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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 08:23 PM
03/08/24 08:23 PM
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 590 Alabama
jsubrett6
4 point
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4 point
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 590
Alabama
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24 lbs in MS around 12 years ago, and had to carry him out a mile.
Last edited by jsubrett6; 03/08/24 11:03 PM.
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 08:58 PM
03/08/24 08:58 PM
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 619 VH
fillmore
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 619
VH
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 09:25 PM
03/08/24 09:25 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,692 Montgomery
bamaeyedoc
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,692
Montgomery
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24lbs. 3-23-2006. Montgomery co. Just off hwy 331. From where I killed him I could hear ambulances pulling into Baptist South hospital. The entire saga is on ALdeer. I’ll see if I can figure how to put a link in this post. He’s a beautiful mount too.
Update**. Well, evidently posts only go back to 2008. So 👎. One helluva story. I printed it out and all the responses.
Last edited by bamaeyedoc; 03/08/24 09:30 PM.
AKA: “Dr. B” Aldeer #121 8-3-2000 Proud alum of AUM, UAB, and UA Member of Team 10 Point 2023-2024 ALdeer Deer Contest Winners
Glennis Jerome "Jerry" Harris 1938-2017 UGA Class of 1960 BS/MS Forestry LTJG, USNR
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 09:38 PM
03/08/24 09:38 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,217 alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 36,217
alabama
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we killed several big spurred birds in Wilcox Co that weighed 13-14 pounds.
I've spent most of the money I've made in my lifetime on hunting and fishing. The rest I just wasted.....
proud Cracker-Americaan
muslims are like coyotes, only good one is a dead one
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 09:40 PM
03/08/24 09:40 PM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,027 Earth
TDog93
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,027
Earth
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^^ I killed one in marengo county with good spur at 14 pounds - smallest i hav killed. Killed a 2 year old on dmopolis wma on the river that was 14 1/2
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 10:53 PM
03/08/24 10:53 PM
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Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,544 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Dec 2014
Posts: 7,544
Boaz,AL
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176lbs..he didnt have a beard an he kept stickin his head in the ground
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/08/24 11:37 PM
03/08/24 11:37 PM
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Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 2,219 shelby county
hootn
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8 point
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 2,219
shelby county
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I killed one back in 95, in Tallapoosa County not far from hillibee creek on some land that my dad owned that weight 26 pounds. Now that was on a scale that a store used to weigh fish. That's all I can go by.
if i hadnt taken up hunting i might have became a juvenile delinquent or worst taken up GOLF
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: foldemup]
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03/09/24 06:52 AM
03/09/24 06:52 AM
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Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 3,403 Sylvania Alabama
Sandmtnslayer
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Jun 2019
Posts: 3,403
Sylvania Alabama
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I’ve killed a bunch over 20# according to my little digital turkey tote (I guess it could be inaccurate). I’ve killed a 26 lber in Illinois and a 23 lber in Tennessee. My biggest in Alabama is 22 lbs. I killed a 24 lb Osceola in St. Cloud. My Osceola was mounted by Mike Mizelle at Blackwings taxidermy and at the time, he said it was the biggest Osceola he had ever seen and he mounts a bunch. Good lawd that's a big ol osceola.
Not all Indians were hunters some toted firewood
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/09/24 08:34 AM
03/09/24 08:34 AM
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Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,109 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 12,109
Sylacauga, AL
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What's your heaviest you've seen or witnessed after the kill? My Biggest is 19 pounds. About 25 years ago on thanksgiving Day in Covington County I did a Lil Tree Yelp and had a Yelp come back. 4 longboards of average size and a Jake pitched down in front of me along with a BIG DADDY. BiG Daddy quickly left the group and got behind a knoll and I couldn't get a shot at him. Picked out one of the others and killed him....17.5 pounds weighed. In Comparison.....BIG DADDY had to have weighed a good 25 pounds.....his head looked the size of a Baseball!! Only Turkey I've ever killed in the Fall.....X-Wifes' Daddy had 180 acres about 4 miles North of Florala fronting Hwy. 331. Was kind of Neat to kill one on Thanksgiving Day. Was actually squirrel hunting but figured I'd give it a try first as I had seen some Scratchings in that 8 acre patch of Oaks..... Buckwheat, you have gotta be the most unusual turkey hunter ever! 177 kills and not a one over 19 pounds? You have mentioned hunting in some of the same areas where I have hunted, and I haven't found anything unusual at all about a 20 pound gobbler in AL. I haven't kept up with the weights, but I would guess that I've killed at least 50 that were over 20. I weigh all that I kill, and the average weight can vary from year to year, but 20 isn't at all unusual. The biggest one I've ever killed weighed 23.5 and had spurs over 1.5". He came from Dallas county in early season, so probably at his peak . But he was a real easy turkey - I yelped at him and he immediately flew out of the tree and lit in gun range. The hunt was over in less than a minute. I remember plenty of 2 yr olds a lot more fondly than him . To me, the weight, beard, and spurs are just a curiosity to be discovered once the turkey is dead . His trophy status is determined by the quality of the hunt he provides.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/09/24 08:40 AM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,027 Earth
TDog93
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 11,027
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^^^ To me for my kills - 16-19 very common. 20 and up big to me - but i killed a few handfuls or more around 20. For me - not common but would not call it rare either - but it a big bird to me but i southern 1/2 of Bama
Anything 21 and up is rare to me. Thinking harder last night - think i did get a 23 in bama - hav to check a scrap book and i dont put in scrape book anymore. Hate i stopped that
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/09/24 10:31 AM
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Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,469 Bama
Bulls eye
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Mar 2005
Posts: 4,469
Bama
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I killed a man in Pickens Co a few years ago. 22lbs on digital scales. Probably never kill another that heavy. I have killed some Rios that were 24 and 25 lbs.
Last edited by Bulls eye; 03/09/24 10:33 AM.
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Bulls eye]
#4098413
03/09/24 10:42 AM
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Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 5,236 Georgia and Missouri
Semo
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Aug 2018
Posts: 5,236
Georgia and Missouri
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I killed a man in Pickens Co a few years ago. 22lbs on digital scales. Probably never kill another that heavy. I have killed some Rios that were 24 and 25 lbs. Dang, admitting to murder of a little person.
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/09/24 11:46 AM
03/09/24 11:46 AM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,973 colbert county
cartervj
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,973
colbert county
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23 pounder killed at Waterloos second year of being open. Killed several 22 lbers and all weighed on official scales.
You can tell when you sling a 20 over over your shoulder.
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don't need it and hell where they already have it.” ― Ronald Reagan
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