Turkey Number Two and Three

[Ikeepitcold]

 

[gonhunting247]

Nice bird, Very cool!

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Bird 3 and my last for the Ca season

 

[Ikeepitcold]

This ol boy barely has any tail feathers. Any ideas on why? Heard maybe he is a fighter?

 

[Ikeepitcold]

Also heard predators?

 

[prhunter]

Congrats on your harvest! Season just opened in NM... thinking of possibly going up to the mts in a week or two.

 

[mallardsx2]

Also heard predators?

Probably from fighting other birds. Its pretty intense when they really go at it. Could be from a cat getting ahold of him too.

 

[sleepingbear]

Congratulations, yeah i use to run a hunt club and that's why we put blinders on the birds, or they would rip out each other's tail feathers or their back feathers.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

My Dad used to raise pheasants for a hunting club back in the early 1950's. I remember they used to fight and once blood was seen, they would peck the bird to death. Dad used to use a soldering iron and trim the top beak back and it helped, pretty stinky job as I remember. Our garage used to be full of incubators and my job was to roll the eggs every day when I came home from school.