Hunting on Ranger Creek Ranch in Texas
(Spring of 2004)

My big Rio shot on Sunday.  He had a 10 inch beard and 1 1/8 inch spurs. He hung up on me and  I had to crawl 30 yards through the grass to get close enough for a shot.  Got him!

Two longbeards that Ed and I got the first 30 minutes we were hunting.  My bird had a 9 inch beard and 1 1/8 inch spurs.  Ed's had 3/4 inch spurs and a 9 inch beard.

Emory's second bird.  He killed him on the same track as the first.  He was a good bird with 1 inch spurs, but had a short beard (broke off, I reckon).

Emory's first bird.  He blew his head off!   He was a good bird with 3/4 inch spurs and an 8 inch beard.  He had a pretty fan didn't he. 

This is George's bird.  He took him on Sunday morning.  He was  a good bird with a 9 inch beard and 1 inch spurs.

We killed 6 birds in 3 days, and all of them were longbeards.  The new ranch limit was two birds, so we could only take two.  Emory and I both limited out and George and Ed got one bird each.

Hunting on Tiny Bell Plantation 
and Four Oaks Farm in Georgia
(Spring of 2004)

Hunting in Arkansas
(Spring of 2004)

Pottsville longbeard I killed behind my house on a windy, rainy, dark morning.  The hunt lasted about 15 minutes.  He weighed over 20 lbs, had a 10 1/2 inch beard and 1 inch spurs. 

Friends Gobblers from 2004.