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General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Blackfalcon on February 05, 2011, 11:28:28 AM

Title: An ugly turkey
Post by: Blackfalcon on February 05, 2011, 11:28:28 AM

I was talking via web cam to a friend of mine in Australia, and was surprised when she said there were wild turkeys there, ugly birds she said and to my surprise  she said no one hunted them. I told her it was one of my obsessions, turkey hunting, and that I thought they were beautiful birds. After seeing a picture of the wild turkeys they have down under, I can understand her opinion!  ROTFLMBO ROTFLMBO
(http://i398.photobucket.com/albums/pp66/dhodgkins/australianbrushturkey.jpg)
Australian Brush Turkey

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Gitzit69 on February 05, 2011, 11:33:34 AM

Beauty is skin deep but that is ugly to the bone.

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: letinmfly on February 05, 2011, 11:33:52 AM

YIKES!!  :o

That is one ugly bird!!  *wha*

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: charlieparrish on February 05, 2011, 12:16:58 PM

Looks like a cross with a buzzard

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: superstrutter on February 05, 2011, 12:32:17 PM

Looks like a gobbler raped a turkey buzzard! UGLY! ;D

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: SS Custom Calls on February 05, 2011, 12:33:46 PM

Bet Porter likes it, it's got yeller on it!!  ;D

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Blackfalcon on February 05, 2011, 12:38:19 PM

The yellow is from a diet consisting of hedge apples and prickly pears, I think we should pass the hat and import some to Porter's and Daryl's hunting land. Can you imagine the look on Porters face if they called one of these guys in?? ROTFLMBO

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: SS Custom Calls on February 05, 2011, 12:40:16 PM

Heck, he wouldn't have his red dot turned on!  :o

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Post by: rocfish13 on February 05, 2011, 03:08:06 PM

I wonder if they *gobble* !!!   ???   Roc   *up* *up*

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Dcoleinpa on February 05, 2011, 03:22:09 PM

Yikes!

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Bulldogmikey on February 05, 2011, 03:52:17 PM

Out Turkey Buzzards look better than that! :ghost: :ghost: :ghost:

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: M Sharpe on February 05, 2011, 04:40:45 PM

I was browsing on a fella's website the other day (not going to say who's) and saw Porter kneeling behind a couple that looked about that scrawny.

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: West Augusta on February 05, 2011, 05:03:52 PM

Ugly or not, if it'll gobble and come to a call, I would hunt it. *up*

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Dragonfly on February 05, 2011, 07:58:52 PM

Cool, lets go hunt those suckers.  Whats really amazing is how much they really look like RAPTORS from the Before man days. :o  Don't they???--- Do they Gobble???

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: stevelumma on February 05, 2011, 08:28:06 PM

Gotta disagree, That is a strikingly beautiful bird!!!!  Thanks for posting that

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: M Sharpe on February 05, 2011, 08:49:52 PM

Looks like a chicken that stuck his head somewhere it didn't need to be.

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: jmck on February 05, 2011, 08:54:30 PM

buzzaed....vulture.....one ugly bird. One only Porter could appreciate

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Barefoot on February 05, 2011, 09:28:39 PM

How would you score one of those things? *wha*

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Gitzit69 on February 05, 2011, 11:25:28 PM

Man these Bush turkeys are tough,

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Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: drabndouble on February 06, 2011, 07:01:50 AM

Watched the utoob video . I think if you fellers are gonna hunt 'em , ya better have a back up gunbearer. Any bird that size that can put a giant lizard to runnin' jus' mite attack if ya miss or wound it .

 Might consider the fightin' purr call and some 00Buck .

 Also , now we know why they don't hunt 'em,,,,probably more dangerous than cape buff.

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: mikey715 on February 07, 2011, 01:36:42 AM

I vote...Buzzard!!

(http://i607.photobucket.com/albums/tt152/papaturkey/481px-Australian_Brush-turkey_head.jpg)

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: Crappiepro on February 07, 2011, 04:20:57 AM

Does it Bite?

Title: Re: An ugly turkey
Post by: hunter22 on February 07, 2011, 04:58:10 AM

Turkey Vulture comes to mind when I look at that ugly thing.