2nd year of harvest of our 2 Texas Subspecies - Rio and Eastern

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
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Congratulations.

Way to go. Congratulations!

Gman

Great year!

Awesome. Sounds like you have a hot spot on the Easterns.

Congrats! Can't hurt to know where they're released!!

Can't beat that! now time for a deep fryer!!

Congratulations. Great report and pictures. You're gonna make me put an eastern on my bucket list.

Awesome!

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.

Great job and congrats Tjack! Hopefully I'll be checking the Rio off for this season in the morning.

Nice, congrats!

Good luck!

Congratulation on a good year.