I took me about 45 minutes this morning to persuade this tom to get close enough to seal the deal.

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Congratulations Rich!! Thats a heckuva bird you got there!!

What were his dimensions??

CONGRATS!!

I smell a good dinner coming on!!

Heres mine. Sometimes they are hard to call in.

Glen,
He weighted in at twenty six pounds had 3/4 inch spurs and a 11 3/4 inch beard. I'm gonna try something different this year and have the whole bird smoked. A thought just came to me. That means that bird will have been smoked twice.

@ the double smoked bird!!

Thats a nice bird Rich. Congrats!!

valves-- That dude looks to be packin some serious stickers on him too!! Nice bird for sure!!

Rich,
Nice bird, did he gobble any the bird's are still shut up here in WV haven't been on one for a week now. I have had a smoked turkey and they are very dry. Good luck

Bigshow
One gobble, then came in silent.

Hello Rich,

Did you take that bird out at the club?? We were out there last week and counted 15 turkeys scrambling through the north pasture. Also the field across from the entrance there was a big tom strutting for a hen and a young deer popped out of the woods between them, the tom just kept on strutting!!

Ryand
Hey, glad to hear the good news. Congrats. Killed the bird about six miles East off of Zahm Rd.
See you at the Club.