USMC89's Turkey

[SJB358]

Here is a bird Jeff asked me to post up. I imagine he will be along to tell how he came upon this bird. Scotty

 

[Guy Miner]

Excellent! Good looking bird. Virginia?

I cooked one yesterday, but sadly, I got it at the supermarket... Couldn't even shoot it, figured that would attract the wrong kind of attention...

 

[DrMike]

That is a handsome bird, to be certain. Maybe Jeff will give us a blow-by-blow of the hunt so we can enjoy it vicariously.

 

[JD338]

Very cool! That is what is called a Smoke Phase coloration.
Looking forward to the story.

JD338

 

[Ridge_Runner]

have saw 1 smoke and 1 red in all my years of hunting, way cool congrats to USMC89
RR

 

[JD338]

Ridge,

Congrats buddy. I have seen a couple Smokes here in the past but never shot one. What is the Red phase?

JD338

 

[6mm Remington]

Beautiful coloration on that thing! Congratulations.
David

 

[DrMike]

I've never seen the smoke colour on a turkey. It is certainly a delightful coloration.

 

[Ridge_Runner]

a red
another I took a pic of a couple years ago, in this case it was a bearded hen, blind too I think or almost, took the pic from 4 steps away, she heard me in the grass and started putting, a few clucks on a call and she went back to eating

RR

 

[JD338]

Ridge,

That Red is pretty cool looking. I have never seen the Red phase but I have seen the Smoke phase. A few years back, we had a Smoke hen hanging out in the back yard.

Cool stuff!

JD338

 

[DrMike]

RR,

That red is pretty cool looking. Man, to tag some birds with those colour phases would be pretty fascinating. They are each certainly attractive.