I shot a huge turkey today. What's the biggest one you've shot?

I was hanging out near a little pond on the other side of our farm today, and I had my 30-30 with me. I was just shooting beer bottles and turtles until I saw a HUGE turkey about 50 yards away. I got up and slowly walked as close as I could to it. I aimed, and shot it in the neck. It dropped instantly. So I strapped it on my 4-Wheeler and rode back to the house, and I got a tape measurer, and measured it. The beard was 13.75 inches long! It weighted 23 pounds too! I've never shot anything close to as big as this one before. My old record was a 6 inch beard and a 16 pounder. Me and my dad are gonna see if it's some kind of county record or something tomorrow. Now I know some of you are gonna say, "the turkey I had for thanksgiving was bigger than that". Well those turkeys are farm-raised not wild. This is HUGE for a wild turkey. I can't get it off my mind!

So the measurements are:

Beard: 13.75

Weight: 23 pound turkey(with feathers0

You sick bastard! Why the hell were you shooting turtles???Ninja_Dog

You sick bastard! Why the hell were you shooting turtles???Ninja_Dog

You sick bastard! Why the hell were you shooting turtles???Ninja_Dog

You complain and yet as gamers some of us worship a portly plumber jumping on the little blighters - I mean for shame!

Alright, you shot a number of completely defenseless animals for your own personal pleasure. Congratulations. elblanquito_81

Alright, you shot a number of completely defenseless animals for your own personal pleasure. Congratulations. elblanquito_81

i never got anything. I was forced to go hunting as a kid, but it was like 3 1/2 hours away and since it was that far away we were out there like at 6:00 am and didn't get home until after 9:00. I only saw like 1 deer out of all the times i went hunting, and we were walking and i didn't even think to shoot. Guess i'm not made out to be a hunter :(Poedon