Female hunter here....I'ts ok most hunters here are male and my short hair cut doesn't help.
Merriam turkeys......
Anyway.......In my favorite place to hunt I can almost be guaranteed I will get about an eight inch bearded gobbler in about a 100 ft. area between 3 and 6pm with little nubs for spurs. I usually hunt the am and see the activity you can see in my youtube video morning in the roost, most of the time the gobblers stay with the hens and I get em later in the day although I have called gobblers away from the flock after fly down.
Writing the post for this thread I wanted other hunters input on which gobbler might have a longer beard the hen-ed up or lone gobbler. Maybe thats a stupid question but I figured the odds would go in one direction or the other and help me with the next hunt in that area.
I like a challenge and decided the hunting in that area was way to predictable and so I have hunted new areas with success and even getting a gobbler with a nine inch beard. I don't just take any gobbler or Jake that comes in because I can always get in them again and I like long beards. Merriam's don't have real long beards like easterns and Rios as I'm sure a lot of you know.

I will be hunting Rios for the first time this spring and still will want a nice long beard, If I get one I will finally see some spurs!
Each hunter has their own criteria for hunting turkey and other game and to some a turkey is a turkey is a turkey to me today however thats not true I wont shoot unless they have a nice beard. When I was younger just starting out that was true for me I just wanted any turkey, but I got lucky and then learned a lot so today only long beards.

We have to remember all hunters have their own way of hunting, it may not be ours, As long as it is legal and ethical.

Thanks for all your input! 4 weeks to go