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Ryan Tucker
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 Big Boy is Dead We all probably name a turkey or two. But a friend of mine from college and my dad have been hunting a bird we named "Big Boy" for the last 3 seasons. This old bird always roost in the exact same place and almost always leaves in a different direction. You know the type! Between my friend, my dad and me we have to many near misses to share on here.
Well, I flew into Kentucky this morning and hit the woods around noon. We had been sitting for a while in a draw that "Big Boy" likes to frequent. We managed to call in 4 jakes, nice ones with 6 inch beards. My buddy should be set for next year. About 30 minutes after the jakes came in a bird gobbled behind us and to my father's left. I told him to adjust a little to get in their direction. He gobbled about 10 times in an hour, but he wasn't hot. However, he would gobble at the call. It began to rain, not hard but steady.
Thirty minutes passed and wouldn't you know we get a chance to kill what turned out to be 2 longbeards, but dad can't get a shot. The birds got nervous and after some discussion between us he told me to shoot. The bird weighed 25.6 lbs, with a 12 inch beard that has a base of 1 1/2 inches. The beard has rot though and the long feathers are only about a 1/2 inch wide. The spurs were sharp curved 1 1/2 inches. He scored 79.6 pts on the NWTF scale.
We'll try to get dad and my friend a bird this weekend, but it was nice to get "Big Boy" I was afraid he wouldn't be around next season.
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| Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:52 pm |
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TScottW99
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 10:59 pm
Posts: 2851
Location: Roanoke
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Congrat's Ryan on an excellent bird!!! 
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"What gets us jangly is the suddenness of everything. We hunt turkeys because we want to hear them gobble, watch them strut and all that, and we hunt them with shotguns because we want to be close to them when those things occur." - Jim Spencer
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| Thu Apr 28, 2005 9:29 pm |
 
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Doug
King of Spring
Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2004 2:25 pm
Posts: 2092
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Good Job on a dandy bird!!
Doug
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| Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:02 pm |
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Turkenator
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Apr 22, 2005 11:28 pm
Posts: 333
Location: Wise County, VA
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AWESOME!! -CONGRATS on one INCREDIBLE longbeard 
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| Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:12 am |
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Dale
King of Spring
Joined: Sat Dec 04, 2004 9:27 am
Posts: 1907
Location: Roanoke, VA
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Now that's a turkey! Congrats on getting a "named" bird.
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| Fri Apr 29, 2005 8:07 am |
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Bird Dog
King of Spring
Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 4:50 pm
Posts: 2650
Location: central Va
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What a moose! awesome!
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| Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:23 am |
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HODY
Boss Gobbler
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 3:08 pm
Posts: 1565
Location: Central VA
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WOW, sounds like a true trophy. Congrats.
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| Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:33 pm |
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Big Bird
King of Spring
Joined: Fri Dec 03, 2004 9:08 pm
Posts: 604
Location: Christiansburg, VA
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Great Job Ryan!
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scott41069
Jake
Joined: Mon Jan 24, 2005 8:47 pm
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Congrats!! Thats a dandy!!
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| Sun May 01, 2005 10:24 am |
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shopson
Longbeard
Joined: Fri Dec 10, 2004 8:00 pm
Posts: 204
Location: Greeneville Tenn
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Since super jake now seems to be what a big jake is called, I would call that a super gobbler! That is a nice'un.
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| Sun May 01, 2005 6:42 pm |
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Tburt
Longbeard
Joined: Wed Dec 08, 2004 10:09 am
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Now those are some figures off a bird! Congratulations on that 'Big Boy'!
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| Mon May 02, 2005 1:12 pm |
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FlatLand Gobbler
King of Spring
Joined: Mon Dec 06, 2004 8:46 am
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Location: Hampton, VA.
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Awesome job Ryan I know you enjoyed that.
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Ron
"Turkey hunting, when you knock all the feathers off it, is a game of infinite variables, played on a field of unlimited dimension, against an opponent who doesn't know the rules and wouldn't play by them if he did." ...Jim Spencer
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