I have a great spot fro Rios in Kansas.  I've "guided" 7 or 8 guys including my young son to beautiful Rio Grande gobblers.  I've sat and watched hundreds of turkeys go by at a time, counting once over 50 strutting toms below me in a green field.  Over the past 5 or 6 years I can't begin to count the days and long miles logged from Michigan to hunt out in the land of Oz. But there have been no stickbow turkeys for me out there.  Lots of frustration from too many turkeys I guess.  There have been some great opportunities passed waiting for that trophy tom and there have been a couple "perfect" shots that ended up leaving me scratching my head.

This year brought a change of scenery.  Job demands, PBS demands, and growing up kid demands just plain took Kansas out of the picture for me this year.  I have been working a lot in Oklahoma this year and was granted permission to hunt turkey on a nice little piece of riverbottom.  I arrived last night to get a little turkey hunting in before heading to the factory Monday morning.

Look what I found    :D


     

That's a great find Steve.  Congratulations! !!!!

Congrats Steve... a well deserved trophy for sure... couldn't happen to a better person.    

All I can say is he is a nice mature tom.  I didn't bring a scale, a tape measure, or (much to my surprise) a tripod for my camera.

Very nice Steve. Congrats on a fine bird.

 Tony

Beautiful bird!

Great bird, congrats.

very nice bird , congrats    

Outstanding, Steve!  Congrats!  Like so many things, when it's supposed to happen, it does.

Good job !!!

congrats on a nice bird.

Great bird!

Beauty Steve, congrats!!

Awesome! Glad you connected.
PM me with the details of a Rio hunt, I'm a turkey addict, I'd liketo give them a try.

Awesome bird steve O congrats to ya guess you gotta love traveling around finding HONEYHOLES!!

Nice turkey Steve.  And shame on you for not having one of Dan's "Hero Shots" so you could use an arrow for your camera tripod!

Way to go Steve! Good to see you're alive and flingin'!

Nice shooting Steve!  Great bird!

Way to go!

Love the pic of the turkey on your bow!  Congrats!  Is there a story??