Ok, I am almost ashamed to ask this... but... When you're scoring a multiple bearded turkey, do you add the lengths of all beards? That would seem right to me, but I don't know?
I think you're correct. A friend of mine killed a 9-bearded turkey last year in Missouri and it went into the books as the #2 or #3 turkey ever killed in the world. They added the lengths of all 9 beards. His name is Paul Brown and he is an outstanding wildlife photographer from Mississippi.