White gobbler???
 

This afternoon coming home i saw what looked like a mostly white gobbler.
He was in my nabiors corn fild with a few other turkeys.
he was and average sized bird for around here.

have any of yall sean abornormal coler fazed birds?

how rear is this?

Or mybe a domistic turkey taking up with a wild flock?

RE: White gobbler???
 

No..Not Domestic.
We Had One Around Here 3-4 Years Ago..My Buddy Shot It. Like Albino Deer Just A Color Pigmentation Thing.

RE: White gobbler???
 

There's a white hen on the farm I hunt. She's been there 3 or 4 years.

RE: White gobbler???
 

The guys are right but it could be domestic also or have domestic blood in it!!Check this out....

RE: White gobbler???
 

Theres probally some that are domestic to....But around here I've seen a few white ones and theres no turkey farms till next county....Its like albino deer...a color pigmentation...Or kids with white hair just a color pigmentation

RE: White gobbler???
 

There's an article in the latest Turkey and Turkey Hunting talking about the different color phases.

Hal

RE: White gobbler???
 

i will have to see if i can find that mag. around here.

The bird i saw is alot more white than the one in the pic.
the only dark feathers were on the tail fan and there wasnt many of them.

The reasion i was thinking it may be a domistic or a cross is.
we have a noboir about 2 miles through the woods that has free range domistic "10 to 15 birds". and one of the goblers is pur white.

and it would seam to make since of a chick taking up with wild birds or a cross between them.

any way if a hunter takes him it would be a intersting trophey.

RE: White gobbler???
 

i have never seen a true albino here where im at ... but i have killed what many call a "SMOKE GREY" phase .... what it is .... is that the turkey is missing SUM of its melanin (what gives them their black color) in its feathers .... which is what makes it partially white .... a true albino turkey has NO melanin at all ..... believe it or not we have been watchin a smoke grey phase bearded hen for the past couple of months ... would love to kill her