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Title: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Gooserbat on April 11, 2020, 09:47:42 PM
This guy covered close to 500 yards in about 5 minutes and got shot at 35 yards.  Watched him trot across the field all the way.

Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Sir-diealot on April 11, 2020, 09:51:29 PM
By the title I thought for sure it was a prophetic premonition of my trip to OK next Spring! Congratulations to you, nice looking bird. Were you in the Panhandle? Looks like a Merriam's
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Gooserbat on April 11, 2020, 09:57:55 PM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on April 11, 2020, 09:51:29 PM
By the title I thought for sure it was a prophetic premonition of my trip to OK next Spring! Congratulations to you, nice looking bird. Were you in the Panhandle? Looks like a Merriam's

Nope I was in the central part of the state.  Some of our rios are more blonde.

Here's one I killed seven or eight years back.

Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Sir-diealot on April 11, 2020, 10:00:55 PM
Quote from: Gooserbat on April 11, 2020, 09:57:55 PM
Quote from: Sir-diealot on April 11, 2020, 09:51:29 PM
By the title I thought for sure it was a prophetic premonition of my trip to OK next Spring! Congratulations to you, nice looking bird. Were you in the Panhandle? Looks like a Merriam's

Nope I was in the central part of the state.  Some of our rios are more blonde.

Here's one I killed seven or eight years back.
Oh, okay, I did not know that. I know ya'll have Merriam's in the panhandle so when I saw the whitish look to him I thought maybe you had been up there. My trip my be off for next year now, guy that was supposed to guide me got in some trouble with the law.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Gooserbat on April 11, 2020, 10:31:08 PM
Call me sometime after season and I'll put you in contact with someone.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Sir-diealot on April 11, 2020, 10:31:58 PM
Quote from: Gooserbat on April 11, 2020, 10:31:08 PM
Call me sometime after season and I'll put you in contact with someone.
Sounds good, thanks.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Tom007 on April 11, 2020, 10:49:42 PM
Great bird, great job......
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Yoteduster on April 11, 2020, 11:08:30 PM
Congrats on a nice bird
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Greg Massey on April 11, 2020, 11:31:57 PM
Congrats nice bird.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: tomstopper on April 11, 2020, 11:40:08 PM
Congrats on a beautiful gobbler

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Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: GobbleNut on April 12, 2020, 12:00:23 AM
Pretty gobbler, Sam.  Sure is light for a Rio, but that just goes to show how much variation can occur in the subspecies. 
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: dzsmith on April 12, 2020, 01:29:08 AM
Rio I killed last spring in Oklahoma was very light like that, and from my understanding most in the area I was in are too. Beautiful bird sam!!! love it when they come all the way like that!
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: timberjack86 on April 14, 2020, 06:58:08 AM
Good looking bird! Congrats!!
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: eggshell on April 14, 2020, 07:39:09 AM
attached is a photo of me and my buddy in Oklahoma 2010 with my double and a bird he killed. It shows the variation of colors even in a small area.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: SteelCityArcher on April 14, 2020, 07:49:19 AM
Nice work! You were right about the ugly hunters part. :camohat: :gobble:
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: goblr77 on April 14, 2020, 08:26:20 AM
Congrats. That's a great looking bird.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Muzzy61 on April 14, 2020, 08:40:17 AM
Congrats, beautiful bird.
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: ddturkeyhunter on April 14, 2020, 09:07:19 AM
Congrats, I know your calls are all good, but what call did you use to make this one want you so bad.


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Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: Gooserbat on April 14, 2020, 09:45:48 AM
Quote from: ddturkeyhunter on April 14, 2020, 09:07:19 AM
Congrats, I know your calls are all good, but what call did you use to make this one want you so bad.


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The D-C diaphragm. 
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: kyturkeyhunter4 on April 14, 2020, 11:54:21 AM
Congrats nice turkey
Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: eggshell on April 14, 2020, 12:04:29 PM
I just realized I never congratulated you on a nice bird. That's a great looking fan. I'd like to get back to Oklahoma some day, I had a great time chasing your rios in 2010

Title: Re: Oklahoma Rio dies during confrontation with ugly turkey hunters!
Post by: RutnNStrutn on April 14, 2020, 12:22:33 PM
Congrats Sam!!! :icon_thumright: