Pics and story to come..........
I love to leave you fellas hangin. :nono:
This one fooled us. We sat there in blind this morning, and they gobbled like crazy on the roost, but they were all henned up. At about 7:30, this thing walked to the left of the blind. At first look, it looked like a bearded hen, so my freind tells me......"hey shoot this bearded hen" I at first am thinking, he is messin with me and wants me to shoot his decoy. :nono: But I looked out and seen it walking and layed the smack down on it. After lookin at it, we determined that it was actually a jake. Either way, it was a legal bird and taste the same.
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r255/hp01177/Picture186-1.jpg)
I hope you remember this year for a long time...........it's spoiling you......... :eyebrownod:
Way to go Joe!!! :congrats: :congrats: :congrats: I hope youre savin some for next year.
Dont forget to save the wing bones. :eyebrownod:
Man you're on a roll Joe :bowingsmilie: Good job !!!
:yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
Pat
Way to pound 'em DD! :yoyo:
Dirty Dog strikes again !!!
:yahoo: :thumb2:
Geeeeeez man, your gonna have Knight and Hale calling you up if you dont slow down. :yoyo:
awesome, dirty dog , congrats!!!!! :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo: :yoyo:
NICE!!!!!
You done now or do have more tags to fill?
How come you don't have those photos in the contest?
We are allowed 4 I think, at least 3.......
I am not interested in winnin, I'll let someone else win. :wink:
Good job joe.
Way to Go Joe
Not interested in winning :shrug: or maybe you just don't have a ruler that will measure such short beards and spurs :roflmao: :roflmao:
Just funnin with ya Joe
Cool deal Joe!! Congrats again!! :congrats: :congrats:
Does that one even got a beard?...or did you shoot it off .....Criner :laf:
:wo: You sure thats a Jake?? Seems to have a full fan. Maybe his beard had broken off over the winter from freezing rain. Just thinking outloud. :biggrin: He's still a nice trophy no matter how you look at him. Nice job!! :highclap: :highclap:
See how the feathers stick up in the middle on my Jake? My 8" bearded Tom only had 1/4" spurs last year too.
Looked like a really butch hen to me, but I wasn't gonna say anything. :nono: :laf:
Quote from: HaMeR on April 12, 2008, 11:38:00 PM
:wo: You sure thats a Jake?? Seems to have a full fan.
That's what I was thinkin. Good job, Joe!
Semp
Ahhh Joe you shot a baby bird! :sad3: Poor little thing. :sad:
:laf:
Glad ya shot one of those soarless buzzards. :biggrin:
This is the only jake pic I have, I have only shot mature toms and passed on jakes but I have no problem with shooting one It just extends my season. You can see his longer feathers even with his tail down.( This is a game camera pic)
I have seen birds with a short beard due to a mite that eats the beard. Looks like someone cut it with scissors, and sometimes a little brown at the end of the beard. I think Joe's bird is an almost mature bird, look at the two out side feathers...they are shorter. Could this be? How big were the spurs Joe?
(http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh123/alscalls/Jakee.jpg)
That is the great debate.....we really were not sure. It had bluish tints to it's head and those little red things on it's neck, but had a full fan. Either way, I am proud of it. My next one will be a long beard and I don't need to shoot anymore jakes. As the guy I was hunting with said......."as hard as you might try, you won't be able to get that beard to taste good". :sneer:
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r255/hp01177/Picture188.jpg)
Nice one DirtyDog! :congrats:
Jim
Spurs? :shrug:
How long was the beard?
Hummmm... maybe this will help ? :shrug: :confused:
(http://www.kidzone.ws/imageschanged/birds/turkey1.gif)
Ok, everyone get out their crayons... :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
The result of a successful turkey hunt:
(http://www.kidzone.ws/animals/turkey2.jpg)
:biggrin: Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmm !!! :congrats:
Quote from: Semp on April 13, 2008, 12:06:32 PM
How long was the beard?
It was exactly 4" long...........
Oh.......you were talking about......uh......nevermind. :biggrin:
:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
No....I wasn't talking about your Lil' Pecker. :roflmao:
I agree w/ Al, the tail feathers sure do look like a mature tom.
What happens up north here, if we have a hard winter the snow and ice do a number to their beards.
Never heard of the mite, thats some good info.
I've never heard of the mites either but I was told last year thier berds can break off if they get wet & freeze. The tips end up brown when this happens. I believe you shot a Tom Joe!! :laf: :laf:
Seriously,, that is a Tom Joe. :wink: But no matter what,, it's still a trophy you should be proud of. :congrats: :congrats:
Quote from: DirtyDog on April 13, 2008, 03:49:56 PM
Quote from: Semp on April 13, 2008, 12:06:32 PM
How long was the beard?
It was exactly 4" long...........
4"..........? Pec...uhh........ Spur? That was mature. :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:
Just kiddin ya.
I wondered if he had little bumps for spurs or what?
That would tell a lot about the age of a bird.
If it were a bearded hen which it is clearly
not. It would have eggs and or little yellow yolks inside seen clearly when you cleaned it and it does something to their hormones. A bearded hen on my farm has been seen walking along an old road and just laying an egg and walking away, like she does not know what to do with it. I had heard of this before and actually seen it happen 3 years ago. While bowhunting turkeys.
I am not picking on your bird Joe I am just curious I would shoot it this year for sure. :wink:
Quote from: alscalls on April 13, 2008, 05:11:01 PM
I am not picking on your bird Joe
Ditto
It's you! :eyebrownod: