Anyone ever see one like this before??
05-04-2008, 10:04 AM
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Typical Buck
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Mifflin Co. Pa
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Anyone ever see one like this before??
I posted this on another forum but didnt get much response. Just wondering if anyone has ever seen one like this before. It also had blonde feathers on the bottom of its wings. I shot it yesterdayin Perry County on gamelands. Thanks
Zach
Zach
05-04-2008, 10:28 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Windsor, CA
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RE: Anyone ever see one like this before??
my brother-in-law's first bird had a blonde tipped beard, but i think that was beard-rot when that looks like someone dipped the beard in blonde hair dye, nice bird!
05-04-2008, 10:36 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: oklahoma
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RE: Anyone ever see one like this before??
According to some authors, the tip of the beard on juvenile gobblers (jakes) may be amber (reddish orange) in color but this color disappears as the beard grows and the tip is worn off. The normal dark color of a gobbler’s beard is caused by a dark pigment called melanin
05-04-2008, 06:25 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Monroe County, IL
Posts: 1,188
RE: Anyone ever see one like this before??
Kinda looks like beard rot, that's caused from mites eating on the beard.. Some birds get mites and they will chew a beard up.. I shot a large tom this year and it only had an 8 inch beard but had beard rot that looked similar to that..
Nice bird anyway, it's a fairly common thing..
Nice bird anyway, it's a fairly common thing..
