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Offline Dan-o

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how to determine age of wild turkey?
« on: May 12, 2020, 08:16:35 PM »
Anybody got any good resources to read on how to age wild Tom turkeys?

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Re: how to determine age of wild turkey?
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2020, 08:23:05 PM »
Anybody got any good resources to read on how to age wild Tom turkeys?

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Re: how to determine age of wild turkey?
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2020, 08:27:04 PM »
If it eats like boot leather you got a old one.

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Re: how to determine age of wild turkey?
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2020, 08:37:24 PM »
http://wildturkeyzone.com/articles/aging4.htm

I'd never thought about it before, this seems like a decent resource

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Re: how to determine age of wild turkey?
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2020, 08:38:41 PM »
Thank you all!   LOL and actual info.
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Re: how to determine age of wild turkey?
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2020, 08:43:25 PM »
http://wildturkeyzone.com/articles/aging4.htm

I'd never thought about it before, this seems like a decent resource

This was an interesting read.
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Re: how to determine age of wild turkey?
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2020, 09:14:23 PM »
That article is old data. Spur length doesn’t dictate age like many have thought (including me) rather genetics are a driving factor. You can research the new studies online, interesting stuff. Thanks

 


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