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September 26, 2011
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Fellow Taxidermist Joe Kowal from IL recently shot a true trophy of a turkey— a Red ( Erythristic ) Phase . This bird was a joint project between Mr Kowal and our staff. It was a pleasure working with him.
Being involved in turkeys extensively, I am always fascinated by the different color phases I see from around the country,and how they vary from region to region and subspecies. This bird is a great and rare example of a 100% wild turkey exhibiting
erythrochroism .
I have posted a few pictures below of the finished bird :
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Aaron, I see the reddness in the primaries, but everything else looks normal. Is that what you’re refering too? I’ve seen them where the hackles and sidepockets had a red tint to them but not the primaries.
September 26, 2011
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I am reffering to the the entire bird. Take another look at the Secondaires and the Upper major Secondary coverts. The tail, upper median and major tail coverts and the under tail coverts are all clearly exhibiting erythrochroism . The entire bird has a distinctive reddish tinge, even the legs had it. I have attached a couple of pics below of normal colored birds to compare to. Sometimes it can be hard to capture in a picture.
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It was shot in WI.
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How do you make the tips of the tail feathers look so good?
September 26, 2011
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LPoe wrote: How do you make the tips of the tail feathers look so good?
First off, Joe took good care of this bird before we got—that goes a long way.
Other then that, It is proper washing and drying.
You can steam them back together as well.
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Aaron, didnt realize these birds were that rare as i kill at least 1 each year here in Alabama. I will send pics of several i have mounted for myself when i get a chance.
Here is one of the turkeys i found a pic of that i had on photobucket.
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I think thats a deer turkeythug, but I would love to see your turkey pics.
It depends on where you are hunting. I get very few of these from WI, especially one this nice.
It’s like smoke phase turkeys, some areas have a lot of them. While it is still is a rare thing, it may be more common.
I have a number of clients that shoot melanistic phase turkeys every year, but if you where going to wait to shoot one in my backyard here in WI, you would probably never take a shot.
Whats great about these different color phases is that no two are alike. Check out the primaries on this bird. I have never done a smoke, melanistic , albinistic, or Erythristic phase that was exactly the same.
(Just as a note, you would probably never find a true Albino turkey in the wild, but I am reffering to white phase when I say albinistic)
The bird Joe shot is a great example of a %100 wild bird, it does not have any Bourbon Red domestic in it. I have attached a pic of a bourbon red below.
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Yea, i was sending a picture to a lady to show her some of the piebald deer i take in each year. I changed it. Here is another bird that i took here in Bama that is pictured flying in my showroom just not the whole bird. I have these on photobucket and found them as i was rearranging some stuff i have for sale. All these birds come from the same area and i have also killed a smoke phase. All these birds are wild
I just didnt realize that these birds were that rare as i have thrown many away. I will keep all i take from now on so maybe someone else could have one. I may have 2 or 3 in the freezer now. Sorry for the mount leaning in this pic as my son took it and didnt make sure it was hanging properly.
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I will defiantly take one if you want to send one my way.
Those are beautiful examples of red phases, thanks for posting .
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