don't the beards get shorter on the older birds, ie: 6yrs. and older ? i know the one Tom had like a 10 inch beard, by the time he was 8 yrs.it was a 3-4 inch nub, his spurs got smaller as well to think of it ....is that the norm ? well, it cant be because flhuntress killed that 8 inch beard with 1.5 inch spurs...he was an older bird, dont know how old though, maybe it just the beards....do y'all know ? seems like they get uglier heads as time goes, not that a gobbler could ever be ugly, i put that there for the lack of better words, lol..