Infection

[kevin mays]

Check out the swelling in this turkeys throat. He was an old wise bird that was pretty hard to kill. He would stop short every time he was set up on and wouldn't come the last 20 yards .
My son stopped just short of a food plot one afternoon and called softly and he hammered.

He eased up where he could see into the plot and they basically ran into each other .
Big bird w nice spurs. He won the first 3 hunts but his luck ran out on day 4.

It had a horrible smell from infection my son though. Looks like a tumor. He showed no signs of being sick.
We didnt eat him as the landowner wanted to have him for taxidermy.
410 bird

 

[Rockhound]

That head swelling is from being shot

 

[kevin mays]

never seen one swell in a perfect golf ball size circle area after being shot . It definitely had infection. He said he stuck his finger in and it was so rancid it would make you wanna throw up.

 

[mike52]

Maybe he had been shot before but not killed ?

 

[kevin mays]

We wondered that !

 

[woodsman04]

Looks like head swelling from being shot. I see it often just like that.

 

[Setterman]

Looks like a pretty standard result from being shot.

 

[mike243]

Probably shot with a 410

 

[timberjack86]

Looks like a pretty standard result from being shot.

Also note the blood in the swollen area from being shot.