Turkey Report

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Mike Koneski

So the Mrs. finally tagged her very first gobbler!! 7:00 on Monday AM at 15 yards. Big Tom, 22 lbs, 10 1/4" beard and total 2 6/16" spurs. He came in and whooped up on a jake decoy and as soon as he paused and stuck out his neck, BANG!!!! To say she's excited is an understatement!!

Congratulations to the Mrs.! After an attack from that bird the decoy must be trashed.

[Phil C]

Daniel if you have problems posting a picture and would like me to help. Just send the picture to coues3pt@gmail.com and I will be happy to post for you.

[Southpaw]

Mike your wife put a whoopin on that old Tom. Looks like she jelly headed it. I am sure that was just as exciting for you as it was for her. If she gets the bug now you might not get another shot. The real trick will to get her to learn to call so she can call one up for you.

[Mike of the Mountain]

She says she just may go out again next year. As for that decoy, yes sir, it did get it's butt kicked by her Tom and mine. Good thing AvianX makes a quality decoy!!

[Mills]

Guess that decoy is part of the metoo movement now

[Phil C]

I was not drawn for an AZ turkey tag but a friend and my brother were. Thought I would share a nice picture. They were hunting just souh of the north rim of the Grand Canyon.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/attachm...1&d=1526068386

[charlie cleveland]

nice bird and what a view...i would hate to climb into that canyon to retrieve a big bird....charlie

[Dollar]

Wow Phil what a view.Now thats a tag of a lifetime.

[Phil C]

Definity a very neat place to hunt. Charlie the first climb back out with the turkeys is the worse.

[Southpaw]

I'll bet 20 plus pounds added as dead weight would add to complexity of the walk out. But that will just be part of the memory and that bird will taste that much better.

I am a self proclaimed connoisseur of barbecue and I have tried and proven fact about what it takes to make a great experience and call it The Declaration of BBQ. It is a precedent setting case law of the land that simply states "the quality of the BBQ experience is equal or proportionate to some degree of suffering." Whether it be in the making of it, the journey to get there, or the surroundings. I stumbled across my theory now proven fact by peer review when we were told about a BBQ joint that was in a very rough part of town, across from the street from Federal pen in Atlanta, in a building that would not let my dog stay at, had to wait in line to get served behind politicians and a flock of attorneys, it was hot and there was no air conditioning and it was some damn fine barbecue.

I think Turkey hunting has some similarities or features that go with my BBQ Law.

Oh by the way the First Axiom to my BBQ law is that they also must serve some sort of a banana flavored desert. Banana pudding is preferred, but did find some of the best road side barbecue I have ever had but obviously they did not have the pudding, but luckily the convenience store nearby that had bars in front of all things glass and even had signature buckshot pellet indention's in front of the cashiers plexi glass did have a banana flavored Moon Pie.