2015 BackTrak Outdoors Turkey Contest

[OldMan]

New rules. Kill has to be a 1/2 mile from home.

 

[F M]

Nice job Terry and Cliff. Congrats :upthumb:

 

[elky McElkerson]

It was unreal. We set up under three roost trees in the pitch black of night. At 6 am it was like B-52\'s landing. All giant toms. I got busted by a toad!! It tucked and ran. But with 20 toms around one would come to my hen decoy. 6:15am the bird I shot stopped at 20 and I unloaded my grim reaper at him. He did a somersault and died. Wow. We got a crap iPhone vid of the whole craziness.

 

[mainebrdr]

Good bird there Cliff! I see you already pulled a feather for your hat!

What strain are those Cal. birds?

 

[elky McElkerson]

thanks!!

i finally went back and looked at all the pics. (i didnt look, to save me a jinx).

you guys did AWESOME!!!!! there are some boomer birds!!

Maine, that bird is a Rio.

 

[bowhunter]

Well the stats are 26# with a 9.5 inch beard and 1 inch spurs. I think he must have been a young bird.

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I also found a 5qt ice cream pail full of fresh Morel Mushrooms.

 

[iccyman001]

Great bird!!!!!!!!!
Even better that you found the shrooms.

Sound like you\'re in for a delicious dinner.

26 lbs is a good bird!

 

[elky McElkerson]

That is a merriems?

 

[iccyman001]

That is a merriems?

looks like an eastern......



but I don\'t know :?:

 

[Zpd307]

eastern

 

[Zpd307]

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I shot this jake the first night. I wanted to bring something home so there was less pressure on me for the second tag to be filled. especially with the cruddy forecast of the next few days....

 

[Zpd307]

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got this guy on sat, in the rain, again..... I actually chased him and his smaller minion around all day. he was the boss of the field that day, chasing the other jake and 2 hens around. I was able to get him to gobble and come back into the field a couple hours later after he followed the hens out to their nesting spot. they came back and stayed in the middle of the field. I had go around and sneak in to cut them off as they were leaving the field at the opposite end. I had to army crawl to get within 40 yards. its amazing how much a couple days of rain dampens the spirits. I was hoping to hold off for a bigger one, but my story with this guy was pretty cool to me.

 

[elky McElkerson]

End game. Turkey stock.

I smell risotto, won ton soup, gravy, etc in my future. Just gotta it into deep freeze.

 

[elky McElkerson]

Z. Badass!

 

[iccyman001]

End game. Turkey stock.

I smell risotto, won ton soup, gravy, etc in my future. Just gotta it into deep freeze.

Awesome awesome awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
I\'d take won ton soup over tag soup any day!


Congrats again, Cliff :upthumb:

 

[iccyman001]

So far it looks like:

Doug: 12.25\"
Terry: 11.5\"
Cliff: 11\"
Steven: 10.75\"


Plus we have Gary, Francis, and Will with some nice Jakes!


Keep it up guys, only a few more weeks of this :upthumb:

 

[wvarcher]

After I pulled the broken pc\'s out of my beard it now measures 10.25 so subtract a 1/4 inch off my beard

 

[wvarcher]

Picture of a hen on nest..almost stepped on her...took a quick pic and backed away

 

[iccyman001]

After I pulled the broken pc\'s out of my beard it now measures 10.25 so subtract a 1/4 inch off my beard

edited!

Nice picture of the hen!

 

[wvarcher]

Thanks