Red Phase Gobbler

vaturkey · Post by **vaturkey** » May 5th, 2020, 2:50 pm

This gobbler eluded me 3 days in a row the first week of the Virginia season . I missed him with a crossbow during the fall deer season. On the 4th day which was a Saturday i called in his harem of 13 hens & he was bringing up the rear. He weighed 22 lbs 7 oz . First Red Phase Gobbler I've ever seen ! ! Thanks for lookin !

Hobbes_mobile · Post by **Hobbes_mobile** » May 5th, 2020, 3:44 pm

Awesome bird VA. Congrats!

guesswho · Post by **guesswho** » May 5th, 2020, 4:00 pm

Now that’s a cool looking Gobbler. Full body mount?

BrowningGuy88 · Post by **BrowningGuy88** » May 5th, 2020, 4:08 pm

Awesome bird!

That’s one that would drop $1k on to mount...

spider316 · Post by **spider316** » May 5th, 2020, 4:13 pm

That's incredible, never heard of it or seen it, beautiful !

Hognutz · Post by **Hognutz** » May 5th, 2020, 4:44 pm

Crazy awesomeness, Ricky! Congrats on a very neat bird!!

deerhunt1988 · Post by **deerhunt1988** » May 5th, 2020, 5:26 pm

Congrats on a bird of a lifetime!

huntinsomd · Post by **huntinsomd** » May 5th, 2020, 5:30 pm

That's a cool looking bird!

ICDEDTURKES · Post by **ICDEDTURKES** » May 5th, 2020, 5:43 pm

Awesome

devastator · Post by **devastator** » May 5th, 2020, 6:02 pm

congrats,beauty bird!!!!

Post by **Hoobilly** » May 5th, 2020, 6:44 pm

I love oddball colored turkeys. Hopefully one day I bust one and get it mounted.

I know you spoke about it with me several times. Glad you got a crack at him after eluding you for 2 weeks

hookedspur · Post by **hookedspur** » May 5th, 2020, 7:41 pm

Congratulations! Beautiful bird

firedup · Post by **firedup** » May 5th, 2020, 8:00 pm

A beautiful and rare bird! Congrats!!!

appalachianassassin · Post by **appalachianassassin** » May 5th, 2020, 8:45 pm

I have killed a red phase before and they are rare but I believe this to be even more rare

Skimerhorn · Post by **Skimerhorn** » May 5th, 2020, 9:57 pm

That is really sweet bird. From the pic looks like black wings to?

jsh909 · Post by **jsh909** » May 6th, 2020, 4:07 am

Wow, that is awesome

knifeshark · Post by **knifeshark** » May 6th, 2020, 4:54 am

Wow! That is a stunning bird, and look at the giant set of hooks on that bad boy! Super job!

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BobT · Post by **BobT** » May 6th, 2020, 5:29 am

Beautiful bird, congrats! I hope he is going on the wall.

Dr Juice · Post by **Dr Juice** » May 6th, 2020, 5:47 am

Wow. That is an awesome bird and i would get a full body mount in a split second.

By the way, in your last pic i see he was using a mouth call, how did he sound?[emoji12]

Congrats!

935 · Post by **935** » May 6th, 2020, 5:59 am

NICE!!! Way to stick with him. Congratulations.

soiltester · Post by **soiltester** » May 6th, 2020, 6:43 am

deerhunt1988 wrote: ↑May 5th, 2020, 5:26 pm Congrats on a bird of a lifetime!

That it is

Congrats on a Brut of a dandy

Kingwoodsman · Post by **Kingwoodsman** » May 6th, 2020, 3:04 pm

Congrats! What a neat bird

Buckmark13 · Post by **Buckmark13** » May 6th, 2020, 4:02 pm

That's fantastic! And like many others, I've never seen one much less heard of it.

What causes the unique coloring?

Where in VA are you? I'm up in the Reston area.

Hognutz · Post by **Hognutz** » May 6th, 2020, 4:26 pm

Buckmark13 wrote: ↑May 6th, 2020, 4:02 pm

What causes the unique coloring

When they narrowly miss getting killed by a crossbow, they turn red!
That’s my theory and I’m stickin to it!!

Jbird22 · Post by **Jbird22** » May 6th, 2020, 4:39 pm

GIVE ME A SECOND!!!

Congrats on a beautiful turkey!

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