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Title: Unusual Bird
Post by: Jake St. John 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?
(http://alectaylor.smugmug.com/photos/1218824263_3GNZ9-L.jpg)
(http://alectaylor.smugmug.com/photos/1218824207_cM6Ky-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: turkey stew on March 17, 2011, 09:12:57 PM

Never seen that! *cool* Nice bird that your friend shot!

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: Bulldogmikey on March 17, 2011, 09:13:55 PM

John I have not! But nice bird with a great call!

Mike

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: letinmfly 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!

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: BKA 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.

Brian

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: GR8CALLS 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.

Bill

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: Zumer on March 17, 2011, 09:22:31 PM

First time, I've seen it with more then one feather.....

    A fine gobbler *up*

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: jmck on March 17, 2011, 09:30:18 PM

wander what the reason for that is ????----the black feathers

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: Barefoot on March 17, 2011, 10:23:43 PM

Hmmmm.... the ol' boy might have a little buzzard back up the family tree. *wha*

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: BOB_HARWELL on March 17, 2011, 10:30:43 PM

 You hit the nail on the head Barefoot. Mixed with buzzard a ways back.

           BOB

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: J R Hunt Camp on March 18, 2011, 04:56:54 AM

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

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: MKW on March 18, 2011, 06:34:25 AM

I've seen that a lot in pictures, but have never killed one like that myself.

Mike

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: firedup 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

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: AlanKrow 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

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: J.L. Erb 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.

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: wiltznucs on March 18, 2011, 02:03:47 PM

A friend of mine from UT came to hunt with me in GA a few years back.  His son took his first gobbler and it had a single black feather in each wing.  I havent seen another one since..

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: triune on March 18, 2011, 09:47:26 PM

I've been told a turkey will mate with anything it can.  Crow or Buzzard?  Who knows. ;D
That is a cool picture.  Haven't personally seen it, just in pictures.

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: Ryan T on March 22, 2011, 11:03:12 AM

I have killed a few on my place like that... They always have light colored feet, in my experience... Was told it was a melanin deficiency...

Here's one from 2 years ago, he had matching black on either side... He was a hard headed, long spurred field turkey! He was a headache for over
a week...

(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee209/jrtaylo/2of09005.jpg)

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: Jake St. John on March 27, 2011, 09:57:25 AM

Quote from: Southern Spur 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.

Spur, Alec has called up two more kills with the box since this was posted.  One was his, and another for his boss on his land.

He also shot these pictures the other day and I quote"instead of the camera. In all actuality, I get the same joy from shooting them with the camera as I do with the twice barrel. 

I had this guy at 10 yards at one point strutting, but couldn't move the camera to get pictures of it. I also had him gobbling at 15 yards but, again, couldn't move. One day it's all gonna come together and I will get pictures of him strutting and gobbling, but until then, I am very content getting pictures like this."
(http://alectaylor.smugmug.com/photos/1226411139_aXrNf-L.jpg)

(http://alectaylor.smugmug.com/photos/1226412503_37tQu-L.jpg)

Title: Re: Unusual Bird
Post by: Porter on March 27, 2011, 10:16:55 AM

I've never seen one like that, but it's a great bird and awesome picture there!!!