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Need's Another Year!

Started by guesswho, April 08, 2019, 03:33:49 PM

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Turkeyman

Passing on birds beyond two years old can be foolish at times. Most conservation departments I'm aware of that even classify birds do so as birds of the year, two year olds and mature adults. Granted, if you don't kill them they may be around next year...maybe. It brings to mind an instance in Missouri I read a number of years ago when they were trapping and transfering. They trapped and banded a jake, transferred him to another county. He was shot and brought to a, at the time, mandatory check station. He had a 9 1/8" beard, weighed under 20# and had 1 1/8" spurs. He was seven years old. Moral of the story: once a bird is a mature adult, his vital statistics can be rather iffy and it can be anybody's guess regarding age. Now...if you can definitely identify a particular bird due to some physical trait or distinctive gobble that's a different story.

guesswho

I'm pretty sure I'd recognize him, especially up close.
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singlestrand

Jakes get a pass. Beyond that a Tom is a Tom.

chatterbox

He's a great bird, and thanks for sharing Ronnie!

Crghss

Since you have other places to hunt I'd let him be. Maybe even for 2 years.

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yelpy

Hunt him while you can. You never know what will happen. He's a great bird!!!

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