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Post by gobblerspur on Apr 10, 2006 18:32:04 GMT -5
here is picture of beareded hen that has been staying around the area. i seen her at least 2 weeks in a row. she been hanging around with some other hens and few gobblers. now over a week i didn't see her. i called her mrs.T with that mohawk.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2006 6:33:32 GMT -5
The first two turkeys I ever killed were bearded hens. I killed them in consecutive years. Both had beards that were fairly thick (about twice as thick as the one pictured above) and both were better than 8 inches long. They fell in the same field not 30 yards apart. Now what are the odds of that?!?
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Post by chicobrownbear on Apr 11, 2006 6:58:16 GMT -5
She must be European.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2006 8:24:03 GMT -5
By the way, the first of those hens I killed had a fully developed egg still inside her. When we cleaned her, we saved the egg and ate it too. Pretty neat!
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Post by Decatur on Apr 11, 2006 9:09:25 GMT -5
Or an escapee from a circus. |
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Post by hunter7x on Apr 11, 2006 9:13:13 GMT -5
LOL I would like to have a bearded hen on my wall. I saw one in MO last year but landowner I was hunting with didn't want her killed. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2006 9:43:04 GMT -5
Actually, I wouldn't kill one now. But as a first and second year turkey hunter a few years back, anything with a beard was going down.
Actually, as I think back, I didn't even realize the first one was a hen until afterwards.
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Post by DaWG on Apr 11, 2006 11:13:56 GMT -5
Chico Brown
Do you know Bob Carter?
DaWG
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Post by DaWG on Apr 11, 2006 11:16:52 GMT -5
G. Spur
Tell me, how did you get this picture, Trail cam? or handheld camera?
Great picture. Thanks for sharing.
DaWG
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Post by woodmaster on Apr 11, 2006 12:51:50 GMT -5
We had a bearded hen on our property for 3 or 4 years. She had about an 8 inch beard and real thin. She was with a gobbler I killed 2 years ago. I've heard about 1 in 20 hens have a beard but it sure doesn't seem like that many. Personally I've seen about a 1/2 dozen.
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Post by gobblerspur on Apr 11, 2006 15:51:00 GMT -5
G. Spur Tell me, how did you get this picture, Trail cam? or handheld camera? Great picture. Thanks for sharing. DaWG[/quote i got the pictures on a farm near by and took picture with digital camera minolta z3 from corner of barn |
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Post by chicobrownbear on Apr 12, 2006 10:33:44 GMT -5
Chico Brown Do you know Bob Carter? DaWG No, but I'm a big fan of his work. |
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Post by rhinodogg on Apr 12, 2006 13:39:46 GMT -5
 Bearded hen and a "smoke phase" hen  |
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Post by deerdude on Apr 12, 2006 19:14:13 GMT -5
o.k. me being a first time turkey hunter this year let me be the first to ask a stupid question. what happens if you shoot a hen with a beard thinking its a tom or jake? do you get to spend the night as a guest in your counties hilton hotel?  |
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Post by huxbux on Apr 12, 2006 21:58:43 GMT -5
Any turkey with a beard is legal game as far as I know deerdude
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Post by huxbux on Apr 12, 2006 22:01:37 GMT -5
Seen several of those bearded hens in Brown county over the years. I call them dykes
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2006 6:49:23 GMT -5
Any turkey with a beard is legal game as far as I know deerdude That is a fact. Any turkey with a visable beard is a legal bird. It makes no distinction between male of female in this regard. |
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