Turkey with a Bum Foot??

[NebraskaWhitetail]

I was just curious is anyone else here has ever taken a wild turkey that was missing one or more toes?

I got my fall turkey Saturday out in central Nebraska. It was a nice three-years old with a 10" beard and 1 1/8" spurs. The unusual thing about this gobbler is that on one foot, he had lost two of his toes at first knuckle (to frostbite, I suppose)and they had head over as nubs. Somehow he managed to overcome the injury and live a long as he did.

Has anyone else harvested a bird with a bird that had recovered from a similar injury to his foot?

 

[Liv4Rut]

I shot one 3-4 springs ago, that had only stumps on his right foot, it was really wierd and kind of gross looking. i just climbed a huge ridge about noon, and 3 huge gobblers took off out of a brushpile when they got about 50 yards out I leveled my gun and shot and rolled him, walked over there and couldn't believe his foot, and the suprising thing is that it didnt effect the way he ran at all. he ran just as fast the others

congrats on your bird!!!

 

[tracker]

I shot one a couple of years ago with my gun that had the same foot you describe. One guy with me thought it was frost bite also. I think I still have it, I'll look for it and post picture if I have any luck.