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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
[Re: JeremyKS]
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04/28/15 05:34 AM
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Clayton NM is rio grande country. Why are you pawning it off as a merriams hunt? Let's be honest with people. Thanks
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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04/28/15 12:45 PM
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I will be the first to admit Im not a turkey expert. I do have some close friends that are diehard turkey hunters that say these are merriams. Did you watch the videos? Do they not look like merriams to you?
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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04/28/15 12:58 PM
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White tips on tail feathers. Looks like Merriams to me!!!
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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04/28/15 01:28 PM
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Ok thanks! I don't want to misrepresent something!
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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04/28/15 03:25 PM
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I did some research on the Merriams just recently (because I have a Rio from the northern TX Panhandle that sure has white looking tips in is tail feathers), and what I came up w/ is the bronze-looking band that runs through the black just below the tips (as in your top picture). I could find no proof that this distinguished a Merriams from a lightly-tipped Rio, but I would sure say the Toms in your photos and videos are Merriams. I recently lived in Clayton, and killed a Tom less than 20 miles from town, and he was a Rio. So, it looks as if the area around Clayton has both Rios and Merriams. But yours, Jeremy, definitely look to be Merriams to me.
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
[Re: JeremyKS]
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04/29/15 03:59 AM
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Ok. Yes they look very white. Thanks for your candor. Very interesting.
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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04/29/15 11:48 AM
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Clayton NM is rio grande country. Why are you pawning it off as a merriams hunt? Let's be honest with people. Thanks IF Jeremyks made a mistake, I guarantee it was a honest mistake.
"I can't be over gunned because the animal can't be over dead"-Elmer Keith 10/30/2012 I VOTED for The American
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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05/03/15 02:12 AM
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I believe it may be possible to have Rio's at lower elevations and Merriams at higher elevations in the area discussed.
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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05/15/15 01:54 AM
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Well I took a chance and went with Jeremy last week. I'm not going to get into the Rio/Merriam debate but I will tell you he is booked up for next year if he gives me an opportunity. It's a big unique property with a good opportunity to hunt turkey in NM. I have zero complaints. I mostly hunt diy and like most of you here was concerned that I was hunting Merriams instead of the Rios that I have hunted here in Tx for years. My opinion is the absolute same as gamblinman on this one and I have the birds (2) to back that theory up
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Re: $500 Merriam Turkey Hunts
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05/18/15 12:43 PM
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It was a pleasure hunting with you! Thanks!
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