Turkey color question

• May 11, 2005

• #1

Buckbuster

Senior Member

I see turkeys around my house sometimes and some of them have lighter colors than others. Is this where they have bred with domestic turkeys or is it natural for wild turkeys to have different colors? Some of them are real light colored, brownish white looking.

 

• May 11, 2005

• #2

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Sugar Hill Scouter

Guest

I've hunted for 17 years now, and every wild turkey I've seen has the same coloration. I have seen pictures of albino turkeys, but never seen any in the wild.

 

• May 11, 2005

• #3

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struttinsouthern

Banned

u might be reffering to the smoky grey phase of a wild turkey. this is few and far between

 

• May 11, 2005

• #4

gordylew

Senior Member

I was seeing a white hen in henry county years ago,. she wasnt albino because her wing feathers were brown,. I,ve seen wild turkeys with very light fan tips but most are chocolate.

 

• May 12, 2005

• #5

stumpshooter

Senior Member

I took this picture in TN. Don't know if she got mixed with a tame one or not but she was a wild turkey for sure.

 

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• May 12, 2005

• #6

Mac

Senior Member

I saw, many times over a three year period, a hen very similar to the picture posted by stumpshooter. She was in a flock that hung around our school.
The timber was cut a few years ago and the turks moved.

 

• May 12, 2005

• #7

Buckbuster

Senior Member

I do believe what I see around here has some domestic mixed in. I may see 10 turkeys and 1 or 2 of them will have odd colors. Seem likes they would not be able to live in the wild as good if they had tame turkey blood in them.

 

• May 13, 2005

• #8

stumpshooter

Senior Member

 

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