Mounts from the "Dead Room"

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Mounts from the "Dead Room"

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Thought I would post a few pics of turkeys in what my wife calls "the Dead Room". :D

Here's my first Goulds...the boy is looking a bit rough....been through some hard times...
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My best Rio...and a couple of his little wax buddies...
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A big old Merriams gobbler from the Mescalero Reservation here in NM
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A flying Eastern from southeast OK
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My last Osceola from a few years back
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For those that are into such things, this Goulds just happens to be the #1 bird (by a mile)
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Yes, I guess you could say I like turkey mounts..... :D
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WOW, how many beards does that Goulds have? talk about a MUTANT!
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Yeah, he is! ...Has eight beards. Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime gobbler. ...Had no idea what I had shot until I decided to see how he would compare to the Goulds in the record book. He scores 139....the next closest bird is somewhere around 115. Talk about getting lucky!
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so you hold the record??
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Yeah, I suppose so,...he is listed in the records. I prefer to say that he holds the record and I was just the lucky guy that got to pull the trigger!....
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Hunter's Name Total
Score Harvested Method Typical
1 JIM BATES (M)
NM ( details) 139.0000 May 6, 2006
CH, MEX M Firearm ATYPICAL
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