Bearded Hen
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Bearded Hen
I am listing pics of a Bearded Hen I killed yesterday morning in South Texas with a ELEVEN INCH BEARD!!!!! This hen was a fairly big hen with this huge full beard just like a gobbler, and she had unbeleivable spurs to go with her long full beard!!
I have been hunting turkey and deer in Texas for30 plus years, and never run across a bearded hen with a beard or spurs anything like this one!
If anyone has seen anything like this please your comments would be welcomed!
Thanks,
Big Larry
I have been hunting turkey and deer in Texas for30 plus years, and never run across a bearded hen with a beard or spurs anything like this one!
If anyone has seen anything like this please your comments would be welcomed!
Thanks,
Big Larry
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RE: Bearded Hen
Believe me, you are not the first to make that statment!!!!
You are right , hens do not have spurs, at least they are not supposed to!!
I have had about six different people look at this bird and all say it is a hen, beats anything I have ever seen, or killed!!
Pics of spurs attached!!
Thanks for your reply!!
You are right , hens do not have spurs, at least they are not supposed to!!
I have had about six different people look at this bird and all say it is a hen, beats anything I have ever seen, or killed!!
Pics of spurs attached!!
Thanks for your reply!!
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RE: Bearded Hen
Larry , Why do you think this bird is a Hen ?
As stated the pic is a little hard to tell , but from what I see it looks like a Gobbler. The head on the bird appears to have a cap and the colour in the face is more of a gobbler along with the tail and body colour.
I just wndered if you opened the birds body cavity and could tell. I'm not saying your wrong , its just hard to tell by the pic...BT
As stated the pic is a little hard to tell , but from what I see it looks like a Gobbler. The head on the bird appears to have a cap and the colour in the face is more of a gobbler along with the tail and body colour.
I just wndered if you opened the birds body cavity and could tell. I'm not saying your wrong , its just hard to tell by the pic...BT
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RE: Bearded Hen
This bird was with nothing but hens. In Texas in the fall months all the hens travel together as well as do the gobblers. I was looking just to kill one hen out of the twenty five or thirty birds that came out around the feed pen when I saw this bird which in color and size appeared to be a really good bearded hen.
I could very well be wrong here and I am going to take this bird to the Texas Parks and Wildlife office this afternoon to see if they can tell me if it is a hen or a gobbler.
I am a deer hunter by trade and I do a little turky calling from time to time and I am no expert by far when it comes to wild turkeys. Ihave never seen hens and gobblers traveling together in the fall, especially that many hens together with just one gobbler.
Once I have confirmed the birds sex I will post the listing.
Thanks for your comments Adrian.
Big Larry
I could very well be wrong here and I am going to take this bird to the Texas Parks and Wildlife office this afternoon to see if they can tell me if it is a hen or a gobbler.
I am a deer hunter by trade and I do a little turky calling from time to time and I am no expert by far when it comes to wild turkeys. Ihave never seen hens and gobblers traveling together in the fall, especially that many hens together with just one gobbler.
Once I have confirmed the birds sex I will post the listing.
Thanks for your comments Adrian.
Big Larry