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Other Hunting => Turkey Hunting => Topic started by: Shooting Stix on May 26, 2020, 11:44:55 PM

Title: My first turkey
Post by: Shooting Stix on May 26, 2020, 11:44:55 PM: I shot my first turkey in the Mount Spokane area on Saturday which listening to them gobbling was really cool I was nervous they wouldn’t be sounding off since it’s late in the season. The beard was 10.5 inches with 1 1/8 spurs which I was told was a nice Turkey and it was around 25 lbs I’m guessing it was a heavy bird. I found out I’m not a great shotgun shooter so maybe next year I will try with a bow
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Post by: Russ McDonald on May 27, 2020, 04:43:40 AM: Nice bird :tup: . Good job on getting it done.
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Post by: TheStovePipeKid on May 27, 2020, 06:34:00 AM: Nice plump bird. Great job. Should be some monster breast meat on a 25 pouder.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on June 03, 2020, 09:15:00 PM: Great bird!!!
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Post by: Dan-o on June 03, 2020, 09:17:06 PM: Looks like a great bird. :tup:
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Post by: HikerHunter on June 04, 2020, 11:05:39 AM: Looks like you're good enough at shooting a shotgun, nice bird!
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Post by: Birdguy on June 04, 2020, 09:14:08 PM: That is a great bird! Awesome first bird, you will likely hunt a few years to beat that one!! Congratulations!!
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Post by: Shooting Stix on July 02, 2020, 02:42:06 AM: Thank you guys I appreciate it I see the excitement about turkey hunting now hopefully my next bird will be a merriams turkey I will be getting a half strut lifesize mount on this Rio
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Post by: pianoman9701 on July 02, 2020, 06:19:57 AM: Beautiful bird, brother. :tup:
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Post by: Hangfire on July 02, 2020, 10:05:29 PM: Did some one tell you that is a Rio? I understand they are considered merriam's in Spokane county and from
what I was told that looks like a Merriam.
Title: Re: My first turkey
Post by: Shooting Stix on July 07, 2020, 11:59:40 PM: Quote from: Hangfire on July 02, 2020, 10:05:29 PM
Did some one tell you that is a Rio? I understand they are considered merriam's in Spokane county and from
what I was told that looks like a Merriam.

That’s what I was told by a couple people I am no expert in turkey but I shot at a big Tom that had a ton of white feathers which I was told was a true Merriams
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Post by: Hangfire on July 08, 2020, 09:39:50 PM: Your turkey looked like all I have taken in Stevens and Pend Oreille county. The turkey regs the state puts out list the NE corner as being Merriam's . The Rio's in Whitman, lincoln, counties and the Blue mts. There might be some crossing. I have looked at pictures of Rio's and they are very Buff colored. Nice bird regardless.