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I was beginning to think we would go home empty handed again. No gobbling. No sighting . Nothing. I was looking at a text my SIL sent me of a dandy Tom in his yard. When I looked up I see 4 or 5 birds maybe 80 -90 yds .away heading the opposite direction. I tapped my wife on the leg and told her I see at least one red head.I called and they headed our way.I turned a bit to make sure she had the gun up and she's looking at 3 hens in the decoys at 20 yds. How the heck did they sneak in? I yelped and the hens started to leave and the boys came running in. I told her the last one had a beard "BOOM" she was already on it. Jake with an almost full fan,5 inch beard,1/2 inch spurs. I am so blessed to have a wife to share my passions with.
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Nice. Big ole congrats to her. Good job!
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Fantastic......I almost hit one with my truck yesterday........that's as close as I got!
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Congrats to the Mrs., Billie. Nicely done!
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Congrats to you and your wife!!
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Unless I have my biology wrong there’s no such thing as a Jake with a full fan. He might be a late hatch but he’s no jake. Congrats now gonmake your apology to the lady of the house.
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SwampDrummin wrote: May 24th, 2018, 7:22 pm Unless I have my biology wrong there’s no such thing as a Jake with a full fan. He might be a late hatch but he’s no jake. Congrats now gonmake your apology to the lady of the house.


Same thing I was thinking and a 5 inch beard in one year sounds like a two year old to me.
Congrats anyway, fun to see other do the shooting some times.
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Congrats to Debby' , Great job !!
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Congrats to her. WTG. GOOD JOB.
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I've always figured the spurs tell the real story on age.A jake would be a year old.Or last years hatch.However,I will tell the missus she shot a gobble according to you guys. Oh yeah,the beard is 6 inches exactly.I didn't measure the spurs. Will take more photos and measurements and let you guys decide.
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nothing better than sharing the turkey woods with family! especially your kids and or wife!

my wife went for the first time this spring. Got to go 3 times with her. May be she will get more time to hunt longer next spring.


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That's a late born gobbler and a trophy any way you look at it. Congratulations to you both!
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Congrats!!!! Glad you got to share that together!!!!! :thumbup: :thumbup:
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redarrow wrote: May 24th, 2018, 8:47 pm I've always figured the spurs tell the real story on age.A jake would be a year old.Or last years hatch.However,I will tell the missus she shot a gobble according to you guys. Oh yeah,the beard is 6 inches exactly.I didn't measure the spurs. Will take more photos and measurements and let you guys decide.
Spurs do not age turkeys. Spur length comes from multiple factors like genetics and nutrition. Was the fan truly 100% even? The wing patches are not. If it was completely even, then I agree it was an early born Tom.
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Great pic and a good 1st Gobbler!!
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