Mississippi Bird

My first MS bird and first off my place. Good feeling for sure. Cloudy and windy this morning. Heard nothing at first light. About 7 I slowly made my way up to a small ridge top plot. Nothing in the plot so decided to pull a card out of my camera to see if any had been using it. After I switched the sd card I said to myself "what the heck". Pulled out my box call and made a soft yelp and had a hen answer me. Dang she was close. Hurried to the edge and sat by a big pine where the road enters this plot. I got the slate out and did some soft purrs and she answered me again so I put it up and got the gun up just in case ole tom boy was with her. Few minutes later the hen entered the plot right where I was standing with two jakes in tow. I watched them for a few minutes and she let out a loud yelp and he hammered still down the ridge a bit but I knew he had to be on the way. Few minutes later I see the prettiest fan coming over the rise. He had another hen with him. Watched them for a few more minutes with him struttin and drumming and trying to run the jakes off. He finally presented a decent shot and I thought now or never. The 870 20ga rolled him at 39 steps. Longbeard XR #6 and Carlson's .575. Tough conditions turned into an awesome morning. Seems it always happens when you least expect it. Least for me it does whether turkey or deer.

10" beard and spurless....weird. Never seen this. Trail cam photo seconds before he got a lead sammich. ha

Great hunt and great read, congrats! Thanks for sharing.

Congrats!

Great read! Stepson shot one Sat with only 1 spur, the bird he shot Sun was just out of camera view and was set on video, wish he would have been 3 feet more to the right. At least he didn't shoot the camera. Lol That's a great pic! Way to go!!

Congratulations

Interesting. Congrats


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Well done, congrats! Never heard of one with no spurs but seems turkeys come in all shapes, forms, configuration and sizes!

You shot a hen that had undergone a sex change. j/k never seen or heard of one not having a nub of any kind. Congrats on a fine bird!

Awesome hunt and congrats! I've seen a whole ton of dead turkeys over the years and only ever seen one that had no spurs. It was a bird I killed in Benton county that took 4 hours to call in. Lol

Great going,congrats

Thanks guys!

Even my 3 year olds made happy plates tonight. He took a milk/egg bath when I got home. Dusted with flour then rolled in Panko. Man oh man...

Congrats!


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Congrats!

I killed one years ago that didn't have spurs. I was working a bird out in front of me and he came in from behind. I heard him spitting and drumming but he never gobbled.I though maybe he didn't want the other gobbler to hear him gobbling because he would be at a disadvantage without any spurs. Congratulations.

So nice to hear success stories, that was a great hunt, very happy for you!! I have only been twice and have yet to hear a gobble. Tennessee, I hope, will treat me better!!

Congrats! Sounds like a great hunt

Congrats... we call them spurless birds "slick legs".

That is awesome man, congrats!

grats!! great hunt!

Congratulations