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Title: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: Turkeyfan on April 20, 2011, 11:48:32 AM
A guys son here in KY got this bird this week. As anyone ever seen anything like this

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Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: LX_Trkyhntr on April 20, 2011, 11:54:21 AM
That's crazy looking!
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: archery1 on April 20, 2011, 12:00:20 PM
NEVER SAW ANYTHIN LIKE THAT.!!!!!       MAYBE HE WAS PAINTIN WITH THE WIFE EARLIER THAT DAY?????
CONGRATS ON THAT FINE TURKEY
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: Basser69 on April 20, 2011, 12:04:48 PM
Thats just plain weird. I have never seen or heard of anything like that in my life.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: wvboy on April 20, 2011, 01:14:35 PM
This needs to be copied over for the questions for Lovett Williams ..
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: NYGobblergetter on April 20, 2011, 01:17:01 PM
I shot one like that in New York last year. From a distance it looked like the head was really white. The bird also a lot lighter colored scales on its feet too.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: bowhunter84 on April 20, 2011, 02:44:46 PM
thats cool
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: TRKYHTR on April 20, 2011, 03:53:30 PM
That does look wierd. Never seen anything like that. Looks like frost bite. I would be interested to see what Dr Williams has to say.

TRKYHTR
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: NCTURKEYHUNTER on April 20, 2011, 03:55:29 PM
Congrats on a fine looking bird..OLE LEMON HEAD
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: ILIKEHEVI-13 on April 20, 2011, 04:05:22 PM
Hey was he the coward of the county?   :lol:
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: stinkpickle on April 20, 2011, 04:07:36 PM
A buddy shot one in Texas that had a little bit of yellow on it, but nothing like THAT!
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: Hognutz on April 20, 2011, 04:16:58 PM
That is not what I want to see on my gobblers' noggin. I prefer the red and blue, thank you very much.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: spitndrum on April 20, 2011, 04:26:29 PM
Maybe it was in Organ Failure???
Congrats!
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: TrackeySauresRex on April 20, 2011, 04:48:23 PM
Quote from: spitndrum on April 20, 2011, 04:26:29 PM
Maybe it was in Organ Failure???
Congrats!
Looks like a case for Dr. Lovett

Organ Failure, Caused by lead Poisening  ;D
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: Ol'Mossy on April 20, 2011, 04:49:42 PM
That's weird, maybe he has cirrohsis of the liver  :lol:
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: guesswho on April 20, 2011, 05:07:18 PM
I killed one with about half that much yellow in Georgia a few years ago.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: harvester on April 20, 2011, 08:44:04 PM
Thats pretty neat right there. I would have to get that one mounted.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: njdevilsb on April 20, 2011, 09:10:58 PM
Wow, that's a definitely a first for me.  Very cool.
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Post by: surehuntsalot on April 20, 2011, 09:53:51 PM
interesting indeed
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: turkey slayer on April 20, 2011, 10:15:37 PM
Quote from: wvboy on April 20, 2011, 01:14:35 PM
This needs to be copied over for the questions for Lovett Williams ..
:agreed: I would love to know what caused that
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: cannonball on April 20, 2011, 10:27:18 PM
I would have had him mounted too.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: dawgfrombama on April 20, 2011, 10:49:59 PM
Can't say that I've seen that before.
Title: Re: Yellow Headed Turkey Harvested in KY
Post by: ehavs on April 21, 2011, 08:59:34 AM
definitely a cool looking bird.