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At least someone has their priorities right. Good job.
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Congrats. Looks like a Eastern!! Nice mass to the spurs!
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very nice photo, love the bird and the iron
congrats
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Nice pic. Who makes the hammer gun?
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The gun is a William Cashmore - a Birmingham gun. It is a 12gauge and pretty much my - go to gun because it fits really well.
The bird is not a really big one. It tips the scales right at 21# and, yes, it is an Eastern. His spurs are only about 1" long and he is probably a 2-3 yrs old bird. The last four I have killed have had spurs in the 1.5"+ range and weighed over 25#. But this guy made me work, and it was a fine morning.
I think he will eat.
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They say everything happens for a reason.
For me that reason is usually because I've made some bad decisions that I need to pay for.
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Is that beard as thick as it looks? Either way nice bird...
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any Gobbler is a nice bird, especially the ones you have to work for. good job but don't you know you can't take a gobbler with that old hammer gun? 
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Big bird, and nice gun. I did a doubletake because it looks alot like my old Meriden sxs.
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We may know the time Ben Carson lied, but does anyone know the time Hillary Clinton told the truth?
Immersing oneself in progressive lieberalism is no different than bathing in the sewage of Hell.
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Argggh!!! The coyotes are having more luck than me. Maybe that's because they are out there when it counts.
Nice bird.
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Lots of coyotes around here. More than I have ever seen and the birds are doing the best I've ever seen even though the last 4 winters have been really really tough.
Foxes are up in some places - like my land, and that is holding birds down but wherever the coyotes are thick foxes and coons and opossums are way down. That's why the hatch success is
Seemed to be a lot of broadwings moving through this weekend, but it seems mighty late for them. You guys up north see broadwings yet? I would think they would be on nests by now. Maybe these are last year's juveniles.
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Lots of coyotes around here. More than I have ever seen and the birds are doing the best I've ever seen even though the last 4 winters have been really really tough.
Foxes are up in some places - like my land, and that is holding birds down but wherever the coyotes are thick foxes and coons and opossums are way down. That's why the hatch success is
That is a nice picture of a great outcome. Are you suggesting coyotes are good for turkeys?
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Are you suggesting coyotes are good for turkeys? Yup. Just about all ground nesting birds do a little better where smaller predators (esp. foxes followed by raccoons are otherwise abundant). It has been documented just about every time anyone has worked to quantify it.
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Cool! Nice heavy beard on him too. I have to wait two weekends until I get to go.
I like the shooting iron too.
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That is a nice picture of a great outcome.
Are you suggesting coyotes are good for turkeys?
Not the two that I've shot that were in my dekes....well, they're good for turkeys now. 
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That is a nice picture of a great outcome.
Are you suggesting coyotes are good for turkeys?
Not the two that I've shot that were in my dekes....well, they're good for turkeys now. They were good then too. Especially then, when the hens are on their nests and nest predation by coons and the like are putting the biggest hurt to the turkeys. He did have a pretty heavy beard. Seems to be fairly common to have good beards in this area though. He is a nice bird but not an exceptional one. I was glad to take him after a long stalk, a short calling and both barrels. For some reason, he required a double dose.
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