My son's turkey

peter p · Post by **peter p** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:35 pm

My son shot this turkey on Saturday morning. He has his apprenticeship hunting licence.
I called in 2 toms and he shot one of them.
Check out the spurs on him.
20 lbs,
1 1/8 spurs'
9 1/2 inch beard.

franklinm · Post by **franklinm** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:37 pm

Nice Bird .

Doug the Slug · Post by **Doug the Slug** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:23 pm

Congratulations to you and your son. I'm sure it was as thrilling for you to watch as it was for your son to shoot the bird.

Doug

diesel · Post by **diesel** » Sun May 07, 2006 11:41 pm

Congrats to you and your son. I cannot wait till I can take my son with me.

schnarrfuss · Post by **schnarrfuss** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:38 am

Nice looking bird. Congrats.

pphoenix · Post by **pphoenix** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:37 am

here's another nice story of team work, Good job guys and nice bird.

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:52 pm

That's great that you could be there for your sons's first turkey. I'm sure he will look back on it with fond memories also. Congratulations to you both.

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Mon May 08, 2006 9:53 pm

Congrats Peter, to you and your son. How old is the lad? Question #2, what is the purpose for the spurs? Are they used for defense? Just curious.

Grey Owl

ecoaster · Post by **ecoaster** » Mon May 08, 2006 10:14 pm

Grey Owl,

They are indeed used for fighting. You got to be careful when you walk up on a bird right after it has been shot because while it is doing the "funky chicken" it can gash you pretty good if it catches you with a spur.

Here's a video clip I found of two turkeys having words

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http://www.huntingfootage.com/showphoto ... 21&cat=516

GREY OWL · Post by **GREY OWL** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:12 pm

Thanks for the clip ecoaster, what these turkeys do to rule the roast.

Them spurs would make a nice necklace, do you keep them for this?

Grey Owl

huntman · Post by **huntman** » Mon May 08, 2006 11:30 pm

congrats to u peter and to your son thats a great bird! Nice line ecoaster!!

patmax · Post by **patmax** » Tue May 09, 2006 8:31 am

Nice Bird!

Congratulation to you and your son.
Thanks for sharing your excitement.

patmax

peter p · Post by **peter p** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:33 pm

GREY OWL wrote:Congrats Peter, to you and your son. How old is the lad? Question #2, what is the purpose for the spurs? Are they used for defense? Just curious.

Grey Owl

Hey Grey Owl,
my son is 14 years old and has his apprenticeship hunting licence.
He turns 15 in August and will be able to carry his own gun.

Thanks to all for the congrats and good luck to all.

A.W · Post by **A.W** » Tue May 09, 2006 1:57 pm

(I don't know how I missed this post.)

Congrats to your son. Fine looking bird!!!

Adrian J Hare · Post by **Adrian J Hare** » Tue May 09, 2006 2:39 pm

I remember two guys at Bass pro last year that look just like you too

Congrats on the fine Gobbler, them spurs are nice. Its been a long time since I shot a pink spurred bird, they seem to be few and far between.

Nice pic and nice memories...BT