North Colorado Rio/Merriam Hybrid

[publichunter1]

Went high and low yesterday morning. Thankfully the good Lord let me punch another kind of Colorado tag! He wasn't the oldest bird but had a great gobble and a 7" beard. Biologist said he was a Rio/Merriam hybrid. I'll take it any day for my first CO bird. Sadly you only get one tag out here though.

 

[JohnCushman]

Congrats!

 

[7mm08mo]

Cool!! I think it would be neat to turkey hunt in elk country.

 

[noharleyyet]

I love watching turkey during elk season. Usually see tons of em. Nice job publichunter.

 

[1_pointer]

Nicely done!!

 

[publichunter1]

Thanks guys. It was an awesome experience and is a great workout for elk season.

 

[Tylerm]

Nice work that a tough turkey hunt for sure! Congrats!

 

[Outdooraddict]

Keep tight lipped about that place if it is anywhere near where you are from! When I was in college we struggled to find a place to hunt turkeys up there- se we headed much further south.

 

[Bowhuntrben]

Very nice! Looks like a fun place to go turkey hunting!

 

[publichunter1]

Keep tight lipped about that place if it is anywhere near where you are from! When I was in college we struggled to find a place to hunt turkeys up there- se we headed much further south.

It's definitely hard finding a decent place out here. Found one place on the NF that had several birds but several more hunters. Found this straggler on a piece on West were there were no other hunters.

This is pretty much the only time I will ever get to hunt them out this way but I have some buddies who will inherit the spot.