April '05 limbhanger longbeard from Northern Idaho.

Story:

This was a big boy of the area. A 9 1/2 inch beard and honest 1 1/8 inch spurs on both sides. Long, curved and pointy. A definite limbhanger.

I set up in the wrong place for the fly down and he had a different place he wanted to be with the hens and jakes. He wouldn't come to me but answered my calls. I can take a hint so I went away for about two hours and came back. He answered the yelps from my long box. I closed the distance by about a hundred yards and before I could get sat down he walked in. Bang.

Notice his neck? I laid him in the shade while I scouted elsewhere for a couple of hours. When I came back the ravens and magpies had discovered his concealed carcass. Apparently they hunt by smell as well as sight. They pecked most of the meat off his neck and helped themselves to his viscera. So now I know what not to do next year.

Limb hanger with 1 1/8 inch spurs