True spur and True beard for turkeys

[neat prawn]

TruTom ®️ !!!! We need this 🦃 .... let the devs know!!!

[dire idol]

Please this out of everything that evolves animals score this is the one I want the most

[dire oar]

This would be pretty cool. I know some places keep weight records also. I've never weighed a thunder chicken either though.

[dire idol]

And see you can also have females with beards and on the extremely rare chance you could have female diamonds depending on how they do the scoring

Female Diamond turkey could be one of the more saw after trophies in the game

[wispy hatch]

The playable Jaxy character should also have TruBeard™️
It grows 1/2 inch every diamond kill up to a certain length.

[neat prawn]

Also possible to have a double bearded tom as well ... Maybe save the double beards for the GO

[dire idol]

Indeed

Can have up to 7

[neat prawn]

Only seen doubles ... did not know they could even have triples

[neat prawn]

👀

[dire idol]

13

[neat prawn]

Would love to have a mount like that in game .... If I saw that IRL I'm not sure I could even shoot straight

[dire idol]

Yuup

[neat prawn]

Add the spurs and they could come up with some truly unique trophies

[dire idol]

https://gothunts.com/how-to-score-a-wild-turkey/

This

This is all we need

This is how all turkeys shot are scored

Weight x 2x beard x 10x spur

Then each turkey and score would be unique

@neat prawn

[neat prawn]

Lets call this new scoring system TruTom ...

[dire idol]

Lol

[tulip folio]

Yes! This would be so awsome! It would also be great if we could get different bear sizes, along with anything else that doesn't have antlers or horns

[neat prawn]

We have turkeys on so many maps now including one starter map. Can we say GO yet? Sure but first we need this scoring system added ....

[dire idol]

It's a higher possible now

[dire oar]

Maybe the GO turkey could be an Ocellated Turkey since they didn't put it on Rancho.

[shut ledge]

No, they don’t even live in the same area as any of the other turkeys and I am glad they went with Rio Grandes for Rancho

[dire oar]

Yeah I'm aware they don't live in any of the areas of the other turkeys since we don't have a Yucatan Peninsula map. Pretty sure the Goulds Turkeys are in the Sonara Desert not Rio's but we don't have those either in game. Just thought it would be a cool way to have them in game and i do realize its not realistic. I haven't seen any half white moose running around either irl.

[shut ledge]

We can totally have a Great One Turkey without using an Ocellated Turkey, and given that Merriam’s and Eastern are on multiple maps, with the former now being on Laytons, I just feel it would be more bizarre to see a jungle dwelling bird in the Pacific Northwest then a half-white moose which is itself a bizarre sight.

[dire oar]

I get that. I'd love to see all species of turkey at some point and have a Turkey Slam mutimount along with getting the NA sheep species on the right maps and have a sheep slam multimount.

[shut ledge]

I agree, a Florida map for Osceola Turkey would allow us a second Alligator map and potentially some invasive species like Green Iguana and Muscovy Ducks. If Texas is chosen for Gould’s Turkey that would allow for some exotics (2-4 at most, but thats me) and Ocellated would get a dedicated reserve that would have dense jungle areas (not the whole reserve though) that would also have their own unique white-tail deer

[vapid moss]

A jungle map with Ocellated Turkeys would be so cool, and there's a lot of other species that they could do for that as well. Ocelot, Brocket Deer, etc.

[shut ledge]

I’m pretty certain Ocelots are off limits in Mexico, but yes there would be a lot of cool jungle species to hunt

[vapid moss]

I'd have to do some more research on that. I know they have Ocelots in southern Mexico, I'm just not sure if they can be hunted anywhere.

[shut ledge]

From my limited research the only country they could he hunted in is Peru, which also happens to have unique waterfowl and white-tail deer up in the mountains

[neat prawn]

Add this scoring system for turkeys

[neat prawn]

Lots of reserves have Turkeys now ... we need this

[dire idol]

Indeed

[neat prawn]

Need I say more?

[light meteor]

I'd love this And would technically be the first non horned/antlered(I'm probably wrong) species to get a "trurac" would be very interesting and would make turkeys more unique

[dire idol]

It would be

[deft venture]

Hoping this would bring about Trusize and Tusk for hogs and Peccary

[drifting rose]

This is an absolutely fantastic suggestion. I was really looking at the turkeys the other day and just wasn't feeling them

[flint epoch]

we need this too

[drifting rose]

And make them a more realistic size especially for the diamonds and golds. We out here shooting baby hogs saying they dimes

[deft venture]

Honestly.I get the females being that size but males,and saying they weigh 400 pounds…

[drifting rose]

Yea tiny

[native carbon]

Yes to be scored on beard size, this needs to be in cotw awsome suggestion

[twin tiger]

13*

oh lol u posted that my bad boss

[dire idol]

Lol

[left bay]

Multibeards would be sweet too, as they're not all that rare in turkeys.

[stuck shoal]

need this

[native prism]

Amazing idea

[native prism]

I'm the biggest turkey hunter on the game

[candid plank]

I have no problem with the turkey model, or the feed, and resting times but the male turkeys(gobblers) should gobble when you use the crow call to locate them, which is what they do irl.

I also think the turkeys need to be made where they can't pick up the players scent in the wind because irl turkeys can't actually smell.

Yall ever seen a bearded hen

[vivid holly]

From my experience, scent means little to nothing to these noisy bowling balls of the forest. 😏

They can be very entertaining to watch!
🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃

[stuck shoal]

I saw two in one field once

[neat prawn]

Beards and spurs imagine the possibilities .... 162

[left bay]

It would be cool to have birds with multiple beards and what not, but more decoy poses, some new call designs (box, slate, etc.), a .410 turkey gun, and TSS shot for all gauges would be great. Make the TSS work for Class 1-2, as well. Perfect for close foxes, coyotes, etc.

[neat prawn]

Add this feature and it may be time for us to also talk about GO Turkeys. They are already on the base game..... Current world record is > 23" on spur length and 22" on beard length. Reserve the longer triple beards and the longest spurs > 23" for the GO's

[sudden trout]

I also don't think you should be able to shoot them with .22's

My recommendation would be to make them and other upland birds class 0.

Then change Birdshot to be class 0-1 while keeping .22 ammo at just class 1.

My dream ask is to also give us a reason to aim for the turkeys head like irl rather than just carelessly blasting them in the chest.

[stuck shoal]

We got this 💪

[runic jacinth]

Tree Beard?! Are we attacking Isengard?

[minor fossil]

G1 Turkey be a triple bearded Turkey 👀

[neat prawn]

.... We can dream cant we?? First True Tom scoring .... Then maybe even G1 one day?

[runic jacinth]

I've seen some turkeys irl that would for sure be a GO

[bold radish]

The next feathered Great One for sure, give the turkeys some love

[neat prawn]

Would love to see Turkey G1 but not before TruTom Scoring ....

Spurs & Beards Oh My!!!

TruTom Scoring Weight + 2x beard len + 10x spur len means every bird will be unique ...

If a bird has Multiple beards you add the lengths of all the beards together X 2

Actually depending on the rarity of multi beard birds and the max length of spurs you really wouldn't need to make a fantasy G1 bird .... TruTom ®️ would create its own G1's ....

[stuck shoal]

Yeah

[neat prawn]

In honor of American Thanksgiving .... Kill a Turkey .... If you support indigenous Americans then use a bow .... I would be more thankful if we had TruTom scoring 😉

[neat prawn]

I would be very Thankful if we got TruTom scoring ( Weight + 2x beard len + 10x spur len )

[south shadow]

Curiosity: The Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, and Slovenia are the European countries where introduced wild turkeys are legally hunted.

[drifting rose]

So turkey could be one. The new map is what your saying

[runic jacinth]

TrueBeard? Tree Beard? The Ents are going to war?

[neat prawn]

Turkey Hunters !!! Where yall at???

Just think of all the unique trophy variations??? And No drink zones !!!

[lusty glen]

we need better turkey scoring

[misty cove]

It does bug me that Turkeys arent properly scored and they should include better mounts as well. & for pete sake EW give us turkey shells 🙏

[stuck shoal]

So much potential with turkeys

[misty cove]

Agreed.

[neat prawn]

Thanks for the Pin King!! Three Toms for you 🦃 🦃 🦃

[lusty glen]

better scoring for turkey bump

[vocal sierra]

Also make the Eastern turkeys bigger (weight), they're significantly bigger than the other sub-species

[sudden trout]

It's opening day of turkey of season for me. I sprinted around the property with my bright red .22 and wasn't able to find any flocks just standing around waiting for me to plink them from 200 yards away? Did Cotw lie to me? 😭

[stuck shoal]

😭

[south shadow]

The arrangement of the tail feathers needs to be corrected; they don't have to be fanned out like a fan.

There are three juvenile wild turkeys whose tail fans are uneven in shape, their beards are shorter, and their spurs are less developed. They are known as jakes.

[stuck shoal]

Turkeys could have so much potential

[neat prawn]

Really there would be no need to have a turkey G1 if they would just add TruTom (True Spur & True Beard with Multi-beards) ....

If they added TruTom Turkeys would automatically have a built in G1 probability ..... 292

[south shadow]

I would like to see Jakes (male wild turkeys level 1) added to COTW.

[neat prawn]

This would be the most realistic G1 of all .... Randomize the birds weight, beard and spur lengths .... Some birds will be considered atypical and could have multi beards ... Add the length of all the beards together .....

Final score is weight + (beard length x 2 ) + (spur length x 10 )

No need to make fantastical designs just let the numbers determine the true G1 Turkey ....

[stuck shoal]

Need this in the game

[south shadow]

Turkey Locator Owl Hooter Call

[neat prawn]

This change would take Turkey Hunting over the Top .... Do this right and top scoring birds would be natural great ones .....

[somber sun]

Celebrating all the upvotes counts as bumping. Please don't!

[neat prawn]

Not celebrating ... using it primarily to mark the date when it was last moved up for more discussion .... Trying to keep my feedback posts to only being moved up once a week ...

But If doing this is not allowed under any circumstances then I will discontinue the practice .....

[somber sun]

No, bumping is not allowed, bumping is defined as posting in a thread only to push it to the top

[twin tiger]

Wait, bumping's no longer allowed? Ah hell, that's on me for bumping a thread recently I didn't know that was a new rule

[left bay]

Honestly, the models should be on the free range Heritage breeds, not the mass produced factory breeds that can't stand on their own legs. I think that's what is shown there, but the weights should reflect much closer to them than factory birds. Give me a muzzleloading fowling piece and I'd have a field day GO turkey hunting on NEM. 😂

[south shadow]

Plumage Appearance is an important factor for The Great One. The Grinders like it, but only Beard and Spur don’t attract much attention because they are elements that don't completely change the appearance.

[stuck shoal]

Heritage breeds can be all of those plumage types they just dont weigh as much as meat birds

[south shadow]

It’s a fun fact. I imagine it couldn’t even walk or fly with that weight. The average mass of a domestic turkey is 13.5 kilograms (29.8 pounds). Just 5 more pounds would be perfect for The Great One.

[left bay]

I think that's what's agreeable about the Heritage breeds is that they're a nice compromise between the ultra realistic record book wild birds and the super fat chemically enhanced "Butterball" factory birds. They're heavier than the wild diamonds, but distinct enough to stand out without looking like a fantasy creature.