Tiny gobbler

[Blong]

I may have posted this last year but not sure. A good friend killed this in Covington county.

[Happy]

Bet he got his butt kicked often.

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[mtns2hunt]

Looks like all his energy went into growing that beard.

[wvmntnhick]

Looks like all his energy went into growing that beard.

Was thinking the same thing. That's amazing he's that little. I think many birds are overestimated and I've been known to do it myself a time or two. That however is ridiculously small.

[captpete]

Does he deer hunt??

[Tail Feathers]

A grouse size turkey.

[JHoyle]

I saw a central Fl bird a few years back that weighed 13lbs had 12 1/2in beard and 1 1/2 Spurs. Was weighed on a certified scale. Freak.


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[WiLL B]

I'm a good bit south of there and our gobblers run smaller on average than Covington Co. But that one is the smallest I've ever hear of! Cool!!

[SteelerFan]

Show off! Oh sure, anyone can hit a 20 lb. bird with a shotgun... but try hitting a 10 pounder! Lol

[turkeywhisperer935]

I wonder what his tiny little gobble sounded like. There is jakes bigger than that poor thing but a Tom is a Tom.

[Uncle Nicky]

I killed this bird last year, just cleared 13 lbs, late May. I didn't believe the scale at the check station was right, so I weighed him at home, and their scale WAS correct.

[ferocious calls]

Even when feed is constantly available some birds are just small in stature just like people.
That one though is a freak.

[Meadow Valley Man]

Several years ago during the fifth time period of the Wisconsin season, our camp killed several adult gobblers that weighed no more than 13lbs. This was after a particularly harsh winter. They still gobbled well and came to the call.

[StrutStopper_71]

A guy killed this giant mini buck on one of our wma's this year. Smallest buck I've ever seen.

[SinGin]

In the book Old Pro Gene has a chapter about a bird that didn't weigh much at all and I have talked to a couple of old timers who say that the original strain of turkeys weren't very big. All the breeding they did in the 40's and 50's were bred with farm turkeys and that's why they are so big. Your friend may have actually shot a real trophy, being an original strain of turkey. So call them Moss Back turkeys