Bearded Hen?
Today was the first day of the extended fall turkey season for my area of PA. I'm in WMU 2E. Anyway, I scattered a flock a little before noon and called a couple of them back in. I shot this bird but I'm not 100% percent sure what it is. The longest strand of its really thin beard is about 7" but it has no spurs and is the size of a hen. It does have a lot of almost orange spots on its head and upper neck which kinda makes it look like a jake but one of this year's jakes surely wouldn't have a 7" beard, would it? The breast feathers are not black tipped and it does have feathers on the back of its head so I'm gonna say it's my first bearded hen. Whatever it is it's gonna be part of tomorrow's Thanksgiving dinner.