Kirk Beckstrand had a great turkey season this year. He secured a piece of private land to hunt that had a great turkey population.  He even had gobblers battling in front of him among his decoys. 

On May 1st he connected on a tom with a 9 inch beard, and 3/4 inch spurs.

Then he connected again on the 17th with a 10 inch beard and 1 inch spurs.

Those birds along with his opening weekend success on a young tom, filled out his 3 tom allotment for the 2009 California turkey season.

“I was very happy with the year; I got all three with my bow.”