Not to hijack the thread but he actually asked which bird might have the longer beard. The one henned up or the lone gobbler. I answered that in a spot I hunt the lone bird often seems to be an older bird with long spurs and sometimes beard. Often bigger than the henned up strutter.
In the post you quoted I never said anything about going after a turkey or deer for that matter just because it has big beard spurs or a deer with a big rack just because it has a big rack. In an area the big deer like the lone tom are more challenging to hunt and often have the big rack and spurs but not always. Sometimes its just dumb luck to kill a big spurred bird and sometimes you can actually try and pattern one and hunt it. And to keep being silly for me no a turkey is not a turkey is not a turkey.
And I guess you feel it is okay to go after antlers and pattern a deer in the fall but for some reason its not okay to do this for a turkey in the spring. Confused I guess.