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For the turkey hunters on this forum, let's see some turkeys you've had the blessing of standing on their head after squeezing the trigger and other pictures that are good memories of days gone by...

Here's a few from my collection;


First turkey my son Hunter was ever exposed to. Not even a year old...


All turkey hunters appreciate the old "Limb Hanger!"


This past season, I called in this bird for my bud to smoke. His first turkey...


My oldest son Hunter, age 3, with his first turkey kill. He helped aim and pulled the trigger. I simply shouldered the gun.


"2" in one shot


My son Hunter at age 2 getting in some practice on my decoy

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Getting my youngest son, Logan, into the mix of turkey hunting...

A look at what kills turkeys with respect to "Gauges"

20's





12's




10's
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Hooks

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Awesome looking spot you have there. What state???

First turkey for this young hunter, Ian.

WI.

That is the second bird I've shot there that flew down within range. We got two birds there this year.

Good looking bird.

Here's one to start. I need to do some more digging!!!!

This year. My son and daughter-in-law.

LBK,

what is the shootin' iron set up you have there in the last few pics? Looks interesting.

Nice birds BTW.

The very last picture is my Rem super mag. Quaker Boy easy yelper under mounted on the barrel. The camo gun is a New England firearms 10 ga. with a Kicks Gobblin Thunder choke. It has a Tasco Red Dot pro-point. Really would like to ditch the Tasco, but so far no problems with it and it's been on there since 2002.

The boys 1st...

2yrs ago

Past May

My beloved Ozark Mountain hunting territory...



Last years mountain top gobbler...

Along the banks of the Tar River, north of Tarboro NC this past May.

Great pictures!

I love the fog hanging in the valley.

'09 Bird.



Really didn't have an intention of killin' a Jake, but the gun had a mind of it's own and I watched in horror as it rose to my shoulder while I was powerless to stop it...

Jakes are fine...shot more than a fair share.

That one looks like it has a pretty big fan. I have several that are quite small.

also shot one with a full fan, and a 4" beard.

Agree. I've done better.

Prior season, just off Maple Ridge Rd.

nice! Looks like he caught it all in the face.

Just south of MR Road, but north of the 153 exit, on the west side of 51, there are ALWAYS toms strutting near that little clear cut. ALWAYS.

If a guy could get in there...

Yeah, wonder if thats city limits?

Wonder if a guy could do Indian Head? Set up on a putting green with a few decoys...

No problem....just pay the green fee and your good to go.

I did some work on that new sub division that went in just north of there....lots of turkeys in that sucker. A guy could come in along Bull Jr Creek and have at it.

I'm not sure if that clear cut is city limits or not. It is pretty good sized. If nothing else, they might let you sit with a bow.

Can I play too?

Killed four with one shot. Remington 870 12 gauge Express Magnum shooting Federal 3 inch, 2 ounce load of # 6 shot.


Unusual color phase gobbler I killed on the Red River during the mid 80's.


I called these two gobblers in for my son who killed them both with one shot each. He was shooting my old 20 gauge 870 loaded with Federal 2 3/4 inch shells with a 1 1/8 ounce load of 7 & 1/2 shot. That old WingMaster is slick and fast.



We each took a nice gobbler this day.



Another nice West Texas bird taken with the 870 Express Magnum.

Another bird from the Red River area during the early 1980's.

Great pics guys...

Great pics guys. My son and I hunted NH the first 2 days of this Fall season, no luck. Lord knows how many Boar descended on the property we hunt. I think they pushed the birds into woods. We did pattern the flock but it was too late. Scouting, we saw a ton of Toms, some monsters among them. Back at it come May.

a good spring morning in '05


and a old call even back in '83 when i killed my first bird hunting on the Current river in Missouri

Archery Toms:

Sneaky Jake & 12ga.

Fall bird, archery.

And my fav Tom pic, Model 97 16ga:

Wonderful pic...Now about that 97?...Sweeeeeet.

Fall 09 Central VA muzzelloader

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Nice. What type of smoke pole you using?

T--You really need to get an Encore. I can't remember what you finally ended up getting last spring.

Every now and then I let someone borrow the Encore, and I have to pull out the backup, a Beretta Extrema. But, the 20 Encore is my "baby".
If the stump looks familiar, it's the same one I use every year at the farm. Several toms have posed for the camera, atop the cedar stump.

Here's one from NE.

And this one I had to work my tail off for. Had to endure a little funky weather.
It took 'em a couple days to get settled back down. Weather warmed back up, and melted the snow off. I woke up to this.(NE also)

hey tzone,

I'm use a T/C Omega ss/syn, shooting 245gr PowerBelt
being pushed by 100gr of 777 loose powder, using Win 777 primer,
with a Vari-X 3-9 compact. Deadly set-up. I put a small buck on
the ground this morning.
The breasts from that turkey filled a gallon bag, the beard went 10 1/2", my biggest bird yet.

R.D.

Yukon,
I love my Encore, even more so since I sold the 12 and went to a 20. Still kills them just as dead as a hammer but without the recoil.

10-4. 33 yards on one this past spring, and one of my NE birds last year dropped at 42 yards. Da 20 got plenty a punch, eh?

Finally was able to connect on my first bird. This was on forest service land DIY.Not the biggest bird, but it will do! Used my uncles MDL 12 Winchester that he gave me. Sent him a pic and he was pleased that I shot one. 58Gscott

scott,

Congratulations on your first gobbler! If you're lucky, you'll be hopelessly hooked like the rest of us. It's good, clean fun!

Yukonal, I'm hooked! It was like calling in my first elk. This was the first bird that shotgun has taken in over 40 yrs. Will be going out again this spring to bag another( attempt to take). 58gscott

My favorite from last year.

This past spring (my first turkey). North-east of Mt. Hamilton. Yup, California sucks.

a double with the renegade 56 smooth bore.


this years Rio:

Awesome...

Here's a couple of pro turkey hunters for you. My 12 year son and his buddy teamed up on this one last year. My son did the shooting with his 20 ga. and his friend all the calling. They managed to bag two toms in two days.



The birds my son called in this spring. He located, set-up and called them in on his own. I just sat back and and let him do his thing.

Man, those boys have already outdone alot of adults I know, Congratulations. It doesn't look far from where we go in the Custer National Forest.

Here's a few pictures just for fun, see if you can tell which one doesn't fit...









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@ MW406-
That's just too freaking cool!

Shrapnel, wait, I've got it, there's no 30-30 hole in the salmon.

Custer National Forest, don't know what your talking about, never heard of it. We go to a secret spot in the Hellologal National Forest. Turkey hunting's a great way for kids to learn hunting and being in the outdoors.

Are you hitting the Bozeman gun show this weekend?

I'm already there, stop buy, we are signing autographs...

a pair of Texas twins

Nice thunder chickens

My niece and her very first turkey hunt.
She bopped this young jake from my pop up blind.