We found a mature Tom dead on one of our properties today that holds a very large flock of turkeys. He was laying next to a pond, in the same pasture where the landowner is feeding shell corn to some calves. The birds have been using this pasture almost non-stop since they started feeding. There was no sign of trauma to the bird at all. Should I be concerned about disease or is this most likely just "one of those things" that happen in Nature quite frequently & we normally just don't know about?
Singlebarrel,
He could have died of an aortic rupture. Gobblers are famous for that.