Ivory Spurs

[kevin mays]

I've killed a bunch of turkeys but never 1 w ivory spurs. My oldest killed this turkey Saturday in Mississippi
Weather was horrible. Only bird he heard.

Any of you guys killed a Tom w ivory spurs? Always heard of them never killed 1

 

[Tn Joe]

Yep

 

[ZachMarkus]

I've killed a few with ivory spurs, they have all came from the same area in Giles county. Not sure what causes it, maybe genetics? Either way congrats to your son.

 

[Remi]

This is the only one I've ever killed that had any white on his spurs

 

[REN]

Killed a bird YEARS ago with double spurs. At the time I had no idea that was rare or a big deal. Didn't even take a picture or anything of them lol.

To this day still regret that big time.

 

[kevin mays]

Heck if your like me you couldn't find em if you had em

 

[mcbuck58]

KY, IL, IN
Got a bunch like that.

 

[Setterman]

I've killed a bunch of turkeys but never 1 w ivory spurs. My oldest killed this turkey Saturday in Mississippi
Weather was horrible. Only bird he heard.

Any of you guys killed a Tom w ivory spurs? Always heard of them never killed 1
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Not uncommon at all, pretty shocked an all knowing turkey slayer like yourself is surprised by this. I guess birds with spurs like this don't run into decoys much.

 

[kevin mays]

I got lucky and killed 1
But I was reaping
So does it really count

But I'm not much of a turkey hunter anymore. I'm pretty broke down physically and suffer from paralysis in a leg .Killed most of Mine 20-30 yrs ago. But I still like to go a couple times a yr. Just to take my youngest and get him interested .
He's 9 this yr
That's about all the turkey slaying in me
Hopefully he sees and hears 1.

 

[Boll Weevil]

Plenty of em.

 

[Gravey]

Don't recall any I've killed having that color. Pretty cool though.

 

[kevin mays]

Gravey I haven't either
I have never kept a spur
I did cut the beards of all of em
I Remember the better ones
Most of the best ones were late 80's and and 90's . Giles co birds around Lynville Richland creek area south of Pulaski. Had some awesome farms I had access to. and Catoosa area birds . But I can't say I paid attention to the spur color
Weren't many birds in the valley in east tn where I'm from.

Anyways looked different to me
Good luck to all
It looks like season has great potential this yr

 

[TNTreeman]

I never noticed that before. Cool.

 

[Kevin Snook]

Here's a few that were kinda different