FairWeather
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Today’s the day! Can’t wait for work to be over so I can get out there and hopefully get a gobbler to come in. Working on convincing my wife to come along, too. She’s never tagged along for a turkey hunt yet.
Gobble gobble Spring Turkey 2025
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Carnage2011
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Good start to the season.
A Jake, a Tom, a shed, a fossil, and an ambered hunk of petrified wood.
Zero regret taking off early from work today. The Tom is an absolute tank of a bird. Luckily I was able to drop them in the field above the river and drive up to them.
Zero regret taking off early from work today. The Tom is an absolute tank of a bird. Luckily I was able to drop them in the field above the river and drive up to them.
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Irrelevant
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Today was opening day in WA. I've been way to busy and stressed at work to even think about hunting. But I did manage to go for a run before work. Not 200 yards from my driveway I ran by two toms gobbling their brains off.
mrcowboy
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mrcowboy
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Best part is the 12 gauge. Dad's from Montgomery ward's. 60s.
mrcowboy
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Yes definitely not bright red. Spurs suggested juvenile bird. Beard was 6 or so inches long.
Nice one! Pretty damn good 1st bird too.
Talked to her last night and she was a happy gal! Find any sheds?
Be see you guys soon.
Gellar
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You should send a sample in to that guy they had the meat eater podcast who is doing DNA samples of turkeys to see it’s genetic makeup.
jpc01101
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mrcowboy
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We split up yesterday. She wanted to hunt some birds that we'd seen earlier this spring and I wanted to hit the big hills. I heard one gobble off in the distance at about 10 am. Found a nice mule deer set. Seen some grouse and a lot of doe. She was pumped. We'll hunt on sat too.
mrcowboy
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Looking at the tail feathers we thought it might have some Rio Grande. Where she was hunting, I thought there were only Merriam's.You should send a sample in to that guy they had the meat eater podcast who is doing DNA samples of turkeys to see it’s genetic makeup.
Nick87
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Pretty cool.We got my wife on one last night in terrible wind white/blonde beard have never seen that before View attachment 368669
WildWill
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Before clicking on your thumbnail and seeing the fan I literally thought "is that a NM rio?". Not sure where you are but I've seen them in the NE corner all the way west of Raton.
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That’s cool! Ive never seen or heard of thatWe got my wife on one last night in terrible wind white/blonde beard have never seen that before View attachment 368669
mdeerjunkie
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It’s a good day in Nm
You should send a sample in to that guy they had the meat eater podcast who is doing DNA samples of turkeys to see it’s genetic makeup.
I started a new thread encouraging hunters to consider this with their unique turkeys (this spring) and more regular turkeys next year
Turkey DNA initiative started, requesting hunter harvested samples
I first saw this on a YouTube video where Dr Mike Chamberlain was asking for folks to help this partnership of researchers to get DNA samples (front part of a turkey's tongue requested) for DNA analysis. He was asking for photos to be sent to him for evaluating the "oddness" of a...
www.hunttalk.com
jpc01101
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I think people call it beard rot, but it is apparently a melanin deficiency. It is crazy brittle. Very unique.
