Eastern Washington Merriam's - 11 inch monster!!

[101521]

Congrats. 

[yelp]

Matt,

Nice job..two nice toms.  What was you final score on the big dude?  Congrats! 

[stickbuck]

Thanks Eric!! The big Tom scores an even 60 in the typical category. The spur length really killed my score as they were right at 3/4 of an inch. My archery Tom scores in at 53. Looks like I'll be becoming a new member of the NWTF so I can get them both entered. 

[yelp]

Easiest way to figure out how big your turkey is..Is to first look at spurs, then beard then weight.  I have shot lots of 60 birds. 20 lb, 10 inch beard and 1 inch spurs is a 60 bird.  For every 1/4 : you get 5 points.  If that turkey had 1.25" spurs on each leg. thats a 65.  We had a turkey in camp a Rio Grande that will score well. Close to 70.  No matter what the score its the hunt that you will remember.

[stickbuck]

Yeah, I will always remember the hunt that is for sure. I used the NWTF scoring calculator to get all my scores. If my bird had one-inch spurs it would've scored a 64. I can't imagine what the score would've been had you had inch and a quarter spurs. I think it would've almost been pushing 70. Amazing how the spur score can affect the score so much with the multiplier effect.

[PrimeTimeShooter]

wow nice gobbler!

[turkeydancer]

Congrats ... nicely done !!!
 (will post my 4 minute hunt after catching up with all the posts since I left ... you would be #13 if I sent mine in).