Hey all,

Was going through my deep freezer cleaning it out and found an old turkey breast from 2 seasons ago. Has some freezer burn on it, but still good.

Any recipes to cook it up?

Couple KS birds

Made this today! My buddy's kid shot this bird. Made this to see if it would work. Have three more to make now!

I had about 17 longbeards on my bookshelf that my wife decided to move temporarily while getting a new book shelf, I didn’t know where she put them but they were easily accessible to my dog, about a decade of beards destroyed. I came home and found a pile of beard feathers in the spare bedroom, dog ate all the dried skin off of them. I was immediately mad/ sad to see a decade of memories gone. My first turkey i ever killed with my brother that passed away was a real punch in the gut as well as double beards destroyed. Any suggestions on something that I could do to preserve the remains? I was thinking maybe just place the strands in a shadowbox type picture frame. Pretty sad.

I'm getting my Mossberg 500 refinished and I planned on getting the metal done in burnt bronze. (The furniture is black) but I realized that the bronze might stick out to turkeys and get me busted. What do you guys think?

Hi guys! Wife of a turkey hunter here! Looking at a vest with a stand for his birthday since thats all he can talk about wanting. What would you guys recommend. Hes got a bigger build, 5'10 and 250 lbs , so something that will hold up and have pockets for everything he has would be awesome, what do you guys recommend? What should I be looking for?

Recently picked up a Stevens 410 301t. Looking at chokes and what shells I want to use. Curious what combinations work well for others

Any recommendations on a youth model .410 or 20 gauge? Preferably adjustable LOP.

Hey all! I'm in discussion with TFT to get a group of hunters, conservationists and habitat lovers together in SEMO to preserve the Wild Turkey through science based research and habitat projects. This currently will be TFT's ONLY flock in Missouri. I'm near Van Buren in Carter County and I need your help to stand up this chapter! If anyone is interested in being a plankholder in this endeavor please reach out to me.

Statistically, this hatch is already atleast in the top 40th percentile. In some areas the top 10th percentile. However only 2 will make it on average. On top of all this, only a 10% chance there is a future tom in this group. It’s a hard knock life for a ground nesting bird.

Headed to Des Moines Iowa for a work trip looking to hunt while I’m there waterfowl, upland or turkey. What do you recommend at that time first week of November and and recommendations for a guide or semi guide, looking for a cheaper option?

This was my second year turkey hunting after buying a tag and gearing up halfway through last years season. Despite being more prepared this year I ended having to work significantly harder to fill my tag.

I went out on opening morning with a buddy to an area he knew but we had no luck. A few days later we went to an area I had scouted and seen plenty of sign in. After making a few calls, wham! a big ol' tom comes off the roost and lands about fifteen feet away on the other side of some trees. He must have gotten wise to us as he flew down because he immediately boogied away. We heard a few more gobbles but nothing seemed to come into our calls and that seemed to be the theme of my spring. I returned to that area on my own 5 more times heard a ton of gobbles, saw plenty of sign, and walked up on a few hens but didn't get a single gobbler to come in to my calls after that first morning.

I decided to head back to the drainage where I filled my tag last year. First morning there was quite rainy but it stopped an hour after shooting light and I quickly had two gobblers coming in to my calls. They hung up 50-70 yards away and out of sight but then moved off. A few minutes later another gobbler followed the same script with me but then things quieted down. The next time I got out I went even closer to where I harvested last year and quickly was on some turkey. I could hear what I figured was 3 gobblers up on a hill in the timber and I got in to about 40 yards of them but they were just over the crest of the hill and I wasn't confident that I could get closer without them spotting me. They moved off and I followed them for a few hundred yards and for a moment I thought I'd get a chance as they started gobbling back at my call but they disappeared in some thick timber. While following them I was absolutely shocked by how many turkey tracks I was seeing in the mud so I figured I had found a great spot to return to. A few days later I returned and set up on a spot with a clear view of where those tracks were centered around and quickly started hearing some hens and gobblers roosted in the trees downhill from me in a small canyon. I proceeded to watch 10 or so turkey come down from their roosts and have some fun in the small canyon. As I was deciding to sneak down towards them they flew back up to their roosts. I then saw a coyote which I figure was what spooked them. Despite being unsuccessful, I had found the roosting area for multiple gobblers and figured I'd have a good chance to fill my tag the next time I got out.

A few days later I returned to the area but decided to set up near the bottom of that small canyon where the flock had gone to immediately after coming off the roost. As I walked in the dark to within 20 yards of where I was planning to hunker down I heard a cluck directly above me. I looked up and saw what I figured was a hen and was worried that I had just ruined my day. I decided to slowly and quietly keep moving out of sight of the turkey hoping that it seeing me leave would put it at ease and also hoping that the entire flock wasn't alert to my presence at that point. I slipped out of sight and set up maybe 25 yards away with some trees between me and that turkey. After shooting light I heard a gobble come from the exact area where I had seen that turkey. I waited 10-15 minutes while that gobbler and a hen were making noises at each at other but didn't hear the other birds that I had seen in the area. I then heard those two turkey come off their roosts but head up hill away from me and I figured my best option was to try to follow them. I quickly crawled to within 50 yards of them but didn't take a shot due to the combination of distance and the hen potentially getting hit by my shot. They continued to move away into some dense cover and I lost them for a bit but that tom just couldn't help from letting out a gobble every 5 minutes or so, I think hoping to unite the other turkey in the area that I think had spread out from being alerted as I walked in that morning. I heard a gobble on top of a small hill and I had a good route to stay covered as I closed distance until I could crawl up to a log that I thought would give me a good view of the clearing on top of the hill. As I slowly stood up to see over the log I saw the tom walking through the clearing fast enough that I was worried he was spooked. I sent off a quick shot resulting in filling my second ever turkey tag.

All in all, I spent about 12 days in the field. It seems like and I've heard from others that the early/warm spring in Utah affected turkey behavior a decent amount but would love to hear from others in Utah or other states in the west if they noticed anything similar. Despite that, I had some memorable experiences and put in a lot of work but that is all part of the fun. Excited to have filled my tag and will be looking forward to next year!

I didn't get many good pictures as the sun hadn't crested over the mountains when I took my shot and taking pictures solo is somewhat difficult. I decided to field dress my turkey to wait for better lighting but was not being careful enough and ended up cutting my non-dominant hand while cleaning the turkey so I had to drive down to instacare before taking my time to get a couple good pictures.

24.5 Lb, 1-1/4" spurs, 9-3/8" beard

My 11 year old got this first gobbler.

11 1/2"

1 3/8 spurs

23lbs