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Cinco de Mayo Gould’s- 4 bearded tom

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Yesterday morning I got set up 90 yards from a roost tree well before sunrise. The gobblers were on fire but had a ton of hens so they didn’t fly down to my decoys or in my direction. 20-30 minutes after fly down with nothing wanting to come in, I circled around to try and get in front of them. The flock had switched directions and was now going back towards where I was first set up. I hightailed it to get in front of them again and gave a few soft clucks. Before too long, the big multi bearded tom I’d seen the night before and last weekend was in full strut with his hens coming in. I waited until he was out of strut and shot him at about 10 yards. After some pics my friends and I were back to camp for carne asada tacos by 7:30. The bird weighed 22 pounds, both spurs are 7/8”, and the longest beard is 10 1/2”

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beautiful bird and way to go getting it done. Isn't it rare for four beards. I've heard of two or three, but not four.

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58 minutes ago, ronk said:

beautiful bird and way to go getting it done. Isn't it rare for four beards. I've heard of two or three, but not four.

Thank you. Yes, from what I kind find, this should be the biggest Gould’s killed in AZ according to NWTF and SCI scoring systems. The first three NWTF entries in the US have 3 beards

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16 hours ago, backcountry_brad said:

Thank you. Yes, from what I kind find, this should be the biggest Gould’s killed in AZ according to NWTF and SCI scoring systems. The first three NWTF entries in the US have 3 beards

Dude congrats if you need help on a mount hit me up!

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That's a SUPER cool tom. Congrats. I'm guessing you're going to do a fully body mount. 

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54 minutes ago, Coach said:

That's a SUPER cool tom. Congrats. I'm guessing you're going to do a fully body mount. 

Thank you! Yep, dropped him off at the taxidermist this morning 

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With elk season over, I moved over to the Turkey thread to build anticipation for Spring 2024 with my son and got a look at this 4 beard. That is Bad A**!!! And at 10yrs!!! Nice sharing, with pics. I’m excited for another Turkey season. 

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