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Were going run two categories again, one for the biggest Turkey and one for the best photographed Hero Shot.
The winner of each category will win a $75 gift card for Cabelas :yoyo:

Every eligible entry will also receive their choice of (1) Kee's Custom Turkey Diaphragm (http://www.keescalls.com/index.php?page=shop.browse&category_id=16&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1)

Biggest Turkey

• This will be judged by beard length and spur length only. (if you shoot a tiny turkey with a 40" beard... :biggrin: your going to Cabelas.)


• You will need to photograph the beard with a ruler or tape measure, and the same with the spurs.The actual measurement must be easily distinguishable in the pictures.
• Add the total measurements of each spur and the beard, highest accumulated inches will be the winner.

Post your total with your post :confused: yeah post your total with your post....that made sense didnt it?:biggrin:

• In such a case your turkey has more then one beard, both beards can be included :wink:

Best Photograph
This will be judged by the members in the form of a poll.
Were looking for the ultimate Hero Shot, be creative. Were gonna be looking for some serious aw factor. Sunsets, natural settings, etc. Were talking desktop wall paper :biggrin:

• All entries MUST be posted in this thread.


• All submitted photos must have something in the picture that says Fins and Fur. Write it on your shirt, your forehead, write it in the dirt, on a piece of paper...it dont matter but it must be in the picture.
• All participants must be of Reg Member status by the end of the contest. That means 25 posts under your belt to be eligible or to vote.
• One person cannot win both categories. The biggest Turkey will pretty much be self decisive by the measurements. This participant will automatically be non eligible for the photo contest.

Have fun and good luck to ALL  :yoyo:

I forgot to add the fact that I'm going to post all entries on the main site also :biggrin:

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Sing me up Jimbo!  I'm game, snapped this pic a few days ago.

:wink:

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Shurly there's a good Tom up there....

You guys got so many Turkeys they grown on trees?

Anyone been out? :confused:

  Couple more weeks here. Hopefully the shrooms will be poppin' for my scouting trip. :wink:

I got 9 days till I can get out!   :yoyo:

Heading out Monday morning for a couple days. Might come back with a gobbler.  :biggrin:

9 more days in Ohio Jimbo!!  :eyebrow:

Oh, I figured we'd at least get a pic of you doing the Kentucky Hold Over or something. You Turkey  :laf:
Remember that one?

April 28th - May 24th here jim. I have to do some calling for some other folks, but I think I will do some hunting for myself and try for you. If nothing else I should get some nice pics for ya. :eyebrownod:

 :eyebrownod:

I am getting excited about this turkey hunting thing

not till the first

BANG! I shot a nice bird this mourning, where and how many pics do ya want Jim?

Well first I became a big fan of Fins And Fur....
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Then giving credit where its due, I bought a real good call from kees calls. Thanks Brent works well. :eyebrownod:
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Then I finally got a day to call one for myself and that bird was HOT! He gobbled almost non stop at me for what seemed like 400yds. He then hung up because a hen cut between us so everytime she yelped I would cut her off cutting and yelping and he just would not come.........So I gobbled......He ran at me stopping to strut @ 50 yds. he gave me and that hen a real show strutting and drumming and gobbling.........I gave a fighting purr and he turned to fight and at 25 yds. Bang He flopped and raised his head to get up so I busted him two more times and BIG BIRD DOWN BOYS!
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And what he was eating was not good for him..........
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Thanks guys for firing me up this year! :wink:
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TOTAL SCORE........12 1/4"

12 1/4" is gonna be hard to beat Al!!  :congrats: :congrats:

AWESOME :yoyo:
Sorry I didnt get back to you sooner, in reply to your PM. I disappear every other Friday night to go pick my girls up for the weekend. (4 hour round trip)

Look like you got er figured out, and that is a LOTTA bird :biggrin: Nice job.

Way to go Al.  Sounds like you had an awesome hunt.   :congrats:

Nice bird, never been turkey hunting, hell I would'nt know where to begin.  Enjoy watching them called in on the outdoor channel though, maybe someday I'll have a go at it.

Congratulations  :highclap: :congrats:
Nice bird

Nice bird Great Job !!

Nice bird, i wish my dad was on this site.  He just got an Osceola that had 3 beards for a total of 26" of beard and 1 1/4" spurs.  He is getting it mounted.  I will try to get him to send me some pictures of it.

Quote from: FinsnFur on May 02, 2008, 09:51:20 PM
AWESOME :yoyo:
Sorry I didnt get back to you sooner, in reply to your PM. I disappear every other Friday night to go pick my girls up for the weekend. (4 hour round trip)

Look like you got er figured out, and that is a LOTTA bird :biggrin: Nice job.

Thanks Jim, Sorry I even bothered you. I was like a kid at Christmas, I havent hunted by myself just for me for a while.
Aparently.......it only takes about two hours. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
I got back to my farm after killing this bird and the guys I had hunting were walking back to the truck and shot a coyote twice,He spun hard and ran over the hill. they could not find him but they claim his back was broke. :eyebrownod:
Good enough for me but I wish they had found it.

And a coyote to boot :yoyo: Ya gotta love that.
You dont owe me no apology. I'd have helped ya out if I was around. Were good  :wink:

That's a nice bird!  Congrats!

What a turkey !!! :thumb2:

The bird.... not Al   :laf:


:congrats:

Quote from: coyotehunter_1 on May 03, 2008, 02:23:54 PM
What a turkey !!! :thumb2:

The bird.... not Al   :laf:


:congrats:

I could not argue either way.  :roflmao: :roflmao:

Today is the last day of my season and     



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9 1/2 inch beard and 1 inch spurs.

This was one of those hunts that makes you wonder why turkey hunting can be so tough. It couldn't have went any smoother unlike the previous two weeks!

They were gobbling like crazy on the roost, I got set up about 75 yards away. Did a few soft tree yelps with my new North Bay box (thanks Steve) call. I heard em fly down, give em a few clucks and purrs with my new North Bay slate(thanks again Steve) 15 minutes later there they were!  BANG done at 6:56!

AWSOME!  :yoyo: :yoyo:That bird looks as wet as I have been this week. I can not hunt on Sunday but I was there in spirit. :wink: Nice bird!   :highclap: :highclap: :highclap: Congrats :congrats:

Cool deal CB!!  :biggrin:  Nice lookin bird for sure!!  :congrats: :congrats:

Quote from: alscalls on May 04, 2008, 12:39:31 PM
AWSOME!  :yoyo: :yoyo:That bird looks as wet as I have been this week. I can not hunt on Sunday but I was there in spirit. :wink: Nice bird!   :highclap: :highclap: :highclap: Congrats :congrats:

We've got quite a bit of rain the last few days, it's pretty wet out there.

Yesterday I saw this bird and another bigger one out in the field. I tried to belly crawl within range. I only needed to get another ten yards. After crawling and sliding 100 or so yards through the grass and mud I was soaked. Good thing the sun came out to dry me off.

Very nice indeed.  :biggrin:
You get lucky like that all the time or are you just THAT friggin good  :confused: :yoyo:

Quote from: FinsnFur on May 04, 2008, 01:36:49 PM
Very nice indeed.  :biggrin:
You get lucky like that all the time or are you just THAT friggin good  :confused: :yoyo:

Remins me of.......... :wo:.........ME. :biggrin:

Nice bird,good job.

Way to go Al and Chad...nice birds - and uh...nice calls ya got there Chad :innocentwhistle:

Chad disregard that request for details in that PM I sent ya. I checked my messages before I checked here :doh2:

Looks like I'm gonna have to try a little harder this Thursday :eyebrow:

Steve

Someones gonna have to  :eyebrownod:

$150 dollars in prizes and only two entries.  :confused: What's goin on boys?

Freakin things are not cooperating at all !   :madd: :mad3: :sad2:

          :nono:                 :laf:

I am trying but the only luck I am having is bad
I might get out Thursday morning

Only been out 2 days for myself, tomorrow is day 3 and I'm feelin Lucky  :eyebrow: :sneer: :wink: :huh:

Dont make me go buy a turkey stamp  :innocentwhistle: :laf:

I don't know about the rest of you guys but from what I've been hearing around here it's been a tough year. Not near as many birds taken.

I dare you Jim!!!  Come on show us how it's done.  :bowingsmilie: 

Oh trust me if I had the time, I'd sure give it a whirl. Between that and my dancing videos though.... there aint enough time in my days. :wo: :roflmao:

dancing videos,  :shck: now this I gotta see . on second thought,,  :nono: :nono:
Congrats on your bird too Chad.  :congrats: A lot of the guys that I've talked to
say it's gettin tougher around here too.  :shrug: Two of the guys that I hunt with
that got them, one first season, one second, the one came in quiet and behind him,
but he was able to swing and get the shot off. The other guy I think just happened
to be in between where they came from, and where they were goin to.  :laf:
Sunday mornin I heard some gobblin off the roost, probably a half mile away, my one
buddy happened to be sittin right by em just out of range, they flew down, hit the ground,
just kept walkin the other direction. He said he couldn't see any hens around, and they didn't
even pay attention to his callin.  :shrug: :madd:  I think I saw about the same number of
birds during deer huntin through fall and this winter, but I sure haven't seen much this spring yet.

You dont want to see that...... :nono:
Dancing Walleye@! :roflmao: :laf: :laf:.com
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 :roflmao: :nono: freaks!

  Count me in!  More pics and story later.  My puter is down at home.(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/brux3/DSCN0146.jpg)
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   25lbs.   10 inch beard  3/4 "  spurs       11.5  score    and my very first  turkey  WOOOOOOHOOOOOO! :yoyo:

Way to go!! :yoyo: :eyebrownod: Ya never forget that first one. :nono: caint wait to hear the story.

That's a nice bird  :congrats:  waiting on the story as well  :highclap:

Nice job Nailbender :yoyo:

Congrats on your first turkey Nailbender.   :thumb2:  It's a nice one. 25 lbs is almost unheard of here.

Hey, congrats on the bird.  There does seem to be some concern and a protest may be made.  It appears that you may have used a camo gun and were drinking on the hunt.   :biggrin:   We will be waiting on the story.

Jerry

Nailbender, I was just looking at your pics again. What sight is that on your gun Docter, Optima, J-point or one the other new ones?

  I sure did some drinking after the hunt!!! :laf:  Didn't feel well at all the next day! :puke:

  Thats an Optima 2000.

Very nice bird & Congratulations on taking such a  nice trophy!!  :congrats: :congrats:

Nice bird Nailbender...I'm still trying. I went out today til 11:00 - cold and rainy again :madd: I heard one hen the entire day. This is the first day I didn't even hear one gobble. Oh well, maybe Saturday :eyebrow:

Steve

Very cool !!
Cogratulations.  :highclap: :highclap:

Here's pics of my bird from this morning.  Not as big as the rest but I got one entered.   :biggrin:
Seasons gettin near the end and I still have to work on my boys birds this weekend.
Will have more pics of the bird and me in my other post as soon as my better half gets home this afternoon.

Gonna call it an 8 inch beard with both spurs being 3/4 inch.  :shrug: :laf:

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Not sure if this will count for the beauty contest but the pic wouldnt look good with a hand made sign in it.
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Nice bird!! Congratulations!!  I got more rain today!!  :biggrin:

Nice job!!! :yoyo: :highclap: :congrats: :highclap: :highclap: Youve earned it!!
Nice photos too!!

Ncie job...I was beginning to worry about ya.  :eyebrow:

Can't wait to see pics of the whole bird :congrats:

Congratulations Silencer!! Thats a nice bird   :highclap:

8 days left  :eyebrow:

4 :eyebrow:

Wish I would have gotten that extra tag, maybe next year.  Although the woods are getting pretty thick, the bigger bird are really showing themselves now.

 :shrug:.............. :innocentwhistle:

Quote from: alscalls on June 01, 2008, 12:43:22 PM
:shrug:.............. :innocentwhistle:

Jims gone fishing :laf:

He is probably with his girls. I understand that.          But if he is fishing, I hope he gets Jime'd.... :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

Ok...let's git this back under control. :rolleye:

:laf:

I ran my daughter back last night and forgot all about this when I got back.
I'll make a new thread with the winner and a poll for the picture group. :eyebrow:

Got my gift card today! Thanks to Everyone and Thanks to JImbo for puttin this thang on!  :yoyo: You guys are awsome :wink:

Boy that punched through fast!...enjoy  :congrats:

Mine got here also.  Thank you Jim for putting it together and for running such a great board.

Thank you everyone! This place and the people here are the greatest!  :yoyo: