Excalibur Crossbow Forum

The 2009 turkey season is almost here in most places and its time to brush up on those turkey calls. Here is a spot to post your pictures, success stories and tales of woe. Good luck to all!

Peter

21pounds
10.5inch bread
7/8th spurs
shotgun kill - 10 yards

Opening rainy day bird

10.5 X 2 = 21
1.75 X 10 = 17.5
38.5 Points Total

I'll do the first tale of woe.

Went out around lunch time today hoping to strike a lonely tom.
At the third set up I heard a response to my calling but it was faint.
A little bit later I heard yelping much closer so I got ready.
Within seconds he was on me at 9 yards looking at my hen and jake decoy,I reached up to turn on the camera......(BEEP) BUSTED
I fired at less than 9 yard as the bird tried to get away,I shot his beard off and he flew off with no beard and ruffled feathers and a good education.
I took a picture with my phone and I will try to post it if it will work,I dropped it in my coffe this morning.
What a day.

Here is my gun with the camera mounted




The camera on my gun you ask?
My wife has the SD card so no video.
I forgot I gave it to her for Easter pictures.

sweet looking gun sax and nice camera as well , good luck next time with him

some others need to post to this!

BBD #2



22 1/4th pounds
10 1/4th beard
1inch spurs
42 yards
11/87 shotgun with #4shot and turkey choke

'Ol Betsy (Remington 870) kill...

Beard is 10.25 x 2 = 20.50 points

Spurs 1" & 1" – 2” x 10 = 20.00 points

Total – 40.50 points








Sorry about the measurement photos. The tape wasn't all that legible and it was the best we could do..


Now the crossbow comes out and goes to Kentucky..

nice bird woody,we dont even have any leaves on the trees here yet,Jim

good luck in Kentucky woody. are they a different type of turkey in Kentucky

mikej wrote:good luck in Kentucky woody. are they a different type of turkey in Kentucky

A bit dumber..

No, they are Easterns too..

congrats Woody:) Awesome bird... I ended up scoring my smallest one in the contest of the year BTW, im finding its a PITA to get a picture measuring the beard unless you have someone else to take the pic.

Todays bird had the biggest spurs of any I have ever taken.. He would have scored the below

1 5/16ths + 1 5/16ths x 10 = 26.25
10inch beard x 2 = 20

46.25 compared to the one I entered that scored 38.5 so go figure

but here is the info on the last and final of the Va bag limit season

#3 of the season
11/87 12 gauge shotgun
12 yards
22 7/8ths pounds
1 5/16ths spurs
10inch beard

great turkey.

alot like the big one i shot with my bow.25lbs,and 1.5" spurs with 9 3/4" beard.sometime go to NWTF and you can score your turkey there.it has bow ,gun also JIM

Here is my 09 Gobbler taken 4-25 at 7:30 A.M.
22#, 10 1/8 inch Beard and NO SPURS. First Mature Bird I have ever taken without Spurs. Oh Well. I am still very Happy with Him. We have very few Birds around here anymore compared to years past. Rem. 870 at 32 Yards.

First bird with the Equinox, was amazing
My son and I made a double to-day 4/27/09

20lbs 9 1/4 beard 3/4 spurs 20lbs is an average bird for our winters here.

I think it is about 2 1/2 years old,
I read that Mr. Sumner said to go high leg shot, he was dead on the money!

First mature tom, had a very long wait for him 11 hrs in the fenceline but worth it. 22lbs, 9 1/4" beard, 7/8" spurs both sides. Used my Extrema II with 3 1/2" federals, worked really good.
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9 1/4" beard a couple strands are 9 1/2"
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Fletch; it measured to the longest strand .