my biggest turkey

  • 555hunter
    knoxville IA
    Posts: 48
    December 20, 2006 at 5:16 pm #210634

    well i went hunting for turkeys with my dad we got out at about 5:30am and heard a bunch of gobbling and so we had to get our blind set up real quick before the turkeys came it was light out by now and all the gobbling stoped we didnt think we were going to get anything but all the sudden my dad says there a big tom coming straight to us he saw our decoys and went right for them he started strutin and then he lifted his head up and BOOM got him he weighed 29 pounds with a 10 inch beard.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22404
    December 20, 2006 at 6:45 pm #27494

    any pics ? Love it when a plan comes together

    big g

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22404
    December 20, 2006 at 6:45 pm #513391

    any pics ? Love it when a plan comes together

    big g

    roosterrouster
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    The "IGH"...
    Posts: 2092
    December 20, 2006 at 6:54 pm #513393

    HHHMMM…Gobbling/Struting Toms in December …When did you shoot this bird young man ???RR

    cdm
    Oronoco, SE. MN.
    Posts: 771
    December 20, 2006 at 8:13 pm #27498

    Is it not only your biggest but your first ??? By the way that is huge the Mn. state record is around 30 lbs.

    cdm
    Oronoco, SE. MN.
    Posts: 771
    December 20, 2006 at 8:13 pm #513433

    Is it not only your biggest but your first ??? By the way that is huge the Mn. state record is around 30 lbs.

    tony_p
    Waterloo, IA
    Posts: 1792
    December 24, 2006 at 12:24 am #27628

    Sounds like a good hunt.This must have been a spring hunt, Iowas fall turkey seasons run GUN OCT 16th – DEC 1. Bow only runs OCT 1 – DEC 1 & DEC 18 – JAN 10th. Congrats on a big tom .

    tony_p
    Waterloo, IA
    Posts: 1792
    December 24, 2006 at 12:24 am #514760

    Sounds like a good hunt.This must have been a spring hunt, Iowas fall turkey seasons run GUN OCT 16th – DEC 1. Bow only runs OCT 1 – DEC 1 & DEC 18 – JAN 10th. Congrats on a big tom .

    robhood23
    Posts: 214
    January 2, 2007 at 11:59 pm #27864

    That’s one big turkey!!!

    robhood23
    Posts: 214
    January 2, 2007 at 11:59 pm #517512

    That’s one big turkey!!!

    nick_harrison
    Garrison, IA
    Posts: 146
    February 16, 2007 at 6:50 pm #29284

    They do grow big in Iowa. For the last three years my turkey weights have been 27, 25 and 25. Yours is bigger than I have shot, but I’m not surprised. Way to go. Maybe mine will be that big this year. We know how to grow them heavy in Iowa.

    nick_harrison
    Garrison, IA
    Posts: 146
    February 16, 2007 at 6:50 pm #537911

    They do grow big in Iowa. For the last three years my turkey weights have been 27, 25 and 25. Yours is bigger than I have shot, but I’m not surprised. Way to go. Maybe mine will be that big this year. We know how to grow them heavy in Iowa.

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