Tim, I hear ya on the sharp spurs!
My opening day bird had 1" spurs that were very sharp like your bird. He was laying and looking stone dead when I reached down to pick him up. That dang bird started flopping alittle and stuck me three times in the palm through my glove!!!
I've had em come alive and flop alittle bit many times after they appeared dead but, this was the first bird that actually punctured my skin with his spurs.
All healed up now and I'd gladly do it again any day.
We're headed out to TX for some Rios next week. I hope we get some good birds. Just talked to a relative that returned from TX last week, 2 of them went and killed 6 birds in two days. All spurs were in the 1-1/8 to 1-3/8 range.
Good Luck
Reloader7RM
