wheelin99xj Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Got this tom with my bow opening morning here in Missouri at about 7:15 shot him at 18 yards. The shot was a little low and let to a tough chore finding him, finally got him about 400 yards from where I shot him and about 3 hours of walking trying to find him but it just made it that much better when I finally got him. He came in with another tom and hen strutting and gobbling. There is some bad news though, he had double beards but the main beard was only about an 1-1/2" long looked like it had just been cut off, don't know what happened with that if anyone has any reasons why turkey beards do that let me know your thoughts. The second beard which is the one you can see is 9-1/2" long and pretty thin. The spurs were both 1-1/8" long and he weighed 25 pounds. Pretty happy with this bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 good Job, You should be proud.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 congrats, awesome job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinguide Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 as small as those beards are its seems like they always get hit, nice bird though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Congrats on your bow bird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Covehnter Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Way to step up to the plate and connect! Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyt_hunter Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 congratulations, i got my first bird with a bow this year too. It's an awesome feeling. Good work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iabow Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Congrats!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest OklaBow712 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Good Job, cant wait for a shot at a gobbler with a bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Congrats on a great bird wheelin99xj. Sounds like you killed a bird with a melenistic beard. When melenin stops being produced (the black coating on the beard) due usually to the bird getting sick, the beard gets very brittle until melenin starts being produced again and the beard can break off real easy at that spot. When it does break off it looks like it was cut off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I agree with Rhino. the beard can fall off when a bird gets sick or a fungus invades that portion of the beard. Very nice bird and congrats on the nice shot. the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HoppeMan Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 Looks good!!!! Congrats on the bird!!!! Take care, Nathan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Huntergirl Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Congrats on the bird!!! Nice one! I am going to try to hunt them with my bow as well, I just hope I get lucky!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunter336 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 Congrats on the bird!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jbob3006 Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 nice job..congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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