Big Browns Report post Posted May 4, 2015 Just wondering how good that hunt is? Was this the first year we had this tag? It may take a long time, but it's nice to have 3 species of Turkey in Arizona to hunt. Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted May 5, 2015 Just wondering how good that hunt is? Was this the first year we had this tag? It may take a long time, but it's nice to have 3 species of Turkey in Arizona to hunt. Adam I read somewhere those rios are hybrids, they have some merriams in them. Interesting to see how the hunt went 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flatlander Report post Posted May 5, 2015 Someone posted one on here last year. Brian Rimsza maybe . . . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TRKHNTR Report post Posted May 5, 2015 Someone posted one on here last year. Brian Rimsza maybe . . . Just wondering how good that hunt is? Was this the first year we had this tag? It may take a long time, but it's nice to have 3 species of Turkey in Arizona to hunt. Adam I read somewhere those rios are hybrids, they have some merriams in them. Interesting to see how the hunt went IA Born is well read on this subject and seems to believe they are hybrids which if the case is disappointing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturebob Report post Posted May 5, 2015 They shouldn't bring in another species imo. Just gonna lead to more hybrids down the line. Too many States have that issue. Someday (not in My time) they will all be cross bred .I'm gettin the real slam well I can. Not a Hybrid slam..............BOB! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IA Born Report post Posted May 5, 2015 Someone posted one on here last year. Brian Rimsza maybe . . . Just wondering how good that hunt is? Was this the first year we had this tag? It may take a long time, but it's nice to have 3 species of Turkey in Arizona to hunt. Adam I read somewhere those rios are hybrids, they have some merriams in them. Interesting to see how the hunt went IA Born is well read on this subject and seems to believe they are hybrids which if the case is disappointing. I suppose the biologist-geek in me can't help but point out that they are all subspecies, not separate species. We only have one species of turkey in Arizona, with three subspecies. When it comes to that technical stuff, I freely admit that I can be a PIA, but I can't help it. Its also ironic because, in the taxonomy world, I'm a lumper and not a splitter. But TRKHNTR is correct in that my understanding of those "Rios" brought in from Utah is that they have hybridized with Merriam's up there. The geneticist in me would like to see the DNA results to confirm, but friends who were former UDWR biologists/conservation officers were telling me about the hybridization issue when they were brought into Arizona. There's a reason I'm holding out for my Rio from South Texas! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murfys69law Report post Posted May 5, 2015 Amazing the wealth of knowledge we can learn on CWT. I didn't know any of this stuff about our turkeys. Only hunted them 3 times and never even saw one. Heard em tho. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
