Brandon's 2nd bird, Bearded Hen
 

Finaly got Brandon's pics back from the youth hunt, and his Bearded hen. Beard is just over 8 inches in length.
We were set up in our blind well before dawn on the edge of the foodplot, when dawn arrived, we had 3 gobblers hollering at us on a ridge in front of us about 100 yards away. At flydown, a hen flew off the ridge and landed in the foodplot, where she was joined by 2 more birds. As I called, they came a little closer and could see one had a beard. 20 minutes later all 3 were in front of us and in shooting range, 15 yards. I thought the one with the beard was a jake, and Brandon wanted to shoot, so I gave him the go ahead, and he took it. Turned out it was a Bearded hen. Clean kill with one shot! This ended his 3 year dry spell. Took it with a Mossberg 20 guage, with #5, in 3in. Brandon is 12 years old.

RE: Brandon's 2nd bird, Bearded Hen
 

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RE: Brandon's 2nd bird, Bearded Hen
 

man id get that mounted...

RE: Brandon's 2nd bird, Bearded Hen
 

that sooooooo cool.....the day benhuntin' got here, we saw a bearded her.........wanted to hunt her, lol...but i didnt see her, lol.congrats to him......

RE: Brandon's 2nd bird, Bearded Hen
 

Thats a great story and Congrats to Brandon , thats a bird he may never see again..Good going...BT

RE: Brandon's 2nd bird, Bearded Hen
 

Fantastic and I'd have her mounted as well.