ramtagless
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Hey Turkey Experts -
My wife shot this plains turkey on Saturday. Her first bird and it is a nice big mature tom. We had a herd of 8 hens and 2 toms come into our decoys and I told her to shoot the white one.
The plains turkeys are Rios, but this bird looks a lot like a merriam's.
So - will rio's sometime have the white colors of a merriam's or you think the CO plains birds have some merriam's genes? Is there a significant physical difference between the two sub-species besides coloration?
A few pictures and an interesting map. Thanks...
My wife shot this plains turkey on Saturday. Her first bird and it is a nice big mature tom. We had a herd of 8 hens and 2 toms come into our decoys and I told her to shoot the white one.
The plains turkeys are Rios, but this bird looks a lot like a merriam's.
So - will rio's sometime have the white colors of a merriam's or you think the CO plains birds have some merriam's genes? Is there a significant physical difference between the two sub-species besides coloration?
A few pictures and an interesting map. Thanks...
![range_map_full.jpg](http://www.nwtf.org/images/range_map_full.jpg)
![4170turkey_2010_003.jpg](https://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/4170turkey_2010_003.jpg)
![6486turkey_2010_006.jpg](https://www.monstermuleys.info/photos/user_photos/6486turkey_2010_006.jpg)