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Saturday bird
#4117970
04/16/24 07:47 AM
04/16/24 07:47 AM
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Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,261 Pisgah,Al,Jackson
coachg34
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10 point
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10 point
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,261
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Don’t get to hunt consistently and it’s been a few years since I’ve killed a Tom but it clicked Saturday morning. Actually had 7 come in . I would consider all of them Toms since they all had fairly long beards . The bird I killed had a large bare patch on his breast . Is that from breeding, strutting, fighting, disease , or all the above ?
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Re: Saturday bird
[Re: coachg34]
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04/16/24 07:48 AM
04/16/24 07:48 AM
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Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 26,460 Helena
3toe
Talking Turkey
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Talking Turkey
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 26,460
Helena
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Re: Saturday bird
[Re: coachg34]
#4117973
04/16/24 07:50 AM
04/16/24 07:50 AM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,653 Longwood, FL
jlbuc10
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,653
Longwood, FL
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Strutting, every time I clean one they’ll have a callus on their breast bone
Last edited by jlbuc10; 04/16/24 07:51 AM.
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Re: Saturday bird
[Re: coachg34]
#4118089
04/16/24 12:29 PM
04/16/24 12:29 PM
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Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 548 Baldwin County
zgobbler5
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Feb 2016
Posts: 548
Baldwin County
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Actually probably from being on the limb roosted.
"Your woodsmanship value and qualities are ten times more important than the actual calling ability."-Preston Pittman
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Re: Saturday bird
[Re: coachg34]
#4118280
04/16/24 08:37 PM
04/16/24 08:37 PM
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Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,151 Earth
TDog93
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 11,151
Earth
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Breeding
And calling in 7 - thats awesome
Called in flocks - lot of hens and gobbs - called in gobbs leading hens in several times - but i aint never called in 7 long beards at one time. Years ago when i had awesome spots i remember calling in 5 at diff times - aint never called in 7 mature
Nice - congrats
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: Saturday bird
[Re: zgobbler5]
#4118362
04/17/24 03:56 AM
04/17/24 03:56 AM
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Joined: Mar 2016
Posts: 2,688 Alabama
OlTimer
10 point
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10 point
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Posts: 2,688
Alabama
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Actually probably from being on the limb roosted. This, rests his breast on the limb while roosting.
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Re: Saturday bird
[Re: OlTimer]
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04/18/24 08:38 PM
04/18/24 08:38 PM
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 6,625 Hoover (poor section)
Johnal3
it froze over
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it froze over
Joined: Oct 2004
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Hoover (poor section)
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Actually probably from being on the limb roosted. This, rests his breast on the limb while roosting. If he’s breeding enough to have a callus, whew! 😅
This is Aldeer! The place people come to vent their frustrations and completely change their stance a few minutes later...
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