Originally Posted by
Game Stalker
Those still, foggy mornings can make it all the more interesting!
Yes it can and my first bearded bird happened on a foggy damp morning.. I shot a bearded hen and never realized it until I went over to pick it up and another bird flew that I never saw. When I got to it and saw it was a hen I thought I had shot the wrong bird some how.. I tossed it in the bushes wondering what I was going to do now. So I decided I may as well breast it out and not just waste it. I went and grabbed it and as I rolled it over I saw the beard. It was a 6 1/2 inch beard. So she was taken back and tagged, A couple of days later I shot a nice tom. I think it has been the only bearded hen tagged in this area. I have only saw one more bearded hen sense then and let her walk away.