Thanks everyone. Killed him about 7:30 this morning on Lauderdale WMA. Not sure on weight. A hair tip past 11"on the beard, although the majority of them were at 10", do we round up? 😉 Spurs were 1 1/4" & 1 3/8"

I'm not much of a story teller but I'll give it a shot. I took my 5 yr old son hunting this past Saturday and went almost the whole day without hearing anything. We moved areas around 11:30 and heard 2 different gobbles but couldn't get close, as they sounded like they were on private and he was already pooped from walking. We left empty handed but with plans to return before season ended. Well sort of... we killed a decent sized rattlesnake on the way out. But I'm not riding in a jeep with a rattlesnake all the way home, even if he is dead, tastes better than chicken, and would make a nice hat band. Some of y'all are crazy.

I decided last night I was going to burn a vacation day and enjoy the end of the season and maybe do some fishing off the bank at panther creek. I woke up late (what a way to end the season i thought) and got to the spot where we heard them on Saturday just after daylight... which was helpful for the nerves while walking in. I walked a fire break to a creek bottom and decided I would sit for a while to see if I could hear any gobble. About 10-15 minutes into my