What's your best bird

[catman529]

Just curious, sure this has been posted before, but not to my memory. What is your best beard, best spurs, and/or heaviest bird?

I've only killed 1 longbeard so I will count myself out for now... (hope that changes on sunday or monday)

 

[YEKRUT]

Beard 12 1/4" TN Bird
Spurs 1 1/2" AL Bird
Weight 26# 2 oz. Michigan Bird

 

[catman529]

26 pounds dang. I hope I kill a bird like that someday

 

[easy45]

All on one bird, 21 pounds, 11.5 inch beard, 1.25inch spurs

 

[Food Plot 101]

11" on the beard is about tops for me
I've killed several in the 1 3/8-1 1/2" spur range
Had a few scaled birds touching the 26# mark
no double beards ever, so that's what i'm looking for now!

 

[Baxter83]

I forgot all the exact measurements, but these are close...
Oh, and this is my best all around bird

Beards: 11", 7", and 6-14"
Spurs: 1-7/16, 1-5/16
Weight: ~22 lbs

 

[REN]

25 lb bird

1.5 spurs although it had double spurs on both sides. 2nd part of the spur was 3/4 inch. Killed in Tn 7 years ago

Killed a 5 beard bird in bama 10 years ago longest beard was a tad over 12 all the rest were 7inch and shorter. Actually have it mounted at a buddies house in KY (was with me when I killed it )

Killed a double beard in bama this year (was actually killed less then 200yds from where I killed the 5 beard) but that's the only multiple bearded birds ive ever killed.

 

[muddyboots]

11 3/4 beard
23 lb
1 1/2 spurs

 

[ruger7mag]

Killed one this past Wednesday with 11, 9 1/4, and 8 inch beards.
Heaviest was 24 lbs
I can't get over the 1 1/4 inch mark on spurs

 

[turkeyhunter64]

4 Beards 11in, 11in, 5.5in, 5.5in
Weight 25lbs
Spurs 1 1/4 ins

Full body mounted in glass case.

 

[spitndrum]

21.6 lbs
1 3/8 spurs
10 1/4 beard

 

[moore]

11.5
1.25 spur

 

[whistlinwingman]

24lbs.
11.25" beard
1 3/16" spurs

 

[benellivol]

25 lbs
10 1/2 inch beard
1 1/4 inch spurs

It was the easiest turkey hunt I have ever been on too. I knew a tom was roosting close to an old barn, so I got situated about 45 minutes before daylight. Sun came up, his hens hit the ground and 5 minutes later he was dead.

 

[sure shot]

beard-11.5 spurs-1.25 weight-23 lbs

 

[Viper (tp)]

27lbs
11.1/2" beard
1.1/2" spurs

 

[ky doublelung]

25 lb.
12 inch beard
1 5/8 inch spurs both sides
killed 2009 LBL Tenn. side

 

[Setterman]

Everyone is equal in my mind. I admire and respect the species so much that none stand above the other for me.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I honestly dont even know. I know Ive killed one with 11 inch beard and I know I either got to 1.5 inch spurs or got real close. For weight, I know out of the 50 or so Dad and I have killed together over the last 10 years, the heaviest one was 22.8 pounds and that was Dads. Never killed a real heavy one but you dont find much of that in the mountains.

 

[bvoss]

I'd say they are all equal for me as well. A long beard is a longbeard to me. I'm just as happy with a two year old bird as I am a 5 year old. (with deer I am totally different)But for the thread, I think the best bird I have ever killed was one with an 11.5 inch beard and 1 3/8 spurs.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

weight was 25lbs. 3 oz.
beards, i killed one with 6 beards in 2006.
Spurs, 1 1/4

 

[tickweed]

Beard doesnt mean anything to me, body weight either, just that he had a good winter, and hasnt been running many hens. Spurs make the bird. I have taken three sets of solid 1-1/2 spurs, with my best being a 1-5/8. 26 lbs heaviest weight, 11 1/2 beard longest.

 

[FARMTOFIELD]

I have been very blessed in the odd bird category. I have killed 2 double bearded birds and one bird that had 4 spurs.


My biggest had 2 beards 10-3/4 and 8-3/4 and

 

[WRbowhunter]

only killed 2 long beards but best was 22 pounds. 10 inch beard and not sure about spurs.

 

[REN]

"not sure about the spurs" = blasphemy!

Hahahahah just kidding.

 

[spitndrum]

21.6 lbs
1 3/8 spurs
10 1/4 beard