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Offline Dinny

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Let's Talk Turkeys
« on: March 02, 2012, 03:08:00 PM »
I live in SW OK but haven't been here for very long. I'm originally from IL where things are little different. I have been taking pictures of game over a feeder on a local farm (with permission). I wanted to hunt this area but now it turns out that I won't be home at all later this year. So here starts my questions. These turkeys don't look like the turkeys I have hunted in the Midwest. Are they a different breed? Also, I have never seen so many toms together before. Is this normal? Does it have something to do with the season/time of year? Last question pertains to the second picture. That's a hen, right?  ;D  I have literally hundreds of pics of toms and that's the only pic of a hen.  ???










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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2012, 02:32:30 PM »
Yes, SE Oklahoma has the Eastern turkey but Oklahoma also has the Rio and the Merriams.
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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2012, 03:09:14 PM »
Quote from: Elip on March 03, 2012, 02:32:30 PM
Yes, SE Oklahoma has the Eastern turkey but Oklahoma also has the Rio and the Merriams.


Which are those pictured?


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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2012, 03:42:49 AM »
Easterns
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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2012, 05:05:53 PM »
Dinny here in our part of the state you will only find Rio Grands It's very rare you find an Eastern west of I 35.
If you get a chance during the late winter months drive toward Duncan along the Beaver and Little Beaver creeks and check out the wheat fields.
You'll see flocks of hundreds of Rios  ;)

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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2012, 05:12:10 PM »
Pat,
  Thanks for the info. Those turkeys pictured are Rios, right? Something about them looks different than the Easterns we have back home in Indiana.


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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2012, 05:39:25 PM »
Yes sir they are Rios

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Re: Let's Talk Turkeys
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2012, 05:42:06 PM »
Great! I look forward to harvesting one on/after the 6th. ;)


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