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Offline Hobie

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KY Opening Day Bird
« on: April 22, 2010, 09:46:09 PM »
Had an awesome hunt in KY.Left PA at 5pm on 4/16/10 drove 12 hours  straight threw and arrived in Elizabethtown KY at 5am for the opener.Drove 45 minutes more to the hunting land.Raced to beat day light and at 7:05 am had one on the ground.
The bird stats
22 lbs 13ozs
1 3/8 hooked spurs on each leg
12" beard

I thought you would be bigger

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2010, 09:50:15 PM »
Congrats on a great bird Job!!  RkLu

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2010, 09:52:04 PM »
Nice Bird! Congratulations. Made all that driving worth it!

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2010, 10:10:30 PM »
Dang fine bird, Job. Heck of a beard. Couldna died for a finer fella. Congrats

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2010, 10:11:15 PM »
nice bird job.

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2010, 10:25:19 PM »
Good Job, Big Buddy........

     Ya drove all that way to be there for the opener and were eating breakfast by 8am..... RkLu

     A fine harvest and should be great table fare......Stats were pretty awesome, too..

      Your smile tells the rest of the story..... *bowing*

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2010, 05:08:49 AM »

... congrats on the very fine KY gobbler right there Job - with determination like that drive you made, he didn't stand a chance - "what a tank" ...  8) 8) 8)

"would sure hate to hav' to pick between the two of 'em"                                                                                     TFM 101 ... ::)

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2010, 06:18:21 AM »
Nice bird congrats Job!!! *up*

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #8 on: April 23, 2010, 07:57:20 AM »
Congrats on a good bird! *up*

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #9 on: April 23, 2010, 10:07:56 AM »
Congrats Job!

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #10 on: April 23, 2010, 10:55:23 AM »
Well done Job, you look wide awake.. *up*

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #11 on: April 24, 2010, 10:15:15 AM »
Great bird from the Commonwealth !! *ride*
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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #12 on: April 24, 2010, 08:15:55 PM »
Great job

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2010, 06:10:55 PM »
Congrats. Job that bird was worth the trip that is what you call determination.
Jon   *cheers*

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Re: KY Opening Day Bird
« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2010, 10:23:29 PM »
Congrats on a Bluegrass Thunder Chicken......  *bowing*

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