Spurs

[Ridgeratt]

Very Nice batch of box calls on the table.  A couple of them almost look like they were done by Jerry White.

Dad's Custom calls 

[trkykilr]

Very Nice batch of box calls on the table.  A couple of them almost look like they were done by Jerry White.

Dad's Custom calls 

Mostly Steve Mann and Albert Paul.  There is an Irving Whitt in there

[Birdguy]

Wow, what a bunch of spurs. At first I figured you had a guy with little hands in your hunting party  . But man, some of those things are amazing. My biggest is 1 1/8" but no point to it at all. Came off an old fighting bird missing 4 or 5 tail feathers, my second Washington bird from right over where you are headed. Good luck to your group, and thanks for sharing so much, I bet it helps you when you get here  .

[Limhangerslayer]

Here are a couple of klickitat county birds i called in for my wife and a buddy from two springs ago.  First is my wife's 1 1/4  second is a buddies 1 1/8 spurs.

[MerriamMagician]

My Washington Eastern from last year

[trkykilr]

Those are some great spurs for Merriams.  I know it will never happen, but if I could somehow find a merriam that would go 1.5" I would have a grand slam of 1.5"ers.  A kid can dream

[Limhangerslayer]

And here are the spurs on the bird i shot a couple hours after i called the bird in for my buddy.   Probably won't break any records   I should probably add that it had an 8 1/2" beard and a full fan.

[kevinlisa06]

Here's a pic of my Teanaway bird 2yrs ago

[Fishnfowler]

For a  Merriams, this is decent:





This was a fall bird a few years ago, I shot it the day before thanksgiving, it sure was tasty.  I thought it would be tougher than my boot, but it had 1/4" of fat on it and was as good as any bird I ever ate.  I watched it for 2 weeks waiting for the right moment, and on my day off, it made the mistake of sticking to its pattern. 

[Fishnfowler]

I couldn't get a better picture, but check out the hooks on this one from this AM:

[bearpaw]

Those are some awesome spur collections! 

[Oliverharrelson]

Nice birds

I couldn't get a better picture, but check out the hooks on this one from this AM:

[bearpaw]

Here are a few of the nicer Merriam's spurs from our hunts last year!

[carpsniperg2]

You guys get some dandy spurs. All the birds around here seem to ware them down like crazy. I have never killed a bird that has points on there spurs. Always rounded off.

[trkykilr]

Dale, those look like the birds we see in Texas.  The Merriams we kill in Nebraska have shorter spurs than ours but are still sharp.