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Dr. Cliff Higgins

Posted 5/7/2008 3:30:46 AM

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These ol' Easterns have been tough in Arkansas this season. I gave up a week of our season to hunt the Goulds in Mexico. You can see my photos of that trip in the General topic section of this website. I did finally manage to bag on the next to the last day of our AR season. I shot this three year old tom at 7:20 am May 1. He had a 10 1/2 in. beard, one inch spurs that were sharp, but he had been so busy with the hens, he only weighed 18 lbs.! He didn't have an ounce of fat on him, and his feathers were worn off of his breast bone area. But, he was still wanting some lovin'! He was just lookin' for love in all the wrong places when he got to within 35 yards of my Benelli. I used a Matt VanCise Signature series call to lure this bad boy into the "strike zone".

I mentioned in an earlier post about shaving my beard if my daughter killed a turkey, well I gave into the kids and let it go. My littlest seems to like kissin' on daddy better without the whiskers. I should have shaved a long time ago!