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That's a beautiful bird! Congrats! :icon_thumright:
I am jealous! Mods take this thread down please lol.
Way to go on the awesome bird. :drool:
NOT FAIR!! Congrats man that bird is beautiful!
Wow! That's an amazing bird. Is it albino or just a different color phase?
That is absolutely beautiful. Congrats,
TRKYHTR
Awesome.
I would think that would be considered a smokey! :drool:
Congrats on a beautiful bird and trophy!!
God Bless,
David B.
I don't think it is an Albino. I honestly don't know what it is but I sure love it. I feel extremely lucky to have harvested him. I do want to point out that my hunting partner Bret was just as happy for me as I was. He also tagged out opening morning. I have him mounted now so I will take some pics and post him soon. Thanks for your nice comments.
Awsome!
That is a beautiful turkey, I had the privilege to kill a white one three years ago. It sure makes a pretty mount!Congratulations!!!!!
Jody
Beautiful bird, congrats on your kill.
Awesome trophy. Can not wait to see him mounted. I got a smokey turkey a few years back. I am going to have mine mounted soon.
:icon_thumright: Wow! Congrats on a great Tom.
Really Cool!!
One of the most beautiful smoke phased turkeys I've seen...
Would love to see that mount!
That bird's color phase is properly called "erythrism" from the Greek eruthros, red. It's really unusual to see such even color distribution and markings on a bird exhibiting erythrism. Birds which exhibit the "smoke gray" color abberation are actually examples of incomplete albinism and according to Lovett E. Williams, Jr., it is the most common off-color plumage of wild turkeys. The rarest of the color abberations exhibited by wild turkeys is melanism (blackness). I had the good fortune to kill a 2 year-old melanistic bird about 9 years ago. In conversations w/ Mr. Williams he indicated that he had only heard of a few true melanistic wild turkeys. All of the feathers on the bird were extremely dark or black and even the light areas on the tail and wings were masked to the extent that the barring was not discernible. I've seen one other extremely dark gobbler in the area where I killed the turkey and last year saw a "smoke gray" hen and jake on the same farm. I've watched several "red phase and gray phase" turkeys over the years and have never noted any unusual flock interaction which could be attributed to their color variation.
very nice bird. we've shot a couple of those here in Arizona
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Congrats. Both are fantastic birds
that thing is beautiful!!
That's one beautiful gobbler!
The sweetest Turkey I've ever seen!!!
Just saw this pic for the first time. That is a beautiful bird. Congrats on a fine trophy!!!
Both of those are beautiful gobblers!! What trophies!! :icon_thumright:
Fatbeard, is there any coloring on the feathers at all, besides white? He looks like an albino. Were his eyes pink? Does anyone know if an albino gobbler has a red, white and blue head, and a black beard?
:alien: Green with envy. Those are gorgeous birds. Congrats to both of you. Al Baker
Congratulations on a beautiful rare Red! In all the years of turkey hunting I seen my first Red last year and tried like crazy to gain access to the farm he was on. If he is still there again this year I will ask again as that is a rare trophy indeed!
I shot a Canada goose once with very similar coloristics - I believe it is a leucitic Canada goose. Way cool looking turkey!!
Wow! congratulations!!!
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Congrats again, you are killin me hope the snow gets 10 feet deep in 12A. ;D
Got a bunch of snow last week and expecting more the next four days. I also hope 12A gets a bunch of snow. Keeps all the guys driving roads out of my areas. Ha
yea 10ft of snow is not uncommon for that area, just trying to give you a hard time. we'll take all the snow we can get over here in Pinetop too. I understand what you're saying about road hunters and there are a lot of them in the spring too, I hunted 12a this past fall and as we were walking back to my truck with birds in hand we were met by a game warden, he said "well this is a first for me turkey hunters that aren't road hunting". good luck in 12A I have a friend with a Gould's tag down south I'll be helping, his second Gould's tag in three years.
That is one awesome bird. I would mount that one! Congrats. :turkey2:
Beautiful animal.
That is a fine turkey and a one in a million trophy
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