#DangYouTurkeys Why are you in the middle of town

[Leftridge]

[Ironman]

Hey! I just saw these same pictures on WFAA/ABC news. Did you submit them?

[Leftridge]

Hey! I just saw these same pictures on WFAA/ABC news. Did you submit them?

They saw my work twitter feed and called me wanting to do a short bit. Was good publicity for us @jocotx_em

[tex4k]

Wings aren't clipped he's just been show in' off a lot.

[Ironman]

They saw my work twitter feed and called me wanting to do a short bit. Was good publicity for us @jocotx_em

Very cool!

[AtTheWall]

How can you tell?

Some ranchers will clip tom turkey wings to keep them tight to an area so that they draw in other birds. It keeps them from flying over fence lines easily, forcing them to run a pasture looking for a hole to get over to the other pasture beyond the fenceline, if they choose to leave an area. My uncle used to catch a few birds in a pen, clip their wings down and let them go near a tank full of water and roosting trees, leaving a bit of corn and sorghum there as feed daily. Over time, dozens upon dozens of wild turkeys start to show and a new breeding stock begins. Just a little "Hill Country trick," I've learned through the years around ranching country.

Course, this bird may be dragging his wing tips on cement which is cutting down the ends as well? He would need to squat pretty low to get down to the level his wing tips are cut down though. The wing tips typically drag the ground, even when they wear down after a long strutting season.

[Bisch]

I don't know about if his wings have been clipped, but it looks like he might have 5 or 6 beards in that first pic!

That's one heck of a gobbler right there!

Bisch

[cj7zrcool]

Trust me, there's turkeys in Cleburne ALL the time.

Where..lol.. Only ever shot one and never recovered it....

Mainly at the Walmart and all-you-can eat joints.

I have worked with lots of turkeys in Cleburne....

Bingo!

[Fullstrut]

I don't know about if his wings have been clipped, but it looks like he might have 5 or 6 beards in that first pic!

That's one heck of a gobbler right there!

Bisch

Can't believe it took 22 freakin posts for someone to mention that!!!!!!!!!

Definitely looks like a multiple bearded bird....RARE if so. Sometimes though, the beard is just kinda scruffy and looks like different beards but it's just one.

[Krivoman]

First thing i noticed was multiple beards... I killed one with 4. Looked alot like that one...

[Dirtymike]

I killed my first two turkeys sat. Both had 4 beards. I thought that was normal.

[beardedBrazos]

I killed my first two turkeys sat. Both had 4 beards. I thought that was normal.

it is. all us profesional turkey hunters try real hard to find the ones with one beard and leave anything with 3+ for the newbies

[Seacoal]

It sucks but bow's are quiet huh? :P
Goof lookin bird though!

[shark79]

I don't know about if his wings have been clipped, but it looks like he might have 5 or 6 beards in that first pic!

That's one heck of a gobbler right there!

Bisch

Think it's just one.....just hasn't had time to comb it that early in the AM.

[kumathebear]

Granbury has our share of turkeys too! Most of the time the PD, DPS or SO has em in cuffs when I see them.