Turkey Hunting Photo Contest (post them here)

[Art Barbarians]

[walleyewacker]

[Fish'n guy]

Here's a 27lber I called up yesterday for my buddy Jay. He was one of a group of three that strutted for about an 1/2 hour at 30-40 yards out. They eventually worked in to about 15 yards but getting an open shot without shooting multiple gobblers was a chore. Jay made an excellent shot on him while the other turkeys just went about their business strutting and gobbling as if nothing had happened !!!

Anyway here are some pics

I was going to shoot some video, but I accidentally hit the on button on our way into the woods and the battery was dead when the turkeys showed up. I can guarentee that won't happen when my season comes on May 2nd!!!

GOOD HUNTIN!!!

[seamonster1]

24lb 9in beard taken in 342 on Friday- see other posts in stories.

Photo is with my 2year old future hunting partner.

[Fish'n guy]

Gotta love that pic !!!!

Good job!!!

[buckpredator]

This is the 25 pounder I got on friday afternoon nine inch beard and inch and 3/16th inch spurs.

[elevatorguy]

Finally in my 6th turkey season finally connected!!!!

Taken April 17 at 5:40 pm Mountain time 2 hours of my hunt left and right before the storm in Hill City, SD.

Guessing weight at 19-20 lbs as we had to clean it before the thunderstorms rolled in.

8 inch beard and 5/8 inch spurs

Heck of a day and heck of a story will be posted in stories forum.

[Norsky]

My first one!

[Super Black]

Very first South Dakota hunt. My daughter Gwyn and I with a nice Meriam bird. 22 lbs, 10 inch beard, and 3/4 inch spurs.

[Log Hopper]

We had a hard time calling the turkeys within shooting range on the public land we were hunting. Thursday afternoon on the way out of the woods I came across 4 birds (2 jakes and 2 hens). Unfortunately it was 5:05 p.m. We snuck around the group and came in early to be sure no one “stole” our spot. Good Friday was indeed good to me, although it took a little work. We located the roost, turkeys goblin like crazy, fly down and of course they head off in the opposite direction – goblin’ away you might say. About an hour or two later 2 strutters – 60 yards away and not coming any closer. A gobble to the right sends them investigating. 15 minutes later there are 2 strutters (in the area to the right) double gobbling but not coming any closer than 60 yards. They wonder off. Well this ain’t working so we sneak around the hill to the top of another and Pops calls - another gobble! Pops decides he needs to walk away from the gobbler and me calling all along so it sounds like the hen is leaving. Sure enough after about a half hour up over the hill comes a hen followed by the guy in the picture. Fun, fun, fun.

[Captain B.R.K]

Great job everyone and nice pictures!

Those Merriam's are a cool and different looking turkey vs. the Eastern's here in MN.

Keep em' coming!

[basguy31]

This Bird was taken @ 6:25 AM on April 15th in Minnesota. It was 21 pounds with a 9 1/2" beard and 1 1/8" long spurs.

[HARPOON-OR-BUST]

[Super Black]

Very cool pic Harp!!!! You guy's look pretty happy...!!!

[HARPOON-OR-BUST]

Thanks

I know I was! I got a little bit trigger happy and was done in about 45 min the first morning. I have been in the Black Hills 2 years prior and had a couple missed opportunity's so I just had to take the Merriam when the taken was good! Now if I can only get on a flock of birds like that this weekend......

[Super Black]

I'll be back out the first or second week of May to fill my other tag. The wife and I are building a house out there and have to meet with the contractor and then its west river I go. Watch out gobbler's, I'm a man with an itchy trigger finger!!!!!

[Wallydog]

My Idaho gobbler harvested 4/23 in the Orofino,Id area.

Thickest bearded bird I've harvested in ID. Nice 2 yr old, 9 1/2" beard, 7/8" sharp spurs, prox 20#. He's a "mutt" speciewise, as easterns were released in this area in 1983 and have hybridized with merriams yielding a varied assortment of tail colors. My partner whacked a stud "eastern" marked bird on Saturday.

[2044Mustang]

My first turkey, it took until the last morning but I was finally able to bag this dandy Tom. He weighed 22 #s, had a 10" beard and 1" spurs.

[Stratosman]

Nice stuff so far!

[Chasing-eyes]

Harpoon,

Where were you hunting when you took those gobblers? What were you using? Thanks!

[HARPOON-OR-BUST]

I was in South Dakota, we had shotguns with and 223's.

[mntraveler]

We were in SD this weekend too...sure wish we had the rifles and not just shotgus because instead of going 0 for 4 we'd have been 4 for 4.

[Thunderchicken]

Here is my two Shotgun shot gobblers from the western part of the state. Just my two cents here guys but hunting turkeys with rifles is like catching fish in a barrel. Just no fun!!

[mntraveler]

You're probably right Thunderchicken but it's frustrating to have everything hold up at 65 yds...Nice birds by the way.

[brittman]

They were legal, I guess that is what matters.

Gobblers??? The tail feathers on the one bird suggests a Jake.