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Title: Double spurs?
Post by: captpete on May 08, 2023, 11:01:28 AM
The wife shot her 1st Longbeard the opening day of our 1st season here in Iowa. When I was cleaning it, I noticed it looked like it was trying to grow a 2nd set of spurs. I cut the legs off as I had planned on saving the spurs for her anyway. Today I finally got around to cleaning up the spurs. After I had them skinned out, the 2nd spurs are very apparent. Thought it was pretty cool and would share it. 

While still on the bird.
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52881164913_5e321c0d89_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oyVMYD)spurs6 (https://flic.kr/p/2oyVMYD) by K Pete (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152428466@N06/), on Flickr

After being skinned.

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52880141077_2f4c966d84_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oyQxCi)spurs2 (https://flic.kr/p/2oyQxCi) by K Pete (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152428466@N06/), on Flickr

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52880879799_57236da926_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2oyUkdT)Spurs1 (https://flic.kr/p/2oyUkdT) by K Pete (https://www.flickr.com/photos/152428466@N06/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Double spurs?
Post by: JeffC on May 08, 2023, 12:20:40 PM
Congrats to your wife on a rarity!
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Post by: zelmo1 on May 08, 2023, 12:38:29 PM
Very cool, congrats to the wife. Z
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Post by: oakraidia on May 08, 2023, 02:48:15 PM
Very cool!

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Post by: GuideGun on May 08, 2023, 06:39:39 PM
Very cool, I killed one with a double spur last week as well. Pretty unique, more so than multiple beards I think.
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Post by: ferocious calls on May 08, 2023, 10:18:04 PM
Have never seen double spurs in over 500 Easterns Toms I have raised. Very cool.

Have a set of double rooster spurs that are crazy cool.
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Post by: Bedge7767 on May 08, 2023, 10:31:41 PM
Awesome
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Post by: albrubacker on May 09, 2023, 07:38:28 PM
Very neat, congrats to your wife!
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Post by: 3bailey3 on May 10, 2023, 10:06:19 PM
I walked up to a guys house as a UPS driver one day and saw a fan mount and I said a nice mount and the oldler man invited me in his house to see it, he said it was one of the first double spured birds to be rergistered with the NWTF! In central Ms. I also delivered to a house that had a flying mount of a white phase gobbler, the house was small and that bird filled the whole room..
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Post by: Gooserbat on May 10, 2023, 10:45:51 PM
That's cool.  I've had a couple of different friends find similar things.