Michigan Spring Turkey Report!

[Michigun]

Well looky, looky what ran into a Hevi-Shot #4 on 04/19/04 (opening day) morning!

Turkey Stats:

Sex = Gobbler (male)
Weight = 27+ Pounds
Beard Length = 8-3/4 Inches (Not a long’in, but still a keeper!)
Spur Length = 1-1/16 Inches
Location = Behind My House
Time = 6:35am
Weapon = Beretta 390 12-gauge
Ammunition = Remington 1-1/2 oz, 3â€, Hevi-Shot, #4 @ 1,300 fps
Distance = 40 Yards

Picture: http://glocktalk.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=2513759

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Here's the gobbler I got in front of my brother-in-law this past Saturday morning. He used my Beretta 390 & Hevi-Shot ammo for the kill'in.

Turkey Stats:

Sex = Gobbler (male)
Weight = Unknown (guess-timated at 23 pounds...)
Beard Length = 10-1/16 Inches (I was saving that one for him... yeah, that's it...)
Spur Length = 1-1/4 Inches
Location = Behind My House
Time = 9:20am
Weapon = Beretta 390 12-gauge
Ammunition = Remington 1-1/2 oz, 3â€, Hevi-Shot, #4 @ 1,300 fps
Distance = 35+ Yards

Picture: http://glocktalk.com/attachment.php?s=&postid=2529985

 

[AKAMac]

Congrats! Nice birds. Must be one hell of a back yard!

 

[Michigun]

"Must be one hell of a back yard!"

Only 30 wooded acres myself… although I have most of the adjoining properties to wonder at will… almost a whole section (one square “country†mile) in all. I didn’t have to go far for either of those birds however.

The turkey my brother-in-law took came from a group of 12 tom gobblers… 2 toms actually came in side-by-side & my brother-in-law had to wait till they separated. He said he took the biggest one, but they looked like twins to me… I was actually closer to the birds.

There were over 50 turkey in that cut corn field & we could only tell what half of them were as the others were too far out… no telling how many good toms were out in that field total!

All these turkeys & Michigan only allows us 1 gobbler per spring.

Taking a friend of mine out this weekend for the closer of the 1st private land hunt.

 

[HBK]

It's kinda small. Get out there and get a bigger one, then get back to me.

Nice bird, my kinda backyard!

I thought if you owned the land, you could kill whatever was on it.

 

[Ktulu]

NICE! Congratulations!

 

[Michigun]

“I thought if you owned the land, you could kill whatever was on it.â€

Some things are like that here in Michigan HBK, but most aren’t, which goes for turkeys.

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Thanks Ktulu! Are you a turkey hunter as well? If so, where about are you looking to kill one in MI?