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Post by treetop on May 9, 2023 13:44:35 GMT -5
How common is that
Last night I noticed a hen with one not sure were she came from not see her before
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Post by scrub-buster on May 9, 2023 13:55:35 GMT -5
I get pictures of them every now and then. My first turkey was a bearded hen.
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Post by treetop on May 9, 2023 17:37:40 GMT -5
This is really my first year true turkey hunting I’ve got a few others but it’s because I was hunting deer and they were in the area so I bought tags and they happened to show up
I’ve heard and read about them but that was the first I’ve seen they look cool this hen had really good color she stood out right away that really is the only reason I noticed the beard wasn’t much maybe 3 inch’s but it was on her
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Post by deadeer on May 9, 2023 22:17:11 GMT -5
I've seen 3 now. Could have shot 2, but I can't justify the price of a mount, so let them pass. You sure wouldn't get much meat from a hen.
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Post by treetop on May 10, 2023 4:03:17 GMT -5
I've seen 3 now. Could have shot 2, but I can't justify the price of a mount, so let them pass. You sure wouldn't get much meat from a hen. That’s what I was thinking a full body mount would be interesting but your right probably a bit on the pricey side, she actually was a fairly lager hen compared to the other hens I’ve seen this year |
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Post by MuzzleLoader on May 10, 2023 5:45:49 GMT -5
There is a hen with some good size spurs I’ve seen multiple times. No beard.
Hens with small beards have been pretty common around the property.
But I Don’t remember ever seeing a hen with spurs.
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Post by treetop on May 10, 2023 7:26:57 GMT -5
There is a hen with some good size spurs I’ve seen multiple times. No beard. Hens with small beards have been pretty common around the property. But I Don’t remember ever seeing a hen with spurs. So far that’s the only one I’ve seen around my place Been a interesting and learning year for me I never knew just how vocal turkeys can be and all the different sounds they use them hens can be just as loud as old Tom is |
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Post by huntnandplumbn on May 10, 2023 11:44:05 GMT -5
A guy here at work has some property in Wisconsin. Just bagged a bearded hen this last weekend. Looked like about a 7-8” beard.
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Post by treetop on May 10, 2023 16:56:05 GMT -5
I’m only seeing 3 or 4 inch’s beard on her show me 7 or 8 inch beard I’d probably get that itchy trigger finger again
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Post by ms660 on May 10, 2023 23:39:19 GMT -5
I call them transhenders. LOL
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on May 11, 2023 6:51:22 GMT -5
There are three hens left in my home area. One has a beard.
Before season there where 2 older Toms (2yr old), 4 last year jakes (1yr) and three hens. I hope all three are successful. Last year one was successful with 2 hens and 4 jakes.
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Post by parkerbow on May 12, 2023 20:40:16 GMT -5
I call them transhenders. LOL I call them Transcluckers |
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Post by hornzilla on May 31, 2023 10:58:26 GMT -5
I harvested my first bearded hen this year. She was a smaller bodied hen. Had a little over a 6 inch beard.
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