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Saturday, March 15, 8:30 a.m., Jackson County, Alabama, 21.5 lbs., 9 inch beard, 1 inch spurs...

I killed this nice gobbler Saturday in the mountains here in north Alabama, up in what we call "billy goat country".



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Posts: 561 | Location: North Alabama, USA | Registered: 14 February 2009Reply With Quote
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nice bird. Wife and I got skunked, heard exactly one bird gobble twice at app 8.9 miles away Big Grin


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our season doesn't open for another month

We still have 30 inch of snow on the ground.
 
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Congrats on a great bird!


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Posts: 599 | Location: Chester County, PA. | Registered: 09 February 2011Reply With Quote
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Beautiful colors on that bird. Congrats on a fine kill.


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Well done! Congrats!!


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Posts: 3722 | Location: Okie in Falcon, CO | Registered: 01 July 2004Reply With Quote
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Awesome bird - congratulations!
 
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Sweet!
Ga season opens on the 22nd. cant wait.


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Posts: 813 | Location: In the shadow of Currahee | Registered: 29 January 2009Reply With Quote
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FANTASTIC, buddy!
Beautiful bird!
 
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Congrats Andy!

Start the season off just like you planned
 
Posts: 63 | Location: Kentucky  | Registered: 14 May 2012Reply With Quote
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nice bird
 
Posts: 603 | Location: Colorado | Registered: 09 June 2002Reply With Quote
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21.5 lbs shocker, congrats on a great bird!
 
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That's a dang nice bird and man it's hard to believe it's that time of the year to chase birds again.

Congrats on a great bird!!!
 
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That's a nice bird. The terrain looks just like some of the areas in PA.


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Posts: 2346 | Location: Pennsylvania | Registered: 07 January 2005Reply With Quote
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Great bird and I had no idea AL had any country like that! Our season here in MI is also a good month or more away with lots of snow to melt yet before we get started.
 
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Good to see someone burnt some powder.
Great looking bird!
Best post in months!! Congrats
 
Posts: 2141 | Location: enjoying my freedom in wyoming | Registered: 13 January 2006Reply With Quote
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Beautiful bird! I just bought a second tag for the third week of May. Our season doesn't begin for another month, but now that the snow is disappearing in this end of the state and the sandhill cranes are back, spring and turkey hunting now seem like more than a theoretical possibility. Can't wait!!
 
Posts: 572 | Location: southern Wisconsin, USA | Registered: 08 January 2009Reply With Quote
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21.5 lbs shocker, congrats on a great bird!


I'll brag a little here by saying that in Wisconsin that's a little smaller than average. A mature tom here usually runs 23-25 pounds. The fist one my son shot weighed 27. He was only 11 at the time and when he slung the bird over his shoulder the head reached down past his knees.
 
Posts: 572 | Location: southern Wisconsin, USA | Registered: 08 January 2009Reply With Quote
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but now that the snow is disappearing in this end of the state


We are suppose to get another 12 inches up north today yuk
 
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Nice bird Andy !
 
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Andy - Great bird and start to the 2014 Season. Is there any property near you for sale? With the Whitetails last year and now this, thinking maybe I should move in next door to you, and let some of the magic rub off?

Our Season here in NM doesn't start until April 15th, so have a few weeks to go before getting in the woods.

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Congrats - well done! Man, I miss that stuff...


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