White turkeys at my property last Thurs....(pic)

Those should eat better than the native wild turkeys though I doubt they last till turkey season. Bobcat or something will get em probably.

Where is that at?

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Wild turkeys in the New Mexico region are white..

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What?

They have white tail feathers as they are Merriams, but no, the entire turkey is not white.

There are four color phases associated with wild turkeys. The ones you see could be the erythritic phase. Its pretty darn uncommon to see, much less photograph. Then theres always the possibility its a domestic or domestic/wild hybrid..

From the NWTF...

Color Phases: A few wild turkeys grow unusually colored feathers. These are known as color phases. There are four color phases, a smokey gray color phase, a melanistic color phase (all black), an erythritic color phase (reddish coloration) and an albino color phase (very rare).

Heres a pic of a black phase bird..


Smoke phase..

I've seen a white deer in clinton/pride before. My dads friend was going to shoot it, but it got hit by a truck. It was just outside of that little nature park/zoo thing.

Lol..my bad. Ment to say truck. I fixed it

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Did you take that picture yourself or is that form a game camera? Looks like it was pretty close to them.

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zoomed in with my Iphone 4, they were really close though

I have a few white turkeys on my property too. its funny to see them roll up in the middle of the pack. It looks like me at a grambling game.

ETA: I have never been to a grambling game.