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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
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03/09/24 02:31 PM
03/09/24 02:31 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
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Past Ol’ man Finley’s plac...
Southwood7
Booner
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Booner
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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. Preacher. You just eloquently put my thoughts to words. I agree with you 1000%
The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
Job 33:4
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Southwood7]
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03/09/24 04:56 PM
03/09/24 04:56 PM
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Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,782
Huntsville
JUGHEAD
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 11,782
Huntsville
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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. Preacher. You just eloquently put my thoughts to words. I agree with you 1000% Preach!
"The only reason I shoot a 3.5" shell for turkeys is because they don't make a 4" one." - t123winters
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/09/24 05:18 PM
03/09/24 05:18 PM
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Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,855
AL
Gobble4me757
12 point
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12 point
Joined: Mar 2015
Posts: 4,855
AL
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25 in bama, killed a late season 23 Tenn bird last year. A fair amount of 20-1
2017 Team Aldeer Turkey Contest Champion
2018 Team Aldeer Turkey Contest Champion
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: poorcountrypreacher]
#4098636
03/09/24 07:58 PM
03/09/24 07:58 PM
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Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,940
colbert county
cartervj
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 18,940
colbert county
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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. Truer word have never been spoken Some of the hardest birds I ever killed were heavily pressured 2 yr olds. I always enjoyed killing those that came in yelping or quietly. Brings up another question we were talking about the other day. What percentage of birds you’ve killed straight off the limb. For me it was not often at all. The ones that were pressured that I killed I usually went in a little after fly down and it seemed to work better. Weight is an interesting factor though. Friends have killed some 30 plus pounders in IL
“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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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/09/24 08:59 PM
03/09/24 08:59 PM
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Joined: Sep 2004
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alabama
BhamFred
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Posts: 36,195
alabama
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looking back thru my records I'll edit heaviest in Al to 24#.
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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03/10/24 08:20 AM
03/10/24 08:20 AM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,810
North Jackson
ridgestalker
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 9,810
North Jackson
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#24 back in 2002. Hardly weigh or measure anything anymore.
"The Heavens declare the glory of God;and the firmament sheweth his handiwork" Pslam 19:1
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/10/24 09:03 PM
03/10/24 09:03 PM
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Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,390
By the River
antlerhunter
8 point
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8 point
Joined: Jan 2002
Posts: 2,390
By the River
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Triple bearded 23 pounder in N. Al. Largest in central Al was 21.
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go.... (Seuss)
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/11/24 07:29 AM
03/11/24 07:29 AM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,708
Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 25,708
Locust Fork, Alabama
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I've killed a bunch in Alabama over 20. Killed a couple in Nebraska that I would swear had to be close to 25-26. I killed one out there one time and his neck where it came out of the feathers was as big around as my bicep muscle. I didn't get to weight that one.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: Heaviest Eastern
[Re: Buckwheat]
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03/12/24 08:52 AM
03/12/24 08:52 AM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 542
Baldwin County
zgobbler5
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 542
Baldwin County
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22 lbs Covington County Public land. I was very surprised to kill a bird that heavy in South Alabama.
"Your woodsmanship value and qualities are ten times more important than the actual calling ability."-Preston Pittman
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