BilletHead Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 One down, 8:30 0n day one. Ten inch beard, 7/8 inch spurs. My largest weight bird I have taken, BilletHead JestersHK, Chief Grey Bear, ness and 10 others 13 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
jdmidwest Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 All that corn you have been feeding him...... Should be tasty. Good Job. My shoulder is still not well enough to take a shotgun blast, so I get to sit this one out. First season since 1976. "Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously." — Hunter S. Thompson
Johnsfolly Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 Great looking bird. Congrats BH! You should stop shooting them in the garden. Messes up the mulch .
BilletHead Posted April 17, 2017 Author Posted April 17, 2017 Thanks Lee, 1 hour ago, jdmidwest said: All that corn you have been feeding him...... Should be tasty. Good Job. My shoulder is still not well enough to take a shotgun blast, so I get to sit this one out. First season since 1976. Ha JD! Funny you should say that. The farm where I shot him is managed for deer. The Farmer who farms it leaves standing crops for the landowner so the deer have his share to winter on. Last years crop was corn. Farmer is a friend of mine. He claims turkey are rougher on crops than the deer are. I had never thought of this but he says they will jump and rake the ears off of the stalks. I have never witnessed this. AND this was the toughest bird I have ever skinned. It will be tasty for sure but tough! 2 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said: Great looking bird. Congrats BH! You should stop shooting them in the garden. Messes up the mulch . Good eyes John, Yep right under the dogwood tree too. Did not carry the camera to the field this morning. Should of staged the photo better. Mrs. BilletHead was bummed when the pounding rain took the petals off the blooming flowers. Here is to hoping I can get her on a bird in the AM on her day off. At least it should not be storming. Once I had her out and we got caught along way from the house in a bad thunderstorm. It scared us both. I made us separate a hundred yards and I carried the shotgun home. We were looked like wet rats when we got home. Going to share another thing. Where I shot this bird this morning is near and dear to the Mrs. and I. Eleven years ago during turkey season is when Pat was told she had cancer. A couple of days later we were in this same spot. I called her a bird. I told her to take the shot, she did not, told her again and still she did not fire. Bird finally walked off. I looked at her and she had tears in her eyes. Asked her what was wrong and why did she not shoot. She said I was afraid to shoot thinking it would jar her and make her cancer spread. We both began to cry. Actually we look back on that as a fond memory now she is cancer free. I again tear up thinking of this. BilletHead ness, Daryk Campbell Sr, tho1mas and 2 others 5 "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
lee G. Posted April 17, 2017 Posted April 17, 2017 I know how you feel, BH. Wife just finished treatment in Feb. Hopeing for the best now. BilletHead 1
BilletHead Posted April 17, 2017 Author Posted April 17, 2017 We will be thinking and praying for her Lee, BilletHead "We have met the enemy and it is us", Pogo If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend" Lefty Kreh " Never display your knowledge, you only share it" Lefty Kreh "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!" BilletHead " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting" BilletHead P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs" BilletHead
Members Follysbetterhalf Posted April 18, 2017 Members Posted April 18, 2017 Prayers to them both! We ladies have to deal with you knuckleheads, we should not have to deal with cancer to. Go home guys and hug your wives. BilletHead, grizwilson, Deadstream and 4 others 7
marcus Posted April 18, 2017 Posted April 18, 2017 guess you gotta sit in the penalty box for a while till you can get a second one BilletHead 1
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