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Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:21 pm
by donia
4/1/2015 @ 4:20 pm (no joke)
~10" beard, no spurs, 15 steps
i guessed wrong yesterday afternoon and couldn't pull him around a bend in the lane from hens. gobbled 3 times close and once more much further away...left with the real deal instead of taking a chance on an expensive rubber imitation.
added a jake decoy today and hens hadn't come through, yet, so he was alone. slowly fed up the lane towards me until he could hear soft yelps, then slipped along the edge of the lane, out of sight, for the last 50yds or so. once he rounded the corner and saw the jake he blew up and crept up behind it. never got the chance to attack...first bird and he was way too close to take the chance of a missed opportunity. whew! what a rush!!!
mike, my apologies. i didn't think to put your call in a picture.
headcrusher dixie yelper
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:40 am
by CW
Congrats! Nice bird.
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 8:57 am
by teul2
Awesome bud!
Congrats!
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:18 am
by chevy01234
Nice!
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:18 am
by cupnglide
Congrats!
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:21 am
by ScottyLee
nice job cal!
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:31 am
by eSJay
Good stuff Cal!
Can you turkey nerds splain the "no spurs" thing?
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:22 am
by deltadukman
eSJay wrote:Good stuff Cal!
Can you turkey nerds splain the "no spurs" thing?
Best explanation I've gotten was genetics....
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:43 am
by donia
there are "nodes" where they should be, but smooth skin
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:35 pm
by arduckslayer
deltadukman wrote:eSJay wrote:Good stuff Cal!
Can you turkey nerds splain the "no spurs" thing?
Best explanation I've gotten was genetics....
^^^This. Sometimes, they just don't have them. It can be common in certain areas.
And congrats Cal!
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:53 pm
by Jelly
atta boy Cal....
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:12 pm
by Hole Hunter
Nice bird, even if is of the spurless variety.
I have also heard it is genetics. Supposedly if you find one, you will also find more in his lineage with the same issue.
Re: first
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 3:44 pm
by Hooded Merganzer
Transgender turkey
first
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:23 pm
by donia
^^herman hermaphro was discussed as a name, post-mortem ( wife asked if i named him before i shot him....i guess "dinner" works nicely, too)
fyi: 12 hr brine is too long for boneless wild breast....6 is plenty for 1/2 c salt, 1/2 c brown sugar, 7 c water & seasons.
Re: first
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:45 am
by champcaller
Good stuff, Cal.