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Jake St. John

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Unusual Bird
« on: March 17, 2011, 09:10:11 PM »
Had a friend that just go a Gator Gobbling Stribling style call of mine from the Baby Dolly house, send me this picture of a bird that he just killed with it.  Notice the two solid black Primary feathers on the left wing.  Has anyone seen this trait before?

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Offline turkey stew

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 09:12:57 PM »
Never seen that! *cool* Nice bird that your friend shot!
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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 09:13:55 PM »
John I have not! But nice bird with a great call!

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 09:14:45 PM »
Quote from: turkey stew on March 17, 2011, 09:12:57 PM
Never seen that! *cool* Nice bird that your friend shot!
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Offline BKA

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 09:16:57 PM »
Yea John,
Just seen a bird on the Ol skinn shack thread. Jeff from Twisting Creek killed one with a single black feather on the right wing. Check out that thread.

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2011, 09:18:22 PM »
 Nice bird! I have seen that before.....in two colors...mostly black but one in redish brown.

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2011, 09:22:31 PM »
First time, I've seen it with more then one feather.....

    A fine gobbler *up*
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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2011, 09:30:18 PM »
wander what the reason for that is ????----the black feathers
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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2011, 10:23:43 PM »
Hmmmm.... the ol' boy might have a little buzzard back up the family tree. *wha*
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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2011, 10:30:43 PM »
 You hit the nail on the head Barefoot. Mixed with buzzard a ways back.

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2011, 04:56:54 AM »

... congrats on the fine gobbler killed with your caller ... ;D

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 06:34:25 AM »
I've seen that a lot in pictures, but have never killed one like that myself.

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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2011, 07:29:07 AM »
Nice bird!  Great pics! ;D Different color feathers are unusual but not unheard of.  Many books, L.Williams, Dickson, ect also talk about it. From the NWTF site.

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Feathers:
•Males: Gobblers have iridescent red, green, copper, bronze and gold feathers. They use these bright colors to great advantage when attracting females during breeding season.
•Females: Hens have drab, usually brown or gray feathers. They make great camouflage and hide hens when they sit on their nests.
•Color Phases: A few wild turkeys grow unusually colored feathers. These are known as color phases. There are four color phases, a smokey gray color phase, a melanistic color phase (all black), an erythritic color phase (reddish coloration) and an albino color phase (very rare).
http://www.nwtf.org/all_about_turkeys/new_turkey_look.html
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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2011, 07:43:33 AM »
Quote from: J R Hunt Camp on March 18, 2011, 04:56:54 AM

... congrats on the fine gobbler killed with your caller ... ;D


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Re: Unusual Bird
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2011, 07:46:08 AM »
Congrats on the Stribling kill. Nice Bird.  8)  *cheers*  *cool*  8)

I see that once er twice a year on the Forums. Twice already this year.
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