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Fishbonker

Fishbonker

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Can turkeys see only black and white gray scale, like a deer?

Are ther any other animals besides us that can see in color?

The 'Bonker
 
I think that turkeys, ruffed grouse, ducks, geese can see color.

Coyotes maybe too.

This is all speculation, I can't back it with facts.
 
A Kingsford charcoal bag would drive our domestic tom crazy. Their heads turn blue when they get all fired up. I'm betting turkeys have pretty good color vision, at least in the blue/red spectrum.
 
I also thought turkeys could see color, but cannot support this with facts.

I do remember sometime back reading about the use of red fletches on your bow and the deer being able to pick out red better than any other color (I think Chuck Adams said this in an article) and therefore not to use more than 1 red fletch per arrow as it will stand out when in your quiver with the other arrows. Something similar could be occuring with turkeys and the reason why the toms have the red heads (just a thought)
 
Seriously, what does Chuck Adams know? /forum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

Don't mind me, I've consumed a growler from the Bent River Brewery tonight.
 
Why would a peacock be so colorful if not to attract a lady friend. I believe that there are alot of animals that see in color.
 
I think that there are a lot of animals that see in varying degrees of partial color. The bright stuff gets picked up the drab stuff does not.

Again, I'm a fish guru, not animal plumage and breeding tendencies.

That being said, Bonker stands the best chance of catching the ladies beings as he has the brightest plumage.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">The merging of brood flocks offers increased security from predation. Turkeys detect predators and other threats with acute vision and hearing. Wild turkeys have a broader field of vision and a keener ability to discern movement than humans do, but they do not have binocular vision. They compensate by making observations from several locations. Turkeys can detect some color differences.

Their nocturnal vision is poor, and birds forced to leave their roosts after dark have great difficulty. Turkeys usually begin roosting about sundown and leave their roost trees shortly before sunrise. In dark conditions -- overcast, rain, snow or fog -- birds often roost earlier and leave later. </div></div>
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kansasdeerslayer</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Why would a peacock be so colorful if not to attract a lady friend. I believe that there are alot of animals that see in color. </div></div>


i agree!!
 
Sorry Bonker, I think the Bonkerflage will hurt your turkey killing chances! It did work for deer though!! I agree with the above statements why would birds be so colorful if their mate didn't see it?
 
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