderboard
Post your story, pics and measurements here
This thread will be updated periodically throughout the 5 week season
Good luck to all
May as well get the party started....
Had a great morning for an opener, cool, but not cold, no bugs yet, bit of a breeze, and no rain....got to my spot where I've taken 80% of my birds and didn't fail me this morning. Was set into the woods 515 or so and waited. Heard coyotes in the distance and worried that the hunt may be turning over to a coyote, but they settled down, but not before 3 birds behind me started sounding off....like right behind me....perhaps 50 yards... Only thing that saved me was the patch of evergreens that I was set into that would have blocked their view of me coming in or setting decoys...Either way they were sounding off....this went on for 20-30 minutes, music to my ears, only broken by the odd robin or whip or will announcing the day...
A bit before 6 they started settling down, getting quieter, I heard them fly down to my left and behind me, not sure if they were coming out or staying in the woods. Didn't take long to find out as I could hear Mr. Tom strutting with his spit and drum, not far from me and I can see him through the underbrush....So now the question is, going into the field or follow the treeline...? Watched him until he went into a roll of the field but could still hear him...and he was getting closer....Next thing I see is a half dozen hens moving into the field, but where's the Tom...Out of the corner of my eye I see him, he's in the woods with me moving to the decoys from within the woods....maybe 20 yards out...He gets to 15 and I turn....You can see that he realized "Oh ", let him have it from the old 870. paced off at 12 yards...21.86 lbs. 10 inch beard, 1 1/4 in spurs, Greedy Gobbler left 6 real hens for a chance at another only to get a face full of number 5s...
Only way it could have been better would have been if TurkeyWes had been there, but he'll get out I'm sure...and he can tote the gear in and out for old Dad,
TurkeyJohn
Way to get the party started John! Nice bird and great story.
WTG John really nice tom to start the season
Way to go Johnny Boy congrats
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Almost forgot my tag, had to remove from the leg, old habits die hard
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Congrats John! Set the bar pretty high!
Went out with a friend Saturday morning and it was miserable with high cold wind and drizzle.
We were set up by 5:45 with decoys out and the wind was just howling figuring that it was going to hard to hear any gobbling.
we heard nothing and saw nothing until 8:00 when we saw 2 hens sneak thru a fence row and run thru the field being chased by a coyote. after it was getting colder and windier and we figured the morning was going to be a bust.
So we got up and starting checking surrounding fields for birds and didn't see any birds other than ducks, geese and crows so we headed back to our original spot and decided to sit for another hour before calling it quits.
Well glad we did as we saw 4 toms sneak thru the same fence hole the hens came out and they started strutting and fighting with each other. I made some calls but they were about 200 yards away and with the high winds they couldn't hear my calls so I started with fighting purrs as loud as I could without wearing out my slate call and got the attention of one of the toms.
I kept up with the loud fighting purrs and all four stated to walk slowly towards the dekes and they kept on coming.
As they got closer I said to my friend to not shoulder his gun until they reached the dekes. When they got to about 60 yards I stopped calling and all four went into strut and slowly walked in, I whispered to my friend to take any bird on the left I would take a bird on the so we wouldn't be shooting at the same bird as soon as they split up i said shoot and we doubled with 2 big toms.
My bird 9-1/2" beard, 3/4" spurs and weighed 24.4lbs, his bird 10" beard, 7/8" spurs and 23.6lbs he never entered the contest.Attachment 45020
I was able to post the tag photo with no problem but site won't upload the other pictures I thought this issue was fixed any advice ?
Also please note I notched the wrong month but it is a valid 2025 spring turkey tag.
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Congrats on the double Articcat and friend. Can’t wait to see the pics
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Today was my opening day. The early morning was real quiet but around 8 I heard a strong gobble. Perfect I said to my self, game on. Nothing like hearing the first gobble since last year. To make a long story short no gobblers showed but I had 3 big jakes doing a circle around me. I waited to see if that gobbler would come but he never did so I decided to take the biggest Jake. I sent a crossbow bolt and it did a complete pass through. The Jake was doing the flop so i sent one more bolt for good measure. As I got up to go get my bird the other two jakes flew off and the bird that I thought was dead got up and walked to the neighbours property. I had to wait until 11 not to bother the neighbours to early and went to ask permission to go search for it. Unfortunately I could not find the bird after hours of searching. I did find one bolt that was full of feathers and blood. This is the bad part about hunting and I know it happens but it’s still a hard pill to swallow. Sorry for the rant but I had to get this off my chest.
Definitely a hard pill to swallow tom gobble but it happens to all hunters at some point as hard as it is you learn to move on and try again
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Finally I was able to post the pictures as per Finsfurfeathers advice to upload on Flicker, the first is my bird and the second is my friends
Doubles never get old Arcticat, awesome bird, buddy needs to enter next year for sure,
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Sorry to hear the bad luck Tom gobble, it happens to a lot of us, even shot gunning is no guarantee, frustrating for sure..Quote:
Originally Posted by tom gobble
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Turkeyjohn - 45
Articcat - 34
Thats a tough one for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by tom gobble
Unfortunately its the downside of using a crossbow.
Been there, done that. Almost the same situation.
Nothing you can do about it. Just gotta move on.
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Originally Posted by Lenny
Well, it was a heck of a morning. How it ended with a bird I don't know.
Late start, birds in the field when we got there, couldn't make it to the blind. Put plan B into action (birds didn't read the script). Made a set up along a fence row, a few calls and had them within 15yrds but they came in along a rock fence row and had a marginal shot to say the least (no go). They saw the truck and gradually made their way back to another field. Made the long trek around to get to the blind and set up (plan C). At that point we thought we were busted but as luck would have it they came back around. Watched them make their way back to the exact spot we set up originally looking for the girl. Made a few calls and they started coming our way but the made their way into the bush. Some light calling and they came out of the bush and headed our way. Then the saw the Jake and hen decoys. Game over. Watched them beat the heck out of the jake decoy before taking him at 14yrds. Won't forget this hunt. 21lbs, 7/8". and 1" spurs and beard is 10". Hope the pics work.
Some nice birds so far. Good luck and be safe out there.
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Congrats on a nice bird. Regardless of how it happened at least it happened lol
Great bird congrats
Great bird TheGeet, doesn’t matter how, but you got him in the end
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Gotta get my pics moved over and posted. Fastest hunt ever - neighbour calls Saturday afternoon and says "they're out there again in my freshly planted peas and oats field", so I load up my jakefan strutter and a breeding hen, drive over, and sure enough, there are 4 birds. Wide open walk across the field, the birds scram, and I'm thinking that this is going to be a bust, but trying to be a good neighbour.....set up the decoys, settled into the fencerow about 5:10pm, wait for 5 mins, called a few times, nothing. Decided to just sit still and wait for a bit, and then I heard something. Or thought I did. Then heard it again - wait, I recognize that sound, its like a strutting tom "spitting", and sure enough, coming in from the right is a silent tom, in full strut. Came right in, shot him at about 17yards, big bird. Hunt lasted at most 30 minutes, and he never gobbled once, just dragged his wing tips along. 12.5" beard, 1.25" spurs, 25.5 lbs.
Holy Lenny, that’s a monster bird for sure, some kind of mutant? Sure it’s not an ostrich? Pretty cool and congratulations!!! Can’t wait to see pics..
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Season got off to a good start this weekend. My oldest son and I went for a drive / scout Friday night and saw this Tom just across the road from the farm I hunt. I set up on my side the following morning first thing about 300 yards from where this bird roosted. He gobbled early and often on the roost. I let out a few calls early as did a couple other hens near where I was set up so I had a good feeling he would cross the road and come my direction. He took his time closing the distance and circled me at about 60 yards but once we saw my half strut jake decoy he came right in to 20 yards.
Beard = 8"
Spurs = 1.25"
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19 Pounds
Another great bird CD94…Quote:
Originally Posted by CD94
Love it when they follow the rules, which isn’t often..
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Decided that the Tom I saw yesterday with his 5 hens needed some time to do his business. So today I got set up at 1045. Made a couple calls and got gobbling to my left and right. then all quiet, I made a few calls every 20min to 30min. at 1240 I heard loud gobble to my left. Made a couple soft calls, 10min later I see this Tom coming from my left at about 100yds. At 30yds I pulled the trigger the #6 3" longbeard took him down, he never even moved.
22.5Lb
10.125 beard X 2 = 20.25
1.125 spurs X 20 = 22.5
so total 42.75
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Big bird Lenny congrats.
Nice bird Sammgb congratsQuote:
Originally Posted by sabmgb
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1 Lenny 50 2 TurkeyJohn 45 3 sabmgb 42.75 4 CD94 41 5 TheGeet 40 6 Articcat 34
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Great bird Lenny. Congrats!Quote:
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Originally Posted by sabmgb
congratulations!
Lenny that is an amazing bird, will take an extremely big bird to beat that. Congrats
well I'm tagged out, 1st time in a long time I have gotten a second bird, and probably the soonest ever. Rained all the to the way to the bush, so sat in truck until it quit about 535. So by the time I unloaded quad and got to spot was 15 minutes into shooting time. There was gobbling from that side of bush but to the south. Gobbling went on for almost and hour than all quiet. So I was reading a book looking up every half page. Looked up and to my left and front in the field there is a hen than another hen. Put book down real slow get gun up and ready, than jake following the hens. A bit of a bush in front of me so going to let jake walk out and take it, but decided to wait as there were still birds coming in single file. Then see a long beard so hold off for him. Just as he was stepping out from behind the bush a hen following him sees me and starts the putt putt and takes off. They all turn and run, I was still on the Tom and could see him through the small bush so let him have it. 25yds out.
21Lb
10..25 beard x 2 = 20.5
0.75 spur x 20 = 15
Total score = 35.5
just before I pulled that him second from last
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Nice way to finish your season. Congrats nice bird sabmgb
And that’s a wrap for TurkeyJohn,
No record setters but schedule closing in and remember too many years with no turkey, wasn’t going to be picky… 7 inch beard, biggest spur 7/8, not big but not a Jake…
Now for TurkeyWes…
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Nice bird Johnny congrats. Now Wes has to get on board. Saw his pic in OODMAG, so now he has to keep his celebrity status lol
Yeah, poor guy is so busy these days and living in Scarborough is making it hard to get out this spring…Quote:
Originally Posted by tom gobble
But there is a holiday weekend coming… so watch out…
TurkeyJohn
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turkeyjohn, might not be the biggest bird, but it is a pretty bird.
That he was.. thanks Sabmgb, how’s your season so far?Quote:
Originally Posted by sabmgb
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Nice to see you guys tagging out!
Top 10 Single Birds
1 Lenny 50
2 TurkeyJohn 45
3 sabmgb 42.75
4 CD94 41
5 TheGeet 40
6 sabmgb 35.5
7 Articcat 34
8 TurkeyJohn 31.5
Two Bird Totals:
1 sabmgb 78.25
2 TurkeyJohn 76.5
Finally got the site happy with my login long enough to post pics!!!
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nice looking pics. Flicker works great on this site. FYI can choose a smaller size (don't mind the bigger pics though as getting old). As far as posting just need to "copy the BBcode" and paste it right into your post A little editing of the code eliminates the digital stuff
turkeyjohn, was my best season I have ever had, seen lots of birds and heard lots of gobbles every day I was out. there were some coyote hunters there this winter and took out 4 so maybe that helped.
Lenny, that is a great bird,
All tagged out and what an efficient season it was for me. The hunting gods must have been watching me deal with 3 young kids at home all year haha.
2 hunts in 2 different WMU's and 2 toms down. Both hunts were over by 6:15AM. Don't think I will ever duplicate that again but I am not complaining.
9" beard
7/8" spur
20 pounds
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Sorry guys been busy with an addition to my house and haven't respond
Congrats to everyone so far with really nice toms and especially you Lenny on the tank you harvested great bird
So better late than never to the party but finally punched the tag this morning. After quite a few "boring" hunts today was one for the books. Though being able to put your bird to bed is the best approach I have to rely on classic patterns observed through historic interactions. With the forecast of a heavy North west wind planned on the birds favouring a north/south ridge line overlooking a protected south east valley. Getting to my chosen spot in a stealthy manor meant for a longer hike than usual as the short cut through the bush was a no go due to all the fallen branches/trees from the ice storm damage. Stationed myself on top of a finger extending into the field from the ridge line as it traditionally was the cross roads for birds travelling the property. Put out the Avian half strutter and a feeding hen and settled into my turkey lounger and waited for the show. With the first ray of the rising morning had a tom sound off well within range. Let out a soft yelp to let him know where I was which got an immediate response. The tom than continued to sound off with double and triple gobbles to every crow call, goose honk, and duck quack. Time seemed to move very slowly as I waited for him to make his move. Knew game was on when he eventually went quite. Caught sight of him off to my left on the field edge in all his glory. The tom saw the jake decoy but instead of swinging out into the field than coming into the decoys this bugger continued up the field edge almost into my lap before he swung out. Holding down on the bird really felt over gunned with the 12g full choke 3" #5's trusted I knew where my pattern would go and when he held out his neck aimed low and away and flopped him at 10 paces.https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...50d6a1f4dd.jpg
Soggy bird but still a nice tom about a 9" beard and incher spurs which though I've taken longer never see ones as thick .
Passed on pictures as it was cold, wet and a soggy tom doesn't make for the prettiest pics.
Now do I get a second tag and go after one of the jakes I played with Friday or call it a season....I let you know tomorrow.
So ya while enjoying some turkey tenders logged in an bought my second tag. Knew it wouldn't be anything grandiose as was going after a quartet of Jakes in the morning. Seen these birds on a couple of previous hunts so knew where their roost and strut zones were, which happened to be the same place. Was a prefect time to go after them as wanted to be in and out before the long weekend traffic started to fill in. Played out as expected hoping the gopro caught the action. If you wish watch the vid and come on the hunt with me. So the recording starts with a hen coming down from her roost right behing me. Wished the sound was picked up better as she gave a great lesson on how to call. Reason why I was quiet. Vid could of been 20 min shorter as to the left a hen and 2 sub jakes landed in the field to the left. Knowing there was a least 2 more jakes wanted to wait until the dom bird came out of the forest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dA3eLqSvw
Not a big bird nubs for spurs and a tuft of beard but going to make for some good eats.
Feeling to lazy to post proper pics for the contest but hey Lenny I'll take an honourable mention for a 2 birds season.
Congrats on a two bird season pal! :)
Great to beat the bugs and tag out at your earliest,
Congrats…
TJ
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Nice vid and bird congrats. Time to go fishing for you.Quote:
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So we had TurkeyWes home for the weekend and he brought his plus one… both determined to go turkey hunting…
We get to field I’ve been scouting for the last week knowing he was coming home and may only get one trip to the turkey woods…
Cold and windy, but no bugs as we huddle into the doghouse blind I’ve set up in preparation..
Cloudy, but it is getting brighter, then the gobbling starts, we’re on the X… trying to get Wes on a couple of birds that have been slipping me for 2 weeks… the cold has them talking, and when we watched them last night no hens… we had our lone hen out, no Jakes or Tom decoys as I’ve watched them move away when competing birds show up..
So I have Wes oriented to the back of the blind through a window… Lo and behold they fly out of the trees to the field behind us and the quiet hustle happens in the blind. Wes has to manoeuvre himself and the gun safely to a window 90 degrees from where he started…
He lines a bird up and one shot and the bird’s down….
One morning get out this season and he made it work… yay Dad for scouting the crap out of these fields…
1 1/4 inch spur, couple hairs at the 10 inch mark, same size bird as my first one
Last trip to the turkey fields for us this year…
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that is a really nice bird TurkeyWes. Sounds like a quick hunt as well. Did a similar hunt on deer a few years back for my son. scouted out the spot built the blind and he gets to show up and shoot a deer, says what's so hard about deer hunting.
FIN nice video and hunt. I noticed you left your gun behind. I did that once left the bird lay and put gun away. I turn back to bird and it gets up and starts to run. Good thing I was only a few feet away and was looking at it when it got up had to tackle it.
Ya that bird was stoned. The gopro makes it look like a further shot than it was. I've too had a "dead" bird get up so not a bad idea to walk up to it loaded until you can step on its head.Quote:
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Congrats Finsfurfeathers and TurkeyWes nice birds
I was out yesterday morning and didn't hear or see any toms just 2 hens but we had a coyote trying to stalk the dekes and when he got to 25yds I took him out about an hour later we had one more show but he was too far for the shotgun wish I had my 22-250 would have been a double yote morning
Fin, I counted your steps so figured you were about 20yds. the one I had to tackle was stoned too, I actually dropped him like a rock, notched my tag and brought him back into the bush, put him down still no movement, put gun in case. that when he got up and ran. So now I never go anywhere with out my gun and loaded to get bird. I have had ducks do the same thing
ome great birds here.
Congrats to Wes on a great bird.
Nice video FFF - I'm thinking that should get bonus points in future contests.
CD94 - 2 hunts and 2 toms!
Top 10 Single Birds
1 Lenny 50
2 TurkeyJohn 45
3 TurkeyWes 45
4 sabmgb 42.75
5 CD94 41
6 TheGeet 40
7 finsfurfeathers 38
8 sabmgb 35.5
9 Articcat 34
10 CD94 35.5
Two Bird Totals:
1 sabmgb 78.25
2 TurkeyJohn 76.5
5 CD94 76.5
6 finsfurfeathers 45
Not that easy filming your own hunt. With the mounted gopro had to plan in advance where I expected to nail the bird. Got it pretty much dead center. Tried a head mount but found it had too much movement (even though your holding still) that it made the vid look a little too Blair whitchy.Quote:
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Way to go TurkeyJohn and Wes. Gotta love it when it comes all together. Congrats on a nice bird
I managed to get a Tom on May 9th but left the tag at the land owners place and didn’t want to post anything without proof I was legal. This year has been the worst year so far in regards of not hearing or seeing birds anywhere. I’m not sure what’s going on, if winter played a toll or that numbers are just down.
After many days of not hearing or seeing anything my hopes of filling a tag went out the window. I set up before legal light and wait for the morning to start. I’m hearing everything except a turkey lol 30 mins into nothing I hear a faint gobble that was so far away I started to second guess what I was really hearing. After calling and nothing responding I was telling my self maybe it wasn’t a gobble, until a crow sounded off and I hear the same sound. Confirmed it was a male turkey. Another 30 mins goes by and it sounds off again. Now this bird is making its way to me but is at least 300 yards in the bush across two other properties. I can’t go to him and I’m not sure if he’s coming to me because I had one blind spot around a hill I couldn’t see. As another long 15 mins goes by without this bird responding, I’m thinking the Tom is gone. As i’m looking around, I notice this heron near a pond looking towards the blind spot that I couldn’t see, as soon as I went down to grab a call off the ground this bird is running full speed at my set up. I grabbed the Beretta and sent the # 5s his way. Bird down and some relief on what has been one of the worst seasons so far. I understand not seeing birds but not to see or hear anything days of hunting or even driving is not normal. 7/8 spurs and 9 inch to 9 and 1/8th beard you guys be the judge but I don’t really care of the size anyways I was just happy to seal the deal. I’ve been calling for some friends as well and there season is going the same https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e472083276.jpg
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Some nice colours in that bird, I really like the one with just the bird and gun against the fence. What you describe as your season has been my last 2 seasons. It is hard on you when you put in the time and don't hear a gobble.
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I agree on the season, have a few properties that reliably have had birds and none this year…. I know predators play a part, but they’ve always been there… other pressures?? Not sure but I hope it settles down… haven’t seen any poults yet either, but wet spring won’t help…
Going to get another tag? I have a feeling that later season may get good as hens are leaving Toms like Wes’ on Monday, no hens…
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I thought about holding off the way the season has been going. I love turkey hunting so who am I kidding, definitely getting another tag. I rather see nothing hunting then seeing coworkers at work lol
Congrats TG the birds are really quiet this even though there are lots of toms in my area
After completely blowing it on 2 longbeards that I put to bed and called in one perfect morning a couple weeks ago......I got out again this past weekend, but these early mornings have been killing me. So I told my son that we would go mid-morning and get him his first bird. Rolling out around 10:30, first spot didn't produce, and the wind was picking up. Second spot at lunch time was also pretty quiet, until it wasn't. Thought I heard a gobble, then 2, took them a while to work over and see the deeks. Out cruises a group of 3, all had decent beards, all fanning and bumping into each other. We were just sitting in the scrub of a fencerow, I told him to shoot whenever he had a clear shot at just 1, and I got ready. Bang, pause, bang, and only 1 top is standing. Did you get it I ask, and he isn't sure. I knew I dropped mine, and the 3rd tom is still hanging around. Its a hay field they are in, and the hay is up enough that we can only see the top half of the decoys and the 3rd tom. So, wait a bit, 3rd tom is still there, no other movement, we finally get up and walk over. 2 toms down within 3 yards of each other, and the 3rd tom finally flies away. First day out with my son this year, and his first bird ever, and we managed a double. Smiles all around, tried to get a self timed pic in the field that didnt turn out great, but it was the "moment".
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Luckily mine was a bit bigger, 10.25" beard and 3/4" spurs. Been a good year!
way to go tom gobble, nice to see the dedication pay off!
Top 10 Single Birds
1 Lenny 50
2 TurkeyJohn 45
3 TurkeyWes 45
4 sabmgb 42.75
5 CD94 41
6 TheGeet 40
7 finsfurfeathers 38
8 sabmgb 35.5
9 Articcat 34
10 tom gobble 35.75
Two Bird Totals:
1 Lenny 85.5
2 sabmgb 78.25
5 TurkeyJohn 76.5
6 CD94 76.5
7 finsfurfeathers 45
Nice double with the son Lenny congrats
that a great story, and proof you don't need to get up with the owls. those are nice birds and great to do it with your son.
Perfect hunt Lenny, double with your son are tops in my books, congrats,
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Congrats to you and your son Lenny nice toms
Thanks everyone. Getting that bird with my son was the best by far.
Good luck to everyone going out tomorrow!
Another season is in the books, some great birds here, stories shared, and memories made!
I’ll be reaching out to our winners, TurkeyJohn, sabmgb and CD94 to arrange prize shipments (after CP is shipping again).
Hope you all have a great summer!
and another fun contest, thanks Lenny for all your time
Forgot to mention it before - REMINDER - Don't forget to do your turkey survey
Congratulations to winners and all the those who entered the contest, sure was a lot of big birds this year.
Lenny thanks again for the time and effort you put into this contest keeps the forum alive and keeps everyone interested.
cant wait till next year!!!!!!!!!
Thank you Lenny for running this again and thank you to those who donated prizes . Congrats to the winners