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Offline jackelope

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Turkey ID please.....
« on: August 31, 2010, 08:21:34 AM »
I will not give any specifics as to where these pics were taken so don't ask.
I will say that they were taken in King county. The landowner who owns the land has lived on the same 40 acre piece of wooded property for a real long time and has never seen turkeys there before. I am no expert when it comes to identifying specific species but these birds do not look like the species I would expect to see....heck I didn't know there was any turkeys in the area these pic's were taken at all.
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2010, 08:28:21 AM »
They look like Merriams to me  :dunno:

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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2010, 08:34:21 AM »
They look like Merriams to me  :dunno:

Thats waht I was thinking. Look healthy too.
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2010, 09:18:32 AM »
Thats what I thought too but wasn't sure.
Keep 'em coming.
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2010, 11:30:28 AM »
They look like Merriams to me  :dunno:

Thats what I would say

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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2010, 11:34:23 AM »
I would say Easterns......but what do I know, I just kill em and eat em.
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2010, 11:51:09 AM »
looks like merriams to me :dunno:
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2010, 01:52:29 PM »
Merriams for sure.  Look pure too.
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2010, 08:17:21 PM »
Merriams
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2010, 08:39:01 AM »
Hey Jakelope, Do you have a better picture of the rear saddle and tail area.  They are either Merriams or Rio's.  A good picture of the back will tell the true story.  More and more Rio's are showing up in Oregon and Washington and they are very close in appearance.  John

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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2010, 09:38:40 AM »
Them are most likely to be Merriams

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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2010, 10:29:14 AM »
Merriams or standard bronze domestics (precursor breed to broad-breasted bronze, very similar proportions to wild breeds).  They all appear to be approx. 16 month old males.
As long as we have the habitat, we can argue forever about who gets to kill what and when.  No habitat = no game.

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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2010, 10:44:33 AM »
Hey Jakelope, Do you have a better picture of the rear saddle and tail area.  They are either Merriams or Rio's.  A good picture of the back will tell the true story.  More and more Rio's are showing up in Oregon and Washington and they are very close in appearance.  John

John-
Those are the only pics I have.
I am sure at this point that these are Merriams birds.
Thanks all!
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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2010, 07:43:11 AM »
There Jakes :chuckle:

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Re: Turkey ID please.....
« Reply #14 on: September 06, 2010, 10:24:32 PM »
merriams

 


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