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From: lawsonj@groupw.cns.vt.edu (John Lawson)
Newsgroups: rec.hunting
Subject: Re: another thought on hunting accidents
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.061707.12047@doug.cae.wisc.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 91 11:17:07 GMT
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A good friend of mine bagged a very nice gobbler here in Va. during
spring gobbler season. It had three beards which were 9 1/2, 7, and 4
1/2 inches long. I also bagged a nice bird as well, he weighed 18 lbs
and had a 9 1/2 inch beard. My dad heard this turkey while out looking
for morels (an edible mushroom) on Sunday afternoon. He called me that
evening and asked me to come by Monday morning early before I went to
work. It was only about a ten minute walk from my dad's house, so I said
I would. That ol' tom gobbled very well despite the wind and rain. About
twenty minutes after he flew off the roost, I saw his snow white head
bobbing along and he was gobbling for everything he was worth. Not bad
for thirty minutes worth of hunting before work :-).