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Post by Dutch on Mar 7, 2015 16:57:55 GMT -5
Don't worry about the yotes, they only eat mice...  |
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Post by Muab Dib on Mar 7, 2015 17:01:29 GMT -5
Sorry, just deleted it . I'll try to get them back up.
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Post by Muab Dib on Mar 7, 2015 17:05:33 GMT -5
Two that need to go...Michaux St. Forest  Any one ever see a turkey that white in the wild? Inbred somewhere along the line with a domestic?  Muab |
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Post by acorn20 on Mar 7, 2015 22:20:16 GMT -5
Yea Muab. I've actually seen whiter turkeys than that in WMA 5A down around Greencastle. We've had two in the flocks down there that we've been trying to get. There's a name for that color but right now it escapes me.
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Post by acorn20 on Mar 7, 2015 22:30:21 GMT -5
That particular white color phase is called the "smoke" phase which is one of the four distinct color variations of wild turkeys from what is considered the usual bronze plummage. The other colors are "erythritic" or red phase, "melanistic" or black phase, and the albinos which are white with pink eyes. My understanding is nearly all smoke color birds are hens.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2015 22:43:13 GMT -5
Get em Maub!
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Post by bowbum on Mar 8, 2015 9:26:51 GMT -5
I posted this last year ----- we are seeing and hearing about more of these color oddities every year.  |
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Post by trapperrick on Mar 14, 2015 12:01:52 GMT -5
That is a super cool looking gobbler! That trail camera you have Muab Dib takes excellent photos.
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Post by lanceoutfitters on Mar 22, 2015 10:32:13 GMT -5
When we get a bird like that the game and parks gives us a free tag to go kill it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2015 10:55:39 GMT -5
When we get a bird like that the game and parks gives us a free tag to go kill it. What is the reasoning for this? Just wondering is there something wrong with the bird? |
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Post by feathers on Mar 23, 2015 9:08:00 GMT -5
looks like the tom's momma met up with a broad breasted white tom ...they all inter breed
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Post by lanceoutfitters on May 19, 2015 18:18:46 GMT -5
When we get a bird like that the game and parks gives us a free tag to go kill it. What is the reasoning for this? Just wondering is there something wrong with the bird? It's because around here they are cross breeds of domestic and wild turkeys. They don't want that to continue so they try to eliminate every one they can. |
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