Mature gobbler-No spurs

[Bucktale]

I called in this gobbler yesterday evening following a hen for my longtime fishing partner. He came in silently strutting. My buddy's second turkey ever and first in many years, though we've tried several times over the years.
Even though he's obviously a mature gobbler-thick 9 1/2 in beard, full fan, etc-he has no spurs. Legs completely slick like a hen. I've seen my share of gobblers, but this is a first for me. How often have you guys seen this?


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[randy6471]

 Congrats on the bird!

  I've also seen alot of gobblers over the years and have only ever seen 2 without spurs. An Osceola that I shot about 5 or 6 years ago and an eastern shot in Pennsylvania about 10 years ago.

[tomstopper]

I have shot one once with only one spur on his one leg and the other completely bare. Have heard of some gobblers missing them all together too. Congrats

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[zelmo1]

Congrats on the success. Rare to not have any spurs, but not a freak. Maybe a member of the " Jenner  Family" 

[MK M GOBL]

In all the birds I have ever been on there have been 2 gobblers with no spurs, both came out of the U.P. of Michigan and were shot a few years apart from each other but same ground. Guess a genetic trait, like hens with beards, multiple beards on a gobbler and such but a rare occurrence at that. I used to have a "family" that were all hunting the same farm and had killed 3-4 beards gobblers most every year, genetics of those birds...

MK M GOBL

[renegade19]

I've seen several.

[Clydetaylor1]

I killed one a couple of years ago. Had a double beard and no spurs.

[j.goebel]

Wow that's different congrats on the bird!

[LaLongbeard]

I killed one couple years back same deal full fan long thick beard but not a hint of a spur on either leg not even a bump. I have killed them with broken spurs but this was the first no spur Gobbler I've seen. I guess maybe a genetic defect. I've killed  several in the exact same spot all had normal spurs.

[guesswho]

Seen a few over the years, and also a few one spurred.   Certain areas have quite a few, just like multibeards.  Seems to be localized

[snapper1982]

i killed one in Kansas about 6 years ago that had no spurs.

[Mossyguy]

I've taken a few that had no spurs...definitely more common than you might think.

[surehuntsalot]

congrats on the bird

[NCL]

The bird I killed last did not have even a hint of a spur.

[1iagobblergetter]

Congrats....Over the years I've only shot one with no spurs. You could tell It was genetics and that they weren't broke off. It had over a nine inch beard..