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Turkey study underway. Oldest hen?


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I shot a gobbler in May of 2012 that had been banded in 2007 a mile away. I killed a bird with the consecutive band number in 2008 on the same property. The 2012 bird had 1 3/16 spurs when captured/banded in '07, making him likely 9 yrs old when I tagged him five years later. He had a 1.25" spur on one leg and his other was broken off at an inch. He was a healthy 22.5#. He had a $100 reward band that had expired in '09. According to the research leader that I talked to at Penn State, he was the oldest bird reported in the tri-state study for NY, PA and OH!!!

 

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