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 Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/23/25 07:51 PM
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Had a couple of nice Toms appear the last few days in Lavaca County. ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/userpics/2025/03/full-65124-448190-20250323_144548.jpg)
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/24/25 02:56 PM
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/24/25 05:22 PM
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/25/25 12:33 AM
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/25/25 03:31 PM
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I've honestly never hunted turkey in my life. How can one definitely tell the difference between a Tom and a Jake. Can Jakes even be shot or is it like shooting a yearling deer or even against the law?
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/25/25 03:38 PM
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I've honestly never hunted turkey in my life. How can one definitely tell the difference between a Tom and a Jake. Can Jakes even be shot or is it like shooting a yearling deer or even against the law? A jake will have an uneven fan, where a tom has uniform length in tail feathers. Nice young tom in the photo and once his beard grows out, a good trophy! Jakes are legal by the way.
Last edited by Dalroo; 03/25/25 03:39 PM.
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/25/25 03:39 PM
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No it doesn't, the last 3 feathers of the fan are juvenile feathers. They aren't always way shorter, sometimes just slightly.
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/25/25 06:30 PM
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I've honestly never hunted turkey in my life. How can one definitely tell the difference between a Tom and a Jake. Can Jakes even be shot or is it like shooting a yearling deer or even against the law? Its all about the evenness of the fan and the length of the beard, my personal rule of thumb is a 6" fan minimum, while jakes are legal i dont wanna kill one.
Some days you're the pigeon, other days you are the statue!
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Re: Big boy at the feeder the other day
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03/26/25 12:07 AM
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I've honestly never hunted turkey in my life. How can one definitely tell the difference between a Tom and a Jake. Can Jakes even be shot or is it like shooting a yearling deer or even against the law? Its all about the evenness of the fan and the length of the beard, my personal rule of thumb is a 6" fan minimum, while jakes are legal i dont wanna kill one. I didn't catch this until it was too late to edit, I meant to say 6" beard
Some days you're the pigeon, other days you are the statue!
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