24.2 in AL. Killed him in 2010 the day before my son was born.

Well it says the record is 37 pounds

24 lbs in MS around 12 years ago, and had to carry him out a mile.

24 in north Louisiana

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.

we killed several big spurred birds in Wilcox Co that weighed 13-14 pounds.

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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

Smallest turkey Ive ever killed was in Clay county. It was an adult with about a 10 inch beard that weighed 15lbs. I dont think Ive killed a jake in Missouri that was less than 17. At least not that I can recall. Killed a light Rio once near the OK/KS line that was 17.

176lbs..he didnt have a beard an he kept stickin his head in the ground

TN turkey a couple years ago. Have killed several in the 22’s and 23’s up there. Not the same in the Jackson County mountains, though do occasionally kill a 20-21# turkey there in the early season.

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.

Good lawd that's a big ol osceola.

I killed a merriam last year I wish I had weighed. I took everything on that trip but a scale. It was in west central NE and I’m just using my best educated guess to say he was between 26-28 lbs. I’m very confident in that estimate. By far the heaviest bird I’ve ever killed. It shocked me and my son when we picked him up. He was considerably larger than my sons bird from the same place. His tail fan is also much larger than anything else I’ve fan mounted, except that 23 lb eastern from here. And interestingly, that 23 lb eastern had 20 tail feathers. Count feathers in all your fans. Most have 18. I’ve never killed one with 20 except him.

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.

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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

26 lbs. south of Cairo, Ga. next to a quail plantation.

Actually the last bird I took. 24.375lb Minnesota bird. Next up is 24.25lb in Iowa.

Took one of my smallest gobblers ever last year in northwest Bama, 13.875lbs. His breast was pitiful. Likely due to the acorn crop failure and hard freeze.. I took his running mate a couple weeks later and he was only 15.375lbs. My birds from this exact spot normally weigh 17-18. My Mississippi birds were all down a few pounds from normal as well.

My heaviest Bama bird is 21lbs. Killed several MS birds between 20-22.5lbs.

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.

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.