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The Turkey Roost

what's your biggest turkey?

Uploaded on June 18, 2009

What is the biggest turkey that you have shot? What's your favorite gun to use for turkeys and what is the gun that you have killed the most turkeys with?

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

I've only got jakes . My biggest was a 19 pounder. MY golden caught a 24 pound 11 & 1/2 beard.

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from Taylor Kash wrote 2 years 47 weeks ago

I have killed 8 or so turkey and my biggest was actually my first when I was 5 i killed a 25 or so pound tom with an 11 3/4 in beard, 1 inch spurs. I can't wait until season comes in so i can finally hunt on my own. Goodbye youth hunting

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from country road wrote 2 years 47 weeks ago

My biggest was a south Alabama Eastern that weighed just over 21 pounds, but I feel the same way Cuz Strickland does---They're all trophies. If it hadn't been for two-year-old gobblers last spring, I'd be eating store bought turkey for Thanksgiving this fall. My turkey gun is a Mossberg 835 Ultra-mag with a Cabala's red dot scope. I have a Rem. 11-87 12ga., but the Mossberg is handier and the extra power from the 3 1/2 in. mag is reassuring in thick brush, etc. Good hunting to you.

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from NYsportsman wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

My biggest was about 21 pounds and had a 9" beard and 1" spurs. My turkey gun is a Mossberg 535 12 ga.

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from Sandman4182 wrote 2 years 27 weeks ago

My biggest was this years spring bird 25 lbs 10 3/8 beard 1 1/4 spurs. It ranked 15th in the state of wisconsin with a shotgun for spur size. My turkey gun is a NEF Pardner turkey gun and I shoot rem nitro #4's With a tru glo red-dot

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from shermanator wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago

my biggest what 27 1/2 pounds with a 12 inch beard and 1 3/4 inch spurs i killed him with my Charles daily 12 gauge and that is what i have killed all my turkeys with and that is what i will continue to shoot because i love it

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from NolanOsborne wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

21.1 lbs 9 inch beard, 1 inch spurs. It was also m first turkey

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

By Spur length 1 5/8 inches.
By Beard length 13 1/4 inches
By number of beards 5 for a total of 29 3/8 inches
By weight 21 lbs 6 oz

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from JohnBear52786 wrote 2 years 15 weeks ago

20 lbs, 11 inch beard, 1 inch spurs. Average bird I would say
I've used my good'ol 12g 870 express more often than not. But I would like to get a semiauto 12g in camo to use for buch waterfowl and turkey.

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from jetdriver wrote 2 years 15 weeks ago

Can't eat the beards or spurs!!!
The young ones taste best!!!
Big one: 22 lbs, 9 in beard, 1 in spurs.
Best Tasting: Last spring, Stubble beard, next to no spurs.

But they are all true TROPHIES!!!

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from JPC76 wrote 2 years 12 weeks ago

Every bird I have taken is a trophy. My best is a 20 pound bird with 10 3/4" beard and 1 1/2" spurs. He is my biggest bird and the hardest bird to call in. I worked him for 2 hours and 400 yards. My turkey gun is a Remington 870 Super Mag with a 26" tube and an Undertaker choke. I stoke it with 3" Winchester Supremes. Love my shotgun and use it for everything.

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from charlie elk wrote 2 years 11 weeks ago

28.6 lb
12 3/4 beard
1 1/4 spurs

He was tender and tasted just fine. Like old men old gobblers don't run around like the kids or in this case jakes. All that excersize makes for tough lean muscle...
later,
charlie

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from Del in KS wrote 2 years 9 weeks ago

Out of 62 birds the biggest went 26 lb at the La Plata MO check station.
Longest beard 12 1/4 inch
Longest spurs 1 3/8
Most beards 5 totalling 35 and a fraction inches. Had him stuffed.
Beekeeper saw him when he visited last fall. Took him with a bow while deer hunting in the fall.

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from TurkeyMaster55 wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

My first and only one was 27 lbs. 10 in beard 1 1/8 in spurs.

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

Those corn fed turkey are something else...

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from turkey_machine wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

The biggest turkey I have ever shot was 26 ½ lbs. It had an 11 inch beard and ¾ inch spurs. I shot this turkey in Pierce County Wisconsin at about 2 in the afternoon. The gun that I use is a youth model Mossberg 20 gauge shotgun. I have also tried an 870 Remington 12 gauge shotgun. The 20 gauge is not as powerful as a 12 gauge, of course, but it gets the job done. In fact, the 20 gauge has shot more birds than the 12 gauge.

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from Quinnsolo12 wrote 1 year 49 weeks ago

20 lbs. 5 oz. 11" beard 1.25" spurs: also my first turkey

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from Taylor Kash wrote 2 years 47 weeks ago

I have killed 8 or so turkey and my biggest was actually my first when I was 5 i killed a 25 or so pound tom with an 11 3/4 in beard, 1 inch spurs. I can't wait until season comes in so i can finally hunt on my own. Goodbye youth hunting

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

By Spur length 1 5/8 inches.
By Beard length 13 1/4 inches
By number of beards 5 for a total of 29 3/8 inches
By weight 21 lbs 6 oz

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from jetdriver wrote 2 years 15 weeks ago

Can't eat the beards or spurs!!!
The young ones taste best!!!
Big one: 22 lbs, 9 in beard, 1 in spurs.
Best Tasting: Last spring, Stubble beard, next to no spurs.

But they are all true TROPHIES!!!

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from JPC76 wrote 2 years 12 weeks ago

Every bird I have taken is a trophy. My best is a 20 pound bird with 10 3/4" beard and 1 1/2" spurs. He is my biggest bird and the hardest bird to call in. I worked him for 2 hours and 400 yards. My turkey gun is a Remington 870 Super Mag with a 26" tube and an Undertaker choke. I stoke it with 3" Winchester Supremes. Love my shotgun and use it for everything.

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from TurkeyMaster55 wrote 2 years 8 weeks ago

My first and only one was 27 lbs. 10 in beard 1 1/8 in spurs.

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from NYhunter wrote 2 years 48 weeks ago

I've only got jakes . My biggest was a 19 pounder. MY golden caught a 24 pound 11 & 1/2 beard.

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from country road wrote 2 years 47 weeks ago

My biggest was a south Alabama Eastern that weighed just over 21 pounds, but I feel the same way Cuz Strickland does---They're all trophies. If it hadn't been for two-year-old gobblers last spring, I'd be eating store bought turkey for Thanksgiving this fall. My turkey gun is a Mossberg 835 Ultra-mag with a Cabala's red dot scope. I have a Rem. 11-87 12ga., but the Mossberg is handier and the extra power from the 3 1/2 in. mag is reassuring in thick brush, etc. Good hunting to you.

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from NYsportsman wrote 2 years 36 weeks ago

My biggest was about 21 pounds and had a 9" beard and 1" spurs. My turkey gun is a Mossberg 535 12 ga.

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from Sandman4182 wrote 2 years 27 weeks ago

My biggest was this years spring bird 25 lbs 10 3/8 beard 1 1/4 spurs. It ranked 15th in the state of wisconsin with a shotgun for spur size. My turkey gun is a NEF Pardner turkey gun and I shoot rem nitro #4's With a tru glo red-dot

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from shermanator wrote 2 years 22 weeks ago

my biggest what 27 1/2 pounds with a 12 inch beard and 1 3/4 inch spurs i killed him with my Charles daily 12 gauge and that is what i have killed all my turkeys with and that is what i will continue to shoot because i love it

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from NolanOsborne wrote 2 years 21 weeks ago

21.1 lbs 9 inch beard, 1 inch spurs. It was also m first turkey

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from JohnBear52786 wrote 2 years 15 weeks ago

20 lbs, 11 inch beard, 1 inch spurs. Average bird I would say
I've used my good'ol 12g 870 express more often than not. But I would like to get a semiauto 12g in camo to use for buch waterfowl and turkey.

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from charlie elk wrote 2 years 11 weeks ago

28.6 lb
12 3/4 beard
1 1/4 spurs

He was tender and tasted just fine. Like old men old gobblers don't run around like the kids or in this case jakes. All that excersize makes for tough lean muscle...
later,
charlie

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from Del in KS wrote 2 years 9 weeks ago

Out of 62 birds the biggest went 26 lb at the La Plata MO check station.
Longest beard 12 1/4 inch
Longest spurs 1 3/8
Most beards 5 totalling 35 and a fraction inches. Had him stuffed.
Beekeeper saw him when he visited last fall. Took him with a bow while deer hunting in the fall.

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from Beekeeper wrote 2 years 5 weeks ago

Those corn fed turkey are something else...

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from turkey_machine wrote 2 years 2 weeks ago

The biggest turkey I have ever shot was 26 ½ lbs. It had an 11 inch beard and ¾ inch spurs. I shot this turkey in Pierce County Wisconsin at about 2 in the afternoon. The gun that I use is a youth model Mossberg 20 gauge shotgun. I have also tried an 870 Remington 12 gauge shotgun. The 20 gauge is not as powerful as a 12 gauge, of course, but it gets the job done. In fact, the 20 gauge has shot more birds than the 12 gauge.

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from Quinnsolo12 wrote 1 year 49 weeks ago

20 lbs. 5 oz. 11" beard 1.25" spurs: also my first turkey

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