RARE alert !!!!

or at least in Texas best I can tell ya,,,,,,,
...I have hunted for a very long time in this state and to be sure can count on one hand the number of gobblers I have seen with OFF colored beards.
this bird appears to have a blondish red version and I promise you after about a bunch of bird sightings in the cross timbers area of texas you will see VERY few if any like this one .
I saw my last strange color phase beard about 20 years ago and only saw one other before that about 5 years prior to that one .
to be sure they are cool looking animals …
hope you enjoy the views :highfive

That’s cool never seen that before.


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That's a new one on me too. I love your sharing of your Texas wildlife pics with us.

Awesome!

I have spent many years in the woods and have never seen that. I did kill a hen with a beard one year, but never a color phase like that one. Game cameras are so cool.


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That's a new one on me too. I love your sharing of your Texas wildlife pics with us.

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Them game cameras sure are fun ....glad you enjoy the photos ...
Around 3 to 4 thousand photos on each camera a week is lots to view though
And we are running a third now just for grins ....not motion sensitive type .
Just every 5 minutes it snaps one

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That’s cool never seen that before.


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First one I ever saw was a big gobbler I whacked and didn’t notice it till after I downed him.
His beard was banded ....half gray half black with about a 1/2 orange band in the middle .
When I showed it told folks they said I colored it and didn’t believe me .
The second one was on the other side of the river from where I saw this bird and larger and bright orange .
I didn’t expire that bird and probably won’t this one either .
This one is the only one I have a photo of to prove they exist ....
When I told folks about the big one across the river they told me I was full of it ...
That is true to some degree ...but this ain’t the case this time :Rofl

Hope this is not beard rot.

tech3

you know it does not appear to be starting just on the tip and to be sure I never saw one that looked like the one in the photo of the bread rot.
and it is only on one bird out of all of them ,but to be sure it might be so ,,,,I don't know ...
but then again I aint a turkey expert and have no clue on this subject ….interesting none the less

That's a cool beard!!

That is an awesome beard and great picture. I have hunted several and have never saw one like that. But if I ever did while hunting. I would have a full body mount.

That's cool. Never even knew about it, and I'm a Turkey hunter.

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I've shot a few turkey, but photoed 1,000's with game cameras. First time to ever see a beard like you caught on game cam. Never had one mounted but have fallen in love a few times. Some folks say I may be full of it too. Just sayin'.

I see this bird every week now and its pretty cool for sure
I wish many moons ago I took the big version I saw on the other side of the river
I do know the game warden I questioned about it back when did not have answer and looked at me like I was you know ..:Rofl

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Hope this is not beard rot.

tech3

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My first thought too. I've never seen one fully orange in color like that but I have seen some that looked like a half burned cigarette with a blunt orange ring around the end. The rest of the beard had fell off.

​Nice, haven’t seen that before.

it aint fell off yet yawl …...he is still on camera with it every day …..
will keep yawl posted on his progress ….if possible

Pretty sure that not beard rot. Iv seen it one time and it just kind falls out and gets really fragile.

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I killed a 21 pound gobbler with beard rot about 10 years ago here in central N.C. and just the tips were orange, not the whole beard. Cool pics, thanks for sharing.

Jim

Great picture, I have hunted turkeys in many states but I've only saw 1 gobbler similar to this one about 25 years ago in northern Missouri. Great picture thanks for sharing, very rare sight.