H-50 Turkeys-Road
Color Reproduction | By Charles Beckendorf
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The wild turkey seen in Texas today are almost always the Rio Grande subspecies. Until settlement, Eastern variety - the kind the Pilgrims ate - were found in good numbers over eastern Texas and the Panhandle. The Eastern turkey was extirpated by white hunters and settlers from northern Texas and the Panhandle in the 1890's, and less than 100 remained in the pine-oak woodlands of East Texas by 1940. The Merriams sub-species were never widespread in West Texas - apparently native only to the Guadalupe Mountains. This sub-species was wiped out by hunting before 1910.
The ancestral grounds of the Rio Grande turkey was from northern Central Texas throughout the Edwards Plateau and south to the Rio Grande. This variety - though stressed by hunting and settlement - held on and became the building stock of Texas turkeys.
This image is from the Charles Beckendorf Texas Wildlife book. The original was an acrylic painting on canvas (1992) and the size is approximately 14 X 11 inches. The total edition size of this print is 500.
This is a part of the Texas Wildlife Art Prints Collection.
Color Reproduction
The wild turkey seen in Texas today are almost always the Rio Grande subspecies. Until settlement, Eastern variety - the kind the Pilgrims ate - were found in good numbers over eastern Texas and the Panhandle. The Eastern turkey was extirpated by white hunters and settlers from northern Texas and the Panhandle in the 1890's, and less than 100 remained in the pine-oak woodlands of East Texas by 1940. The Merriams sub-species were never widespread in West Texas - apparently native only to the Guadalupe Mountains. This sub-species was wiped out by hunting before 1910.
The ancestral grounds of the Rio Grande turkey was from northern Central Texas throughout the Edwards Plateau and south to the Rio Grande. This variety - though stressed by hunting and settlement - held on and became the building stock of Texas turkeys.
This image is from the Charles Beckendorf Texas Wildlife book. The original was an acrylic painting on canvas (1992) and the size is approximately 14 X 11 inches. The total edition size of this print is 500.
This is a part of the Texas Wildlife Art Prints Collection.
Beckendorf color reproductions are developed using four color process printing on fine white paper. This advanced technique utilizes separate color plates for each of the primary colors, plus black. High-resolution digital scans and special process inks are utilized to yield beautiful, accurate reproductions.
About the Artist - Charles Beckendorf
Charles grew up in Mathis, Texas, where he had the opportunity to spend hours on large ranches. Generous land owners gave him permission to wander freely over their ranches and he observed creatures in their natural surroundings. He developed a lifelong love of nature, whether it be in the tiniest of flowers or the largest of animals. It was at this time that he became a true naturalist.
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