Huntinfool Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 I've been reading the deer and turkey threads here for awhile now and and thought I'd finally make post. I shot this Gobbler last week and it was a little unusual. It had several solid black wing feathers on each wing. The black feathers you can see on the wing pictued were mirrored on the other wing. I thought it was pretty neat and the other guys I showed the bird to had never seen such a thing (and neither have I). Anyone else ever see this before? Also it was 25 lbs., had 1 1/4" spurs and an 11 1/4" beard. I hope the pics came out OK, first go-round with this posting thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 First of all, welcome to the RT campfire. Hope you enjoy it here as much as we all do. Second, DANG, that is an awesome bird!! Congrats!!:cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 great bird!! congrats and welcome to the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Welcome to the forums! I've never seen solid black wing feathers on a turkey before. That's quite a trophy...Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoythunter37 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 That is one heck of a bird man!! Congrats. Welcome to RT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Thats pretty cool lookin'! Ive never seen that before either. Only color variation Ive ever seen was a turkey that had a lot of white markings all over it. Nice bird, congrats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 I was told of a bird shot locally like that. What state/area are you talking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseasl Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAMABUCKS Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Congrats & welcome to the forums. Never seen that before either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntinfool Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 I killed it in southern Indiana and thanks everybody for the welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
515deerhunter Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 nice bird, welcome to the rt. nice job on the hunt congarts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Dude Awesome bird and welcome 2 the forums. again Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkV Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Welcome to the site and that is a dandy bird! I have never seen that coloration on a birds feathers though, pretty neat. Stick around awhile I think you will like it here. Kirk;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Welcome to the forums! I've never seen solid black wing feathers on a turkey before. That's quite a trophy...Congrats! same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorden Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Congrats on the bird and welcome to the forums:D;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pointing_dogs_rule Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 congrats!!!!!!! good luck to all the dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 That is really cool, I've never seen one like that before. I have seen white feathers mixed in. In montana I've seen some birds solid white, but black is something different. Nice bird and heavy too, hope you didn't have to pack him far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesse8953 Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Nice bird:D are you going to mount the wings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntinfool Posted May 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Yeah, I think I'll mount wings with the fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterfowler Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 sweet bird! I've never seen a bird like that but I haven't been turkey hunting for to long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 That's an awesome bird, so congrats! Second sorry, but I haven't seen that before. I've heard about it, but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3seasons Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Cool bird congrats, I've seen pics of birds with colors like that just never have seen one in person. Maybe one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleM Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 nice bird...congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted May 5, 2009 Report Share Posted May 5, 2009 Welcome to the forums! I've never seen solid black wing feathers on a turkey before. That's quite a trophy...Congrats! That is indeed quite a trophy for sure! I shot a hermaphrodite (he/she) Merriams out in WY in mid April and really appreciate being able to harvest such a rare bird as should you! I've never seen birds with black wing feathers, however, I have heard of such birds being harvested every once in a while. Congrats on a heckuva gobbler and welcome to the campfire, bud! Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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