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General Discussion => General Forum => Topic started by: Burlyduck on April 07, 2014, 07:06:47 AM

Title: Red phase eastern?
Post by: Burlyduck on April 07, 2014, 07:06:47 AM
Do y'all know if this is a red phase bird? And how rare are they?
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Post by: MKMGOBL on April 07, 2014, 07:15:15 AM
If it looks like this one I guess......(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v449/MK-M-GOBL/buffgobbler.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/MK-M-GOBL/media/buffgobbler.jpg.html)
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Post by: hookedspur on April 07, 2014, 07:19:40 AM
Beautiful Birds
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Post by: Woodsman4God on April 07, 2014, 09:04:42 AM
Beautiful Bird, Congrats
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Post by: slamman on April 07, 2014, 09:09:03 AM
great looking birds.
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Post by: eddie234 on April 07, 2014, 09:09:55 AM
Wow. Thats neat.

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Post by: TRKYHTR on April 07, 2014, 09:32:50 AM
Yes it is and yes they are rare. The most rare is the Black phase, then the red phase and then smoke phase. Congrats on a great gobbler.

Joe
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Post by: MKMGOBL on April 07, 2014, 09:35:28 AM
FYI...the photo I posted in NOT mine or anyone I know. It was on Nitro Ammunitions web site years ago in the successful hunters photos. It's called it a buff phase.
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Post by: Gooserbat on April 07, 2014, 10:16:06 AM
It's at least a little different and Congrats!
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Post by: DirtNap647 on April 07, 2014, 01:52:42 PM
nice one  :icon_thumright:
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Post by: boomer on April 07, 2014, 02:01:39 PM
Great looking bird!!
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Post by: spur collector on April 07, 2014, 05:14:28 PM
Nice
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Post by: jblackburn on April 07, 2014, 06:42:37 PM
beautiful bird!
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Post by: memert116 on April 07, 2014, 07:01:39 PM
Beautiful.... :icon_thumright:
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Post by: tomstopper on April 07, 2014, 07:38:59 PM
Beautiful birds gents. Congrats....
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Post by: Old Timer53 on April 07, 2014, 07:48:06 PM

  One fine gobbler for sure
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Post by: Hitman 23 on April 07, 2014, 09:27:08 PM
Nice looking birds
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Post by: hunter-b on April 07, 2014, 10:05:38 PM
Nice Birds !
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Post by: eman375 on April 07, 2014, 11:06:56 PM
Wow, pretty awesome.  You never know what mother nature is gonna send your way...
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Post by: YJSONLY on April 07, 2014, 11:30:20 PM
What causes this to happen besides its nature?
Title: Red phase eastern?
Post by: COssman14 on April 08, 2014, 12:31:54 AM
Beautiful birds!


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Post by: troutfisher13111 on April 08, 2014, 06:50:36 AM
Very cool! I would have to get a full body mount.
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Post by: bamagtrdude on April 08, 2014, 11:46:16 AM
Wow, pretty!!

Hey, an old timer turkey hunter friend said the original Eastern birds were a smaller species of birds than what we're hunting these days; said they were skinnier & scrappier birds (16-18 lbs *fighters*)...  Any truth to that story?
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Post by: surehuntsalot on April 08, 2014, 08:58:16 PM
beautiful
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Post by: JVA54 on April 08, 2014, 09:14:55 PM
Congrats
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Post by: jdub2041 on April 10, 2014, 08:01:07 PM
Beautiful birds! I would love to into one of those
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Post by: RutnNStrutn on April 11, 2014, 06:29:27 PM
I took this Osceola 3 years ago. Would you guys consider this a red phase? I noted that it was very red, but didn't think of that. I did notice that the bird in the first picture of this post has wing bars and his body looks pretty normally colored, as does my bird. But the bird in the 2nd picture of this post is red all over and the wing bars are absent. Your thoughts?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/RutnNStrutn/Hunting%20Pics/Osceola11e.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/RutnNStrutn/media/Hunting%20Pics/Osceola11e.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/RutnNStrutn/Hunting%20Pics/Osceola11h.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/RutnNStrutn/media/Hunting%20Pics/Osceola11h.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v476/RutnNStrutn/Hunting%20Pics/Osceola11f.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/RutnNStrutn/media/Hunting%20Pics/Osceola11f.jpg.html)
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Post by: matchbook454 on April 12, 2014, 09:43:22 PM
Burlyduck - yes that is a true red wild turkey.  MKMGobble - your bird looks like it might be mixed with a domestic turkey such as a bourbon.  A true wild strain will have pencil lines in the tail feathers such as Burly ducks.  I happened to shoot one almost identical to his 2 years ago in WI and did a ton of research on it at that time. Although he was just a 2 yr. old with an 8.5" beard and 1/2" spurs I mounted him.  Here he is -
(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg282/matchbook454/tn1.jpg) (http://s251.photobucket.com/user/matchbook454/media/tn1.jpg.html)
(http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg282/matchbook454/tn.jpg) (http://s251.photobucket.com/user/matchbook454/media/tn.jpg.html)
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