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 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/18/15 08:39 PM
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Second year in a row I was blessed to take subspecies of turkey we have here in Texas. Started out in Junction a few weeks back when I took a great rio that I harvested only 2 hours after arriving at the 900 acre ranch our chapter hunts annually. He weighed in at 20 lbs, had an 11 inch beard and 1 inch spurs. Then opening day of east TX season God blessed me to take another great eastern gobbler on public land in the same area as last year. Had 2 birds come in...scared the crap out of us as loud as the gobble was that came through the trees. A few minutes later I took the dominant bird out of the two. He was 22lbs, 10 inch beard, and 1 1/4 spurs. Now I guess I'm done for the season, but I'm surely thankful for two birds I was able to harvest and thankful for every opportunity that I had to chase birds this year. Now looking forward the the next.... Junction Rio  Eastern Gobbler [img] https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/...4_1018513399753[/img]
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/18/15 09:02 PM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/18/15 09:29 PM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/18/15 10:11 PM
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Way to go. Congratulations!
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/18/15 10:37 PM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/18/15 11:41 PM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/19/15 12:25 AM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/19/15 04:16 AM
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Awesome. Sounds like you have a hot spot on the Easterns.
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/19/15 06:14 AM
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Congrats! Can't hurt to know where they're released!!
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/19/15 10:09 AM
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Can't beat that! now time for a deep fryer!! 
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/19/15 11:23 AM
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Congratulations. Great report and pictures. You're gonna make me put an eastern on my bucket list.
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/21/15 06:50 PM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/24/15 07:11 PM
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Congrats! Can't hurt to know where they're released!! Thanks...The release areas that I'm aware of don't yet have a season. The area I hunt easterns now came from a couple of years of scouting, research and communication with folks who knew a lot more than me on where the birds were.
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/25/15 03:39 AM
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Great job and congrats Tjack! Hopefully I'll be checking the Rio off for this season in the morning.
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/25/15 04:05 PM
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/25/15 08:00 PM
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Great job and congrats Tjack! Hopefully I'll be checking the Rio off for this season in the morning. Good luck!
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Re: 2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern
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04/25/15 08:03 PM
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Congratulation on a good year. 
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where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.�
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