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Unit 27 youth turkey

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My dad and me went on the youth turkey hunt this weekend. Unfortunately we couldn't get out until Sunday morning. We set up in one area and called, but didn't get any responses so we moved to another area a little bit higher. We set up and called and got a quick response from a Tom just over a small ridge from where we were at. We called for a little bit, but the Tom did not move any closer to us. It sounded like the Tom was moving up the drainage on the other side of the ridge so we moved around them and tried to get in front of the them. A few minutes after we got there we saw the mature Tom strutting around 3 hens (probably why we couldn't pull him in with our calls). There was also a Jake with them, he was a happy man once the tom was gone . I stayed still and let them move to within 30 yards and shot the big Tom.

 

He had a 10.5" beard and 1 1/4" spurs. He is my biggest turkey so far.

 

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Nice job bud. Was probably the quickest turkey hunt I have been on.

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Way to go congrats on a successful hunt doesn't sound like it took you very long I hope my daughters hunt goes like that on friday

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Great story and way to adjust your hunting strategy to get the job done. 1 1/4" SPURS 10.5 in BEARD that is FANtastic for a Arizona Merriams what did it weigh you should score that bird. Very Nice Bird Young Man.

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Great story and way to adjust your hunting strategy to get the job done. 1 1/4" SPURS 10.5 in BEARD that is FANtastic for a Arizona Merriams what did it weigh you should score that bird. Very Nice Bird Young Man.

I'm not sure how to score a turkey, but my dad said it was the biggest merriams turkey he has ever seen and he has been hunting them for a long time. Unfortunately we didn't weigh it and we cooked it up for dinner tonight.

 

218 buck- good luck on your hunt this weekend. We were hunting further south than we usually do. We talked to some of my dad's friends and they were having a tough time further north.

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Has anyone else killed any turkeys in Unit 1 or 27?

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Congrats. Thats a great bird. I wish I would of started turkey huntin at your age. Of course there wern't that many back then. I'm almost 59 and been chasin em for about 23-24 years.. I preach patience is a key and I blew it the other day by not having any. Its hard when they hang up...................BOB!

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Nice job. You did a great job adapting to them. In my experience, that is absolutely key. Call, listen, adapt. The two of my boys still eligible for the youth hunt did well in 27 this year.

 

http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/57196-youth-turkey-2-fer/

I saw that post actually both were great birds!

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Congrats. Thats a great bird. I wish I would of started turkey huntin at your age. Of course there wern't that many back then. I'm almost 59 and been chasin em for about 23-24 years.. I preach patience is a key and I blew it the other day by not having any. Its hard when they hang up...................BOB!

Patience is a virtue haha but yeah hopefully youll have patience enough on your sweet elk tag in unit 1 this year!

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Good job getting a head of that bird. Congrats. :)

 

TJ

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Fantastic!! Congrats on a great bird!

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