May 25 turkey

I anticipated that this spring was going to be action packed and short. But this ended up being one of the toughest, and disappointing seasons I only saw 3 toms all spring, and the birds never roosted in their usual spot. I passed on a group of 8 jakes on Tuesday morning in hopes of getting a chance at a tom in the next several days.
My brother came to visit for Memorial Day weekend and we hunted together on Saturday morning. We didn’t hear any gobbles that morning, but had this group come in about 6:50 am. I moved the blind to the corner of the field where these birds ended up going. When they came out of the woods, they were within 25 yards of the blind. I ended up shooting this jake at 15 yards quartering away His beard is 5 3/4″ and weighs about 16-17 lbs.
Every time my brother and I have hunted together this spring we have killed a bird
2 of the 8 jakes’ beards had almost all beard rot making the beard look almost all yellow/gold. The jake’s beard that i shot had some beard rot too but not as bad

WTG!! Nice to see you’re still going at it. It seems that some years a guy really needs to work at it. Congrats

Great bird, and big-beard for a jake! Congrats on the great hunting with your brother, and kudos for doing it with a bow!

Joel

Congatulations on the bird, especially with a bow!

CONGRATS I was also able to harvest a Jake on May 23rd.. 17.2 pound with a 5in beard…..

You are no quitter Protour! Congrats and I admire the time you put in every spring with your bow

Congrats! Getting it done with a bow is not an easy task, yet you seem to consistently put um down