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 Odd Turkey
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04/09/16 06:06 PM
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jmh004
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  My dad got this this morning in Mills County. Anybody seen anything like that before on a turkey?
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/09/16 06:58 PM
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GunsUpHunter
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That's cool as all get out.
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/09/16 09:24 PM
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Looks cool. How was the beard?
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/09/16 10:03 PM
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jmh004
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9 3/4". 1" Spurs. 22 lbs.
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/10/16 06:47 PM
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LAstrutter
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Looks like a melanistic turkey. That's a once in a lifetime kill. Hope he get's it mounted. Can you show more pictures?
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/10/16 06:52 PM
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I personally would not mount a turkey but that one is no doubt wall worthy.
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/10/16 06:56 PM
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jeh7mmmag
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Thanks for posting. Never heard of or seen a black tom.
�Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.�
~ John Muir
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/10/16 08:00 PM
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BrianCook_RanchSales
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Looks like a melanistic turkey. That's a once in a lifetime kill. Hope he get's it mounted. Can you show more pictures? x2
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Gig 'Em
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/10/16 08:12 PM
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jmh004
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No mount on this one. No other pictures either, sorry.
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/10/16 08:59 PM
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Drahthaar
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WOW, That is a first for me, have seen white and grey hens. Forrest
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/11/16 04:25 PM
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seth
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/11/16 04:46 PM
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Possibly a black domestic turkey, Norfolk? 
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/11/16 04:53 PM
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/11/16 06:35 PM
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jmh004
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It does look simialr to that domestic bird. The one that was killed had to be born in the wild though. He had spurs. He was an older turkey too.
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/11/16 07:09 PM
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Beautiful bird...and rare. Too bad he won't be mounted.
Any other birds in the area show the same traits?
" I don't hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt turkeys because I have to."
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Re: Odd Turkey
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04/11/16 08:09 PM
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This is the first year we've hunted Mills County, so we haven't seen a lot just yet. I will definitely be on the look out now.
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