#2825874 - 05/10/12 03:03 PM
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Waterfowler22
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he was killed in north cheatham county
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#2825876 - 05/10/12 03:07 PM
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timberjack86
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Wow Thats some nice color on that bird! He looks like a merriams! Congrats again!
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#2825879 - 05/10/12 03:09 PM
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Waterfowler22
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Thanks man
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#2825882 - 05/10/12 03:17 PM
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Andy S.
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Interesting. Are his legs and feet as white as the one appears to be in the photo? If that is a foot I am seeing, it appears to be lacking the pink hue commonly seen in eastern wild turkey's feet/legs.
Edited by Andy S. (05/10/12 03:17 PM)
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#2825886 - 05/10/12 03:21 PM
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Well part of his leg is a kill tag, but his feet have some pink in them not alot
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#2825891 - 05/10/12 03:25 PM
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Congrats.
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#2825893 - 05/10/12 03:29 PM
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Gotcha. I thought that may be a kill tag I was seeing but was not sure. Congrats on your kill.
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#2825944 - 05/10/12 04:58 PM
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That's crazy looking if it's definitely 100% eastern. If so have it mounted. Looks like a cross-breed between an eastern and a merriam. Congrats!
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#2825951 - 05/10/12 05:10 PM
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That is incredible. I'm afraid it would cost me some $$$.
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#2826019 - 05/10/12 07:20 PM
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That ain't no cross breed, that is a merriams. Congrats.
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#2826038 - 05/10/12 07:37 PM
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I don't know what he is, but when he would gobble it sound like they all the other toms around here. It wasn't high pitched at all.
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#2826154 - 05/10/12 10:12 PM
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Looks like a heavy bird. What were the specs on him---weight, beard and spur length??
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#2826159 - 05/10/12 10:15 PM
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Beautiful bird man, congrats.
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#2826177 - 05/10/12 10:32 PM
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Now that is some interesting color! Wow...super bird.
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#2826239 - 05/11/12 03:24 AM
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weight- 18
beard- 9 in paintbrush
spur- 1 in
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#2826270 - 05/11/12 06:08 AM
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looks like a merriams for sure, thats wild!
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#2826487 - 05/11/12 11:16 AM
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awesome, congrats
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#2826616 - 05/11/12 02:30 PM
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Looks like someones "pet" to me
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#2826630 - 05/11/12 02:50 PM
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Looks like someones "pet" to me
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#2826687 - 05/11/12 04:28 PM
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yep it might be tame
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#2826724 - 05/11/12 06:15 PM
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That's what we thought it may be but, the road he lives on has two house on it for two miles and that's it. His and his dads. So we don't know if he was tame, where would he come from?
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#2826732 - 05/11/12 06:40 PM
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#2826742 - 05/11/12 07:16 PM
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If he roosts in the woods nowhere near a farm, gobbles on the limb, and comes in to a call strutting, I would kill the hell out of him too. Good job. Pretty bird.
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#2826827 - 05/11/12 10:01 PM
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Someones pet got loose......
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#2826851 - 05/11/12 10:51 PM
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I'm not familiar with domestic turkeys, but what do you do in his position? Kill it? Assume it's domestic and let it go?
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#2826875 - 05/12/12 12:19 AM
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Hey guys, going on my 5th year turkey hunting, so pardon my ignorance. But...do you seriously think it is tame, or am I missing the joke. If your serious, why would you think it is? Also, can someone on here say for sure that it is a merriam? It sure looks like it is. Again, pardon my ignorance, but have you guys killed or seen killed any other birds in TN other than Eastern? Just curious...Anyway, beautiful bird.
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#2827270 - 05/12/12 06:38 PM
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Ive raised several turkeys over the years and i can guarantee its not tame because it only weighed 18 pounds
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#2827287 - 05/12/12 06:54 PM
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Most tame gobblers that i have seen do not have beards. pretty bird
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#2827414 - 05/12/12 09:07 PM
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I'd say it was tame.
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#2827421 - 05/12/12 09:10 PM
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Most tame gobblers that i have seen do not have beards. pretty bird 
Edited by timberjack86 (05/12/12 09:11 PM)
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#2827624 - 05/13/12 08:22 AM
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Most tame gobblers that i have seen do not have beards. pretty bird
That is my thoughts exactly,I have seen white in wild turkeys quite often..that bird looks more then 18 pounds.
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#2827858 - 05/13/12 04:10 PM
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Hey guys, going on my 5th year turkey hunting, so pardon my ignorance. But...do you seriously think it is tame, or am I missing the joke. If your serious, why would you think it is? Also, can someone on here say for sure that it is a merriam? It sure looks like it is. Again, pardon my ignorance, but have you guys killed or seen killed any other birds in TN other than Eastern? Just curious...Anyway, beautiful bird.
Because I have seen first hand other species in Tn that were pen raised.... for whatever the purpose.... maybe that is the case and it escaped it's pen.... being a turkey, he went and mingled with the native population.
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#2828014 - 05/13/12 08:12 PM
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I am betting a wild hen got mixed up with a tame tom. Hens travel quite some distance, so it doesn't have to be from near by.
BTW, I would have shot it and been proud of it. It's a good bird and probably as wild as the rest in woods.
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#2828157 - 05/13/12 11:15 PM
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BTW, I would have shot it and been proud of it. It's a good bird and probably as wild as the rest in woods.
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