Ashley Paddock
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Lisa Metheny
Taken at Thompson Center Game Trails in Kentucky
April 2008
Beard 9.5 inches
Weight 21 pounds
Spurs 1 inch
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Lisa Metheny
Taken in Kansas with Hunter Specialities TV
May 2008
Beard 9 inches
Weight 20
Spurs 1 inch
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Lisa Metheny
Taken in kansas with Hunter Specialities TV
Beard 9.5
Weight 19
Spurs 3/4
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Lisa Metheny
Taken in Indiana with Raghorn's Wild Adventures TV
Beard 10.5 inches
Weight 19
Spurs 1 inch
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Wanda Chadbourne
My turkey of 2008,weighed 16 lbs.8 inch beard,3/4 inch spurs. |
Marti Davis
The combination of the H.S. Strut Glass Witch and my T-C Encore with the Winchester Xtended Range HD turkey loads proved theirselves again this morning!
Last evening we spotted a couple of big ol longbeards before they went to roost. We positioned ourselves to make a move on them this morning and less than an hour after legal shooting time I had one of those Illinois long-beards on the ground.
5/2/08 - 6:25a.m.
Perry County, IL
21 1/2 lbs.
12" beard
1 3/16" spurs
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Brenda Valentine
This group of camo gals recently enjoyed a fantastic merriams turkey hunt in Montana on the "Brenda Valentine Lady Yelpers Invitational"
L-R Becki Walker, Rhonda Glisson, Brenda Valentine, Scarlet Orr, Treva Campbell.
Special thanks to, Command The Wild Game Calls and Montana Decoys, for their generous supply of products which upped the odds in favor of the ladies.
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Marti Davis
This past Saturday I had the honor of hunting with my Great Uncle Kenny Matthews on a farm in Dade County, Missouri for the first time. It was pretty chilly this morning and he suggested we go to the "Huntin' Hut"; even though we had set up a pop-up blind on the edge of another field. The "Huntin' Hut" was orinigaly built by my Grandpa and my Great Uncle in 1984. My Grandpa passed away in 1989, so I never got the chance to hunt with him.
To make a long story short we got "our" bird at 6:57a.m. 4/26/08. He weighed 19 1/2 lbs, had a 9 1/2" beard and 1" spurs. My Great Uncle was pretty excited because this was the first turkey taken from the hut.
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Marti Davis
We got "our" bird at 6:57a.m. 4/26/08. He weighed 19 1/2 lbs, had a 9 1/2" beard and 1" spurs.
I was using the H.S. Strut Voo Duece and the new Infinity Latex Two Timer mouth call. And of course my weapon of choice was my trusty T-C Encore with the Winchester Xtended Range HD turkey loads.
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Marti Davis
Thanks to the great combination of my T-C Encore and Winchester Xtended Range HD Turkey loads I was able to make a long shot (63 yards) and bring down this Tennessee turkey in Henry County on April 12. I called him in with the H.S. Strut Voo Duece and the new Infinity Latex Duece Cutter mouth call.
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Emily L. Campanell
I killed him April 15th, 2007 with a Remington 11-87 Semi-Automatic 12 gauge in Grayson County, (Clarkson), Kentucky. He weighed 24 lbs, and possessed a 10 and 3/8 inch beard. His spurs were 1 and 1/2 inches long. I was very very proud and so was my hubby. I was by my self when the two toms came in to my slate calling and went into full strut around my already battered decoys. There were two about the same size and I selected the dominant "BIG" bird and took my shot and down he went! This is my second turkey. My first was in 2005. He was only a Jake weighing 15 lbs and had about a 4 inch beard, so I was more than thrilled. |
Robin Egbert
aka Mrs Grit
This is my first turkey harvested on 4/21/07. He weighed 20 pounds, had a 10 inch beard, and had 5/8 inch spurs. I used a 20 gauge shotgun and he was shot in New Jersey.
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Meyerhofer
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Lou Ann Weisenstein
My Turkey I shot this year (spring 2005) with my shotgun. My husband and I were hunting an area south of Lancaster, Ohio and we heard this bird gobble as we exited the truck. We set up on him and he gobbled for what seemed like hours, My husband started calling to him and he flew down and landed on top of the hill and gobble all the way down to me giving me a good shot at 20 yards. Turkey hunting in the area of Ohio we live in is not easy and I have only harvested 2 birds in 7 years. This bird was very special since my husband was enjoying the hunt with me also. We headed out after putting this gobbler in the truck to call in a big Tom for him but we only had jakes come into the calls. Our whole family enjoyed Wild Turkey for Thanksgiving this year.
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Brenda Valentine
Writer
The spring turkey limit in Texas is four birds and I took two of that limit this spring while hunting at the famed Rio Benito Ranch near Kerrville. The ranch is home to over 16 species of free-ranging animals that were stocked there in the 1920's. This elegant ranch is one-of-a-kind with it's bountiful cowboy and Indian history furthermore it is run by a very capable lady.
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Pat Hendrixson
12 lbs. 6 3/4" bearded hen
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Kimberly Kanapeckas
Writer
With my best friend along on her first hunt, I called in and harvested this beauty, a 20 lb. gobbler, 9.5 in. beard. Charis, it's your turn next, girl!
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Jackie & Steven Harker
Merriam Turkeys
New Mexico Apr 2004
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Jackie Harker with Tracy
Rio Grande Turkey
Oklahoma April 2002
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Pat Hendrixson
From Southern Indiana March- 2004
Texas Rio Grande
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Pat Hendrixson
April - 2004 Taken at Camp.
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Pat Hendrixson
April - 2004
Old Gobbler taken in Tennessee
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Kathleen Griese
April, 2004 - Door County, WI. My carefully planned turkey hunt from the ground blind turned into an impromptu spot and stalk. After 45 minutes of slowly slipping through 50 yards of brush, muck and water I finally was in position. I only needed to get the birds about 20 yards closer. My box call did the trick and I placed the cross-hairs of my scope just below the jake's head. Seconds later it was over. 6" Beard, 1/2 Spurs, 15 lbs
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Alyssa Haukom
ProStaff/Writer
with her beautiful Wisconsin Tom. It has a 9 ½" beard, 1" spurs and weighs 23 ¼ lbs. Taken days after her Kansas Hunt with her T/C 12 gauge.
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Wanda Garner
with her beautiful Kansas Rio. It was a Super Jake Aprox. 15lbs
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Sharon Spence
with Bob
and her first turkey shot at 47 yards... 9 1/2" beard weighing 20 lbs.
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Brenda said "This is the TN turkey monster 32 lbs., 10 inch and 6 inch beards."
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The Killer Three; Debbie Carter, Brenda Valentine & Marti Davis
Debbie and Marti shot these two turkeys on Easter Day 2003 in Puryear, Tennessee. Brenda called them in real close for us.
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Brenda Valentine
Writer
with a 2003 Spring turkey 24 lbs., 10 1/2 inch beard, and 1 1/4 inch spurs. Brenda said "I called him in at 5:30 pm and shot him with a 12 gauge Thompson Center shotgun using 3inch, number 5, Remington Hevi-Shot ammo."
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Michelle Ward - 2003
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Marti Davis
I called in this turkey and a buddy of his on April 29, 2003. They came in right after flying down off the roost and only one of them left at 6:45 a.m. I was hunting in Willard, Missouri.
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Janice Gendron
Here is a picture of Janice Gendron & turkey this year, it won the local big gobbler contest, it had three beards, 2 over 9" and one over 4", it wieghed 23.5 pounds and had 1" spurs, it was by far her biggest bird ever, we are so proud of her.This bird was taken with a Remington 1100 youth model 20 gauge.
2003
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Denise Raum
First Turkey Kansas Rio, it was a Jake. Mountain Screamer Game Calls was used to help bring him in.
May 2003
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Alyssa Haukom
Writer/ProStaff
with her First Turkey a Kansas Rio a 2 yr old bird shot at 36 yards. Mountain Screamer Game Calls was used to help bring him in.
May 2003
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Angie Kjellberg
took a Jake at 15 yards with a Remington 870 youth model 20 gauge.
May 2003
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Marti Davis
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with her very unusal bearded hen from Bourbon County, Kansas. She had a 9 1/4" beard and weighed 11 lb. 7 oz.
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Angie Kjellberg
with her first Jake, taken with a 870 Remington in '99
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