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Wish I hadn't!

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I wish I hadn't checked my game-cam Sunday. I wasn't going to shoot one on my place this year. But dude on the right is making me rethink that plan. He's at least a triple beard and probably more. They look stacked pretty high just to be a triple beard.
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Don't do it....Think of him as breading stock......lol
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Nice! He doesn't appear to have much for spurs though.
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MKW wrote: April 8th, 2019, 3:13 pm Nice! He doesn't appear to have much for spurs though.
That's why I'm trying to convince myself he needs another year or two. Pretty safe bet he would make it too.
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How close is he to the nuclear plant? :D
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You're a better man than me. I'd shoot him in the pecker
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appalachianassassin wrote: April 8th, 2019, 3:38 pm You're a better man than me. I'd shoot him in the pecker
Me too...

Well I say that, I always leave at least two gobbling mature birds on my place each year. So, maybe I wouldn’t shoot him. I can tell you for sure that I don’t have the will power to hunt him, call him in, and then let him go!
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Would it make you feel better if I came down and shot him???
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CamoMan4025 wrote:Would it make you feel better if I came down and shot him???
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Let em' grow & let em' grow :thumbup:
Ya' don't want ta' mess em' up :stir:
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:stir: Hint of arrogance, what's the chances you COULD kill him
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Leave him. I'd love to see his full potential. Plus,he'll get to pass those genes along.

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guesswho wrote: April 8th, 2019, 3:08 pm I wish I hadn't checked my game-cam Sunday. I wasn't going to shoot one on my place this year. But dude on the right is making me rethink that plan. He's at least a triple beard and probably more. They look stacked pretty high just to be a triple beard.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU!!!! LEAVE THE LITTLE ONE'S FOR THE LITTLE ONES!!!!


Besides, just think what he'll be like with another year or 2 of growth on him!!!!
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Letting a deer grow old is one thing.
Maybe I’m still young and haven’t killed as many, but I just don’t see me ever being the kind to save a mature turkey from one year to the next.

I’d say go hunt him, and have fun doing it.

I do see the philosophy if you don’t have many turkeys and just want to leave some around if you have other places to hunt.
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ICDEDTURKES wrote: April 8th, 2019, 6:59 pm :stir: Hint of arrogance, what's the chances you COULD kill him
:lol: what are the chances of you mounting him for me if I do go kill him. I know you have about a five year waiting period but I'd want to be bumped to the front of the list.
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That’s a stud Ronnie.
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Never thought Ronnie would become a founding member of the QTMA.
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WWYMD?
What would your Mom do?
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Southern Sportsman wrote: April 8th, 2019, 8:11 pm Never thought Ronnie would become a founding member of the QTMA.
That's why I am going to try not to go down there. It's 72 miles and if I drive down there and him, his buddy, their cousins, nephews, fathers, sons or any adult male associates of theirs steps inside 40 QTMA is out the window. I can let a deer walk no problem. A turkey is another story, especially if he screws up and gobbles.
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Hognutz wrote: April 8th, 2019, 8:20 pm WWYMD?
What would your Mom do?
She wouldn't be posting his picture on the interweb, at least live pictures. :lol:
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Go get him, you will sleep better!
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72 miles... if I had closer places to hunt he would get a pass. I just want a gobbling Turkey. But, if you were to decide to hunt him I'm confident he would go out on your back.
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guesswho wrote: April 8th, 2019, 8:27 pm
Hognutz wrote: April 8th, 2019, 8:20 pm WWYMD?
What would your Mom do?
She wouldn't be posting his picture on the interweb, at least live pictures. :lol:
:LMAO: :LMAO: Rodger that!!
She’d have him in the back of the truck and be out looking for his daddy!
God bless her!! 🙏
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I ain't out there trying to manage turkeys, but if I knew one didn't have decent spurs, I wouldn't hunt him. That's why I've never run any game cameras. I love the surprise of rolling a turkey over to see what he's toting. I like spurs, so I wouldn't go after that one. That's just me.
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I'm a spur man as well. I don't get to excited about beards. But when I see a bird that is potentially toting 40 or more inches of beard I can't help myself. He gets in my brain.
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