turkey weights

[PA BEN]

Seems like opening day toms are heaver. Just like bucks, breeding before eating.

[Whitelightning]

I like Turkey Chowder

[bearpaw]

Seems like opening day toms are heaver. Just like bucks, breeding before eating.

Totally agree, seems they lose weight as breeding progresses during season.

[turkey slayer]

I had a bird come in this fall to be mounted that had 3/4 to 1 inch of fat and the weight was 18 pounds. That's not the heaviest bird that I've seen but the most fat I've seen.

Turkey Slayer

[Wacenturion]

Been my experience that the weights of turkeys taken are over stated, whether by inaccurate weighing devices or wishful thinking...lol.  Not all mind you, but a good percentage.  I always smile every year when I hear rumors of a 30 lb. monster taken somewhere, not to mention all the 24/25 lb. plus birds.

[PA BEN]

Most 20+ lb birds are yard birds

[lokidog]

White Salmon/Lyle bird 22 lbs 12 oz. on a certified scale.  Spring opening weekend.

[MtnMuley]

Personally over the years I've founds the birds we kill on the opener in the NE to be much heavier (20+) than the later birds we harvest in NCW.  I base it on the feed they get in the NE and also later in the season being a little wornout from chasing hens.  However, we've killed birds early in NCW and late in the spring in the NE, and the NE birds still outweigh the NCW birds.   

[strutnrut1984]

my personal best have been 2 easterns at 25 lbs each. one a 5 bearded monster with a 2in spur and the other broken off. and the other bird was a 12 in  beard. both killed in mercer county pennsylvania