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Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2463307
04/18/18 07:26 PM
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just me, but I have weighed every one I have killed.


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
Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2463326
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I weigh them, and measure their beard and spurs. I'm naturally curious


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Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2463329
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I don't even measure beards or spurs anymore unless they look 1.5"+ or 12" +.

Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2463356
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Who cares if a turkey has some domestic blood in them? If they are born in the wild, raised in the wild, looks wild, act wild, & gobble good... I certainly dont care.


Turkeys be damned.
Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: Ben2] #2463503
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Originally Posted by Ben2
Who cares how much a turkey weighs??




This stems from a small handful of guys who whine about how many 20+ lb turkeys are entered into the turkey contest every season.


"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."

-- Archibald Rutledge
Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: TurkeyJoe] #2463504
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Originally Posted by TurkeyJoe
I weigh them, and measure their beard and spurs. I'm naturally curious



Me too, it's just curiosity about the birds I'm hunting. I find it interesting when one varies significantly from others, but long spurs or beards, or heavy weights, don't make one turkey"better" than another one.

I remain skeptical that there is any significant amount of tame turkey DNA in wild flocks. I've read some things written by people who should know that the first generation of a tame/wild hybrid has almost no chance of surviving in the wild. The total failure of attempts to start populations from pen raised birds with 100% wild DNA is further evidence that it's unlikely. But I could be wrong


All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Re: Not sure if this is legal [Re: ozarktroutbum] #2463965
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I weigh all my turkeys. Most have weighed 17 or 18#, I did kill one about 20 years ago that weighed 22#. One of our club members killed a gobbler years ago that weighted 14 # 10 inch beard and 1&3/16 spurs. He was so dark you could hardly see his wing bars. I have looked at a lot of dead turkeys and he was the only one like that.


Grandma said...Always keep a gun close at hand, you just never know when you might run across some varmint that needs killing...
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