States that shoot hens
04-11-2008, 05:35 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: North Central, Iowa
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RE: States that shoot hens
ORIGINAL: gmil6184
In NY there is a fall season where you can shoot either sex. In the spring you have to shoot a bearded bird, so a bearded hen is fair game. We aren't allowed to hunt with rifles though, and even if we were I don't think I would...rifles would take the thrill out of it I think.
In NY there is a fall season where you can shoot either sex. In the spring you have to shoot a bearded bird, so a bearded hen is fair game. We aren't allowed to hunt with rifles though, and even if we were I don't think I would...rifles would take the thrill out of it I think.
04-11-2008, 06:07 PM
#12
Join Date: Jan 2008
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RE: States that shoot hens
The last time a hunted turkey in MO one could shoot a bearded hen in the Spring. However the Hunting Digest discoursed it because they still lay eggs and are a hen. They went to great detail in the Digest to explain the visual difference in the bearded hen and the gobbler. I did see several bearded hens in MO the 10 or so years I hunted there.
04-12-2008, 04:23 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Windsor, CA
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RE: States that shoot hens
in CA we are allowed three 'bearded turkeys' in the spring, and one turkey in the fall. i have only seen one hen with a beard, and i wouldnt hesitate to shoot her if she walked up, or allow someone im hunting with to take her, where i hunt there are too many turkeys for the land so it would be good to manage it, seeing as we only get a hen or two everyfall, we pass the gbblers to let them grow for spring
