Freindly contest???

[NWTFhunter]

Anyone claiming a 20 + bird better be taking their butt to the local meat processor, grocery store or taxi man.
Most birds fall into the 16-18 catagory, with a few reaching 19 and fewer hitting 20.

I have taken many birds, and have had only 1 hit the 20 mark, he wieghed in at 20.4 and I thought I had a monster at the time...   was sure he was going to hit 22 23 lbs.... boy was I disapointed..

I really wish the NWTF would make it mandatory to have the weight certified before being accepted in their books.
Like Bone said........... lots of big bears get taken too

[Gutpile]

Just suggesting a friendly contest. What we could do is post pics of the beard and spurs next to a tape and just enter a predetermined weight for the score if you guys are really that concerned about it. It'd just be a fun way to have all of the harvest pics in the same place to look at as season progresses. Just like the Coyote Madness thread.

[yelp]

Here is the link to Washington state Turkey Records for those that are interested...

http://wanwtf.com/turkey_registration.html

[wastickslinger]

Not many people must be entering their birds. Looks like I should start.

I have a few that would have been right around 61-64.

I have written down on my biggest: 18lbs 6 oz, 1.25 spurs, 10.25 beard= 63.85. According to the books that would be like #5 in the state. Odd cause I see many killed where I go that big and bigger almost every year.

Thanks for the link.

[wastickslinger]

I need to call mu buddy and tell him he really owes me for that bird a few years back. It would have scored right around 70-71. Near state record. We knew it was big never knew people kept score.

[yelp]

Realize the NWTF state chapter was relatively small and started collecting scores from turkey hunters...I haven't registered 15 of my birds, I got lazy I guess.  There is a form you can fill out and send in.  Contact a state chapter or local and aske them to get them for you.  There maybe nnew online form...NWTF HUNTER or turkeyhunter may know...Also back in the day they didn't require a fee to register.  I send my scores into this link to....

http://www.nwbiggame.com/scoresheets.cfm

Then you will be published if you get it in before next edition...Kind of Cool!  I made the first edition for Washington..I haven't seen the second edition yet...

[wastickslinger]

Realize the NWTF state chapter was relatively small and started collecting scores from turkey hunters...I haven't registered 15 of my birds, I got lazy I guess.  There is a form you can fill out and send in.  Contact a state chapter or local and aske them to get them for you.  There maybe nnew online form...NWTF HUNTER or turkeyhunter may know...Also back in the day they didn't require a fee to register.  I send my scores into this link to....

http://www.nwbiggame.com/scoresheets.cfm

Then you will be published if you get it in before next edition...Kind of Cool!  I made the first edition for Washington..I haven't seen the second edition yet...

Wouldnt it be too late for me now? Doesnt an official scorer have to see it? Weight it? measure it?

[yelp]

IF you register with NWTF WA they should be sending updates to NWBIGGAME for thier records...their requirement however was a min. 81/2 " beard.

your right second edition is already out..

http://wanwtf.com/documents/WA_Wild_Turkey_Record_Registration.pdf

Fill out and send to: WA State Chapter of NWTF, 3321 S Woodward, Spokane Valley, WA 99206

[Turkeyman]

Sounds fun lets do it by subspecies. Have a NWTF member verify the weight Etc.

[washingtonmuley]

I just scored mine at 64.5 and that was without the second 8" beard.It was a Rio shot in Oregon.

[Diehard0123]

Lets sticky this and start setting up out teams. 

Team DOC accepts the Challenge!

[Elkstuffer]

Anyone claiming a 20 + bird better be taking their butt to the local meat processor, grocery store or taxi man.
Most birds fall into the 16-18 catagory, with a few reaching 19 and fewer hitting 20.

I mount 5-7 turkeys every year and the average weight is 19.5 lbs. I have to weigh them to get the right size bodies. These are mainly Merriams. The Rio's are typically smaller. I took a bird in last year that weighed right at 23 lbs. His crop was full of corn. LOL

The contest sounds like fun. Count me in.

[300UltraMagShooter]

One thing I did notice since moving here is that the turkeys seems to be much smaller.

VA turkeys seem almost a 1/3 bigger.   

[Wacenturion]

One thing I did notice since moving here is that the turkeys seems to be much smaller.

VA turkeys seem almost a 1/3 bigger.   

That's because you're comparing Virginia Easterns with Washington Merriam's and Rio's.  Easterns as a subspecies tend to be a little larger than Merriams and then down the scale to Rio's.

[Elkstuffer]

Watched a show last night and they were hunting easterns in Pennsylvania. These birds were approaching 30 lbs. They were huge.

Last summer I was in Connecticut visiting my sister and some of the birds that were coming into her back yard were enormous. I was drooling the whole time.