Got me another one......[Updated]

DirtyDog · April 12, 2008, 10:34:34 AM

Pics and story to come..........

I love to leave you fellas hangin.

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.

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.

Bopeye · April 12, 2008, 11:15:27 AM

I hope you remember this year for a long time...........it's spoiling you.........

alscalls · April 12, 2008, 12:10:02 PM

Way to go Joe!!!

I hope youre savin some for next year.
Dont forget to save the wing bones.

Silencer · April 12, 2008, 01:30:28 PM

Man you're on a roll Joe

Good job !!!

coyote101 · April 12, 2008, 03:38:29 PM

Pat

nailbender · April 12, 2008, 04:19:22 PM

Way to pound 'em DD!

coyotehunter_1 · April 12, 2008, 05:08:30 PM

Dirty Dog strikes again !!!

FinsnFur · April 12, 2008, 05:21:37 PM

Geeeeeez man, your gonna have Knight and Hale calling you up if you dont slow down.

LBLDOG · April 12, 2008, 06:01:27 PM

awesome, dirty dog , congrats!!!!!

cb223 · April 12, 2008, 07:01:47 PM

NICE!!!!!

You done now or do have more tags to fill?

How come you don't have those photos in the contest?

DirtyDog · April 12, 2008, 07:10:52 PM

We are allowed 4 I think, at least 3.......

I am not interested in winnin, I'll let someone else win.

Troy Walter · April 12, 2008, 08:35:24 PM

Good job joe.

Bills Custom Calls · April 12, 2008, 08:43:45 PM

Way to Go Joe

Not interested in winning

or maybe you just don't have a ruler that will measure such short beards and spurs :roflmao: :roflmao:

Just funnin with ya Joe

HaMeR · April 12, 2008, 11:20:28 PM

Cool deal Joe!! Congrats again!!

FinsnFur · April 12, 2008, 11:30:06 PM

Does that one even got a beard?...or did you shoot it off .....Criner

HaMeR · April 12, 2008, 11:38:00 PM

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.

He's still a nice trophy no matter how you look at him. Nice job!!

See how the feathers stick up in the middle on my Jake? My 8" bearded Tom only had 1/4" spurs last year too.

Bopeye · April 13, 2008, 12:25:39 AM

Looked like a really butch hen to me, but I wasn't gonna say anything.

KySongDog · April 13, 2008, 08:25:58 AM

Quote from: HaMeR on April 12, 2008, 11:38:00 PM
You sure thats a Jake?? Seems to have a full fan.

That's what I was thinkin. Good job, Joe!

Semp

vvarmitr · April 13, 2008, 08:34:15 AM

Ahhh Joe you shot a baby bird!

Poor little thing.

Glad ya shot one of those soarless buzzards.

alscalls · April 13, 2008, 08:46:41 AM

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?