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Ol'Mossyback

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I found a tom with a full fan and 10inch beard that had been ran over on Hwy 60 in Rhea county over the weekend. What was funny is that there was no physical sign of it ever having spurs. I was telling the guys at work today about it and out of 5 of us only one had heard of or seen a slick legged tom. On my way up Georgetown Rd. this evening I saw a tom glide into the side of a car, curious to check him out I pull over. Guess what full fan 11inch beard and no spurs either. I've seen where they have nocked them off but this isn't the case. Have any of yall ever seen this before ,and what cause's it.
 
I killed one in the Hatchie Bottoms around Leslie Lake around 1988, dang I felt disappointed that he was missing those spurs.
 
Well either way a little salt & blk pepper, buttermilk , eggs,flour, hot grease, and shut yo mouth... This ol boy ain't afraid to take advantage of a fresh turkey compliments of the soccer mom in the toyota land cruiser.
 
A buddy of mine killed one in West TN that had no spurs, and was the dominant bird in the area which had a harem of about a dozen hens. How that bird fought off others is beyond me. He must have been the meanest sob in the woods though.
 
Sounds like the gene that causes them to be spurless also causes them to play in the road :D .
 
its mother natures way to evolve them so hunters wont shoot them like Roost1 hahahah


I remember a thread on here last year or the year before where someone was trying to say that by shooting the toms that gobble you were weeding out the gene to gobble and over time you would be left with only silent birds (same basis as the rattlesnake not rattling)

just chucked a bit thinking about that thread again.
 

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