Originally Posted by
mouthcaller
The spur is how you do it as JW has pointed out.
The beard can be used to distingusih a juvenile (Jake) from an adult. Generally a second season ("two year old) bird had a beard around 8 inches. Beyond that the beard doesn't help determind age. I've killed 45year old turkeys with skinny little beards and three year old birds with long thick beards.
LOL a "45 year old turkey" is a smart, ol hook spurred gobbler for sure. I suspect there arae a few of them in my woods, that's why I can't get 'em!
