Question for you turkey experts.....
I dropped a bird last night, and was tallkin with my buddy Eric, both of us guaged this bird to be about a 1 1/2 year old Tom. Had an 8 1/2 beard, spurs were 7/8. Looking at his tail feathers, they were opposite in length of a jake, his center feathers were shorter, and looked like new ones coming in. I thought maybe he was molting, but Eric claims turkeys don't molt. If true, what may have causes the center feathers to be coming in new? This is a first I have seen were all the center tail feathers were all shorter, and coming in new. Any thoughts?