2025 Turkey harvest pics

[TBossHSauce]

The boy did good! Scored on this beast of a Rio tom over the youth opener here in Texas. Ole thunder chicken came charging in and met his match!

10"+ beard, 1 9/16" spurs, and weighed 21 pounds!

 

[FLS]

View attachment 86446420 ga, 7/9 tss. Maybe 15yrds or so

South Carolina public land mountain bird this morning.

It was quite the hunt. As light was breaking, a bobcat, 20 inches or taller, walked within 15 feet of me. I bleated at it with my mouth and the joker just looked at me, I thought I was gonna have to waste one of my TSS loads on it. Haha. That that guy was so big I heard it coming in, and it rained last night.



I heard this bird a half mile away, down in a bottom, while perched up on a mountain. Heading down toward It. I wasn’t positive it it was on public, thankfully it was.

I got to watch it strut and come toward my decoy for almost 100 yards. It was dancing and preening, dragging its feathers and drumming all the way in, it was a straight up epic display.

Really the whole morning was EPIC, that’s a pretty good word to describe it. I’m thankful!!

Congrats on a tough bird. That rain and cooler weather had them moving this morning. Saw several strutters on the way to work. Gonna hunt the NC opener Saturday. Hope this weather holds out.

 

[FLS]

The boy did good! Scored on this beast of a Rio tom over the youth opener here in Texas. Ole thunder chicken came charging in and met his match!

10"+ beard, 1 9/16" spurs, and weighed 21 pounds!

Nice hooks!!!

 

[RunNGunSC]

SC Big Woods Bird

 

[dr.mooseknuckles]

SC Big Woods Bird

Looks like some places I hunt. How were they gobbling up there today?

Hoping to go tomorrow.

 

[FLS]

I hunted the NC opener with my youngest this AM. They didn’t gobble much but I finally got this one away from some hens and he dumped him at 31 yards with a load of 7 TSS out of his 20 gauge. He killed his first gobbler sitting in my lap when 20 years ago.

 

[Skerhunter]

2025 archery bird. 18 yards with Schwacker BH with no blind, so don’t make fun of my decoy bag ya purists!

 

[Dirt Hole]

Got an Alabama bird, my biggest gobbler yet! Nice spurs and a 11.5” beard.

Didn't hear any gobbles early. Around 7am I made a call and he cut me off with a gobble. Followed it up with another call and he cut me off again. I got the gun ready and 10 minutes later he was dead at 30 yards.

 

[AK_Skeeter]

Most of the western U. S. has either Merriam's or Rio Grande.
Here in NW Montana, its Eastern Wild Turkey subspecies.

 

[Cant hit em]

Most of the western U. S. has either Merriam's or Rio Grande.
Here in NW Montana, its Eastern Wild Turkey subspecies.
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My daughter’s in Missoula with a tag she will be looking for an archery Tom come Tuesday, different species then we are use to in CA

 

[Hondo0925]

My youngest boys very first turkey hunt. Think I found my new lucky charm for hunting

 

[FLS]

Most of the western U. S. has either Merriam's or Rio Grande.
Here in NW Montana, its Eastern Wild Turkey subspecies.
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Transplant birds?

 

[TNHunter18]

Got one yesterday afternoon. Ended up having two setups ruined by people driving where they weren’t supposed to be but got lucky on this one. Used 12 ga longboard XR at about 35-40 yards. First double bearded bird and beard was 10 3/4. Put in about 7 miles for him all told yesterday

 

[Old-Cat]

Got an Alabama bird, my biggest gobbler yet! Nice spurs and a 11.5” beard.

Didn't hear any gobbles early. Around 7am I made a call and he cut me off with a gobble. Followed it up with another call and he cut me off again. I got the gun ready and 10 minutes later he was dead at 30 yards.

Those hooks

 

[Dirt Hole]

Those hooks

Biggest spurs I’ve ever harvested, it was a good bird!

 

[grossklw]

First real animal my 6 year old has shot. Youth season was good to us in WI, had several close calls with birds in shotgun range but it eventually worked out. Little guy was on cloud 9. Boss Tom tungsten in the .410 folded him up pretty good at 25 yards.

 

[Lowedown]

My son got his first turkey yesterday! He has been obsessed with turkeys since we got a turkey together when he was 5! The safe gun handling and composure he showed amidst the emotions and adrenaline that washed over him following the shot made me very proud!

 

[LowBrow]

You guys got me so excited to get out! Archery opens on Wednesday in MN, and I think I’ve got a good couple spots picked out/scouted.

 

[WVELK]

Had a great young man get his first bird ever at my farm this weekend. It was youth season in Ohio.

 

[Swamppirate]

Nice Virginia bird…