I saw one Friday just wandering around. Nice beard too. But I personally wouldn't shoot one around my property because I really don't have an overabundance of birds to begin with and I need all the hens I can get. I can understand though if someone wanted to get a hen with beard mounted though. I usually see one about every other year or so somewhere around out in the countryside. So while they are definately in the minority, they are really not all that rare.