Tagged out in Illinois. Red phase?

[renegade19]

Tagged out in Illinois this morning with a good bird.  21lbs, 7/8 spurs and 11.25" beard.  Didn't realty notice the different colors until I got him home.  I guess you'd call him a "red phase"?  BTW, had him and another one come in dead silent after I'd played cat and mouse with them all morning.
I love some mid morning hunting!

[renegade19]

Wing pic

[renegade19]

Closer look at his tail.

[MISSISSIPPI Double beard]

Congrats!

[taylorjones20]

Congrats!

[mgm1955]

 

[hobbes]

Congrats!

[Gooserbat]

Nice one

[Wrangler95]

Very nice gobbler,congrats!!

[Blong]

Congrats on a fine bird. His colors look normal to me.

[MK M GOBL]

Not to say I am the expert on this but I see a bunch of these "red" phase??? birds being posted, to me they look like Easterns. There are all sorts of colors within the birds and no real difference between them.

Here is what a "Red (Erythristic) Phase" looks like.
On the Farm they were call Bourbon Reds as the domestic.

MK M GOBL

[renegade19]

He's definitely an Eastern because he came from Illinois.  The wing color was what interested me.  The tail not so much.  I've got a fan display on the wall that looks just the same.  I probably just never noticed the wings before.

[allaboutshooting]

Congratulations! "Bloody Williamson" maybe?

Thanks,
Clark

[Swampchickin234]

A beautiful bird! Congrats!


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[renegade19]

Congratulations! "Bloody Williamson" maybe?

Thanks,
Clark

Good guess Clark but you're a county too far east.  Jackson.  Public land.