Pennsylvania archer bags rare turkey that will be part of DNA study
A Pennsylvania archer harvested a turkey on Halloween with a trait only found in 1% of the population and it’s expected to become part of a wild turkey DNA study . Tyler Anderson, 31, of Mercer County was hunting for deer near his Sandy Lake home when he had the chance encounter with a color phase hen. “I was actually hunting a deer that I would consider to be a once-in-a-lifetime deer,” he said. Anderson has a trail camera in the area and a few weeks ago it captured a picture of a lighter colored turkey. “My uncle and I were looking at it,” he said, adding the two were unsure about the they were seeing, “'I don’t know if that’s a gray phase or it's just the lighting.'” However, on the morning of Oct. 31, Anderson found out there really was a unique bird in the flock of wild turkeys. “When the turkeys started coming around the corner of the field and working their way through, she was about the 15 th turkey that came around the corner, I’m like, 'Holy cow, she’s real!'” Let's go turkey hunting: A break down of last year's turkey harvest, what to expect
