Wow Denny []! Awesome pictures as always! How about posting some more . Can' t get enough of ' em.

By the way, just picked up some of your mouth calls, they' re great!

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Old Gobbler, are those pictures of strutting hens? Don' t know about the first one, but the second one looks like a gobbler to me. How can you distinguish, hen from gobbler, besides head color and size? I' ve never heard of hens strutting before, just wondering...

Fro,the physical characteristics,vocalizations,and body language should clue you in on weather its a hen or not!The pic I posted shows a hen that couldn' t wiegh no more than 10 to 12 lbs.She sports a full fan,no or very tiny snood, tiny head,no beard,and had no drum to her strutting as she was as close as 5 yards from me!She hen yelped almost all the way in,until i clucked at her when she was only about 10 yards away behind me and thats when she began to strut!!I' ve seen this before,mostly in amongst flocks of birds especially when fighting or playing!As Denny shows in his awesome photographs theres no question that the hen or hens in those pics are motivated in the direction of a display of dominance!Hope it helps Bob!!

well, those are some excellent pics! It is possible that the hen is just trying to show dominance over other hens that are, or that she thinks are in the area. it could also be a genetic thing, which would explain the hen looking so much like a gobbler, more than likely with a hormonal imbalance..

i have some bronze turkeys and have seen the hen strut i believe it is a how of agression ans as far as those pictures i cant say i ever seen a hen with waddles that big and red ???

SAW ONE IN ONE OF THE HUNTING SHOWS A WEEK OR TWO AGO. THOUGHT IS WAS REALLY STRANGE. THE HOST DIDN' T EVEN MAKE A VERY BIG DEAL ABOUT IT. I' VE NEVER SEEN ONE DO THIS BEFORE AND HAD NOT EVEN HEARD OF IT TIL I SAW THE SHOW AND THIS POST CAME UP. PRETTY COOL.