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greybark
04-26-2007, 10:54 AM
8-) What is the heaviest B.C. turkey you have witnessed ???? (birds OK) and heard about ???/

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ARC
04-26-2007, 12:40 PM
The heaviest bird I have seen was 21 lbs. Some guy at a banquet once told me he took a 27 pounder, but I don't know if he was just bs'ing or not.
eastkoot
04-26-2007, 02:22 PM
Last years was 22 lbs and buddy got one this year 20, hopefully one more to go!!
kishman
04-26-2007, 03:04 PM
One of the guys over at Hub sports mentioned a 25 lbs. bird being taken by a friend of his.
Rainwater
04-26-2007, 03:37 PM
48lbs from Creston.
sawmill
04-26-2007, 03:51 PM
48lbs from Creston.
Was it white?
shoot to kill
04-26-2007, 04:16 PM
One of the guys over at Hub sports mentioned a 25 lbs. bird being taken by a friend of his.

Was it Travis? He was probably under the influece, those guys haven't killed a turkey in years. :lol:
300H&H
04-26-2007, 04:22 PM
My bird this year was a honest 20lbs.
Rainwater
04-26-2007, 04:45 PM
It was an old guy that shot it in Creston and it was weighed in at 48 lbs.
mark
04-26-2007, 08:09 PM
How are guys weighing their birds... fish scales, ungutted??? Id be surprized if my bird was under 20 lbs. they feel much heavier!
Chuck
04-27-2007, 10:21 AM
It was an old guy that shot it in Creston and it was weighed in at 48 lbs.


I think that this was a "tended" bird, semi tame and was hand fed a special diet over an extended period of time. Definitely non-typical.
Rainwater
04-27-2007, 10:44 AM
Like most of the birds in Creston they are sometimes fed by a bucket by a little old gal.
TRACKnTRAIL
04-27-2007, 03:23 PM
Does anyone know if the white domestic turkeys grow a beard?
tracker
04-27-2007, 04:52 PM
mine was 21 pounds
weighed it on a digital bathroom scale ,its always been very accurate .
huntwriter
04-28-2007, 09:32 AM
8-) What is the heaviest B.C. turkey you have witnessed ???? (birds OK) and heard about ???/

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So far I have not been able to hunt turkeys here in BC. Neither have I witnessed or heard of any turkey weights here in BC. But in an attempt to answer your question I can tell you what hunters can expect. British Columbia’s turkey population is mainly made up of the subspecies Merriam’s wild turkey. The Merriam’s are slightly smaller than the eastern wild turkey, occasionally growing to weigh as much as 27 pounds.

BC is also home to a smaller population of the subspecies Rio Grande wild turkey. In size and coloration these birds are very similar to the Merriam’s wild turkey and rarely exceed the weight of 26 pounds.

The Eastern wild turkey does not yet call BC its home but soon will as it slowly migrates from a small flock in Washington State into BC. The Eastern Wild turkey has the largest and most wide spread population today. An adult tom can weigh as much as 26 pounds.

The only official weighing and measuring methods of trophy turkeys are those of the National Wild Turkey Federation. All measurements are taken in 1/16 inch. The weight is in pounds only.