Multiple Beards
01-31-2005, 06:26 PM
#1
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Williamsburg, VA
Posts: 224
Multiple Beards
Just wondering how many of you have taken birds with multiple beards. I was fortunate to bag a merriams gobbler in Montana last spring with a double beard. It was such an exciting hunt that I didn't even notice the two beards at first. Neither are very big....7" and 5 1/2"...but I'm not sure I'll ever duplicate it!
01-31-2005, 07:14 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NewLowell ,Ontario ,Canada
Posts: 2,765
RE: Multiple Beards
ya that Jalvja , took a Monster double bearded Canadian Eastern last spring , or thats what he showed me when I walked into the Garage with him all Smiles [:@]...BT
01-31-2005, 08:37 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
RE: Multiple Beards
I got a jake last spring that had dual 4" beards............didn't realize it until it was skinned and I was cutting the beard off, but there was about 1/2" seperating the two beards clearly. Thatn's the only one I have ever seen personally.
01-31-2005, 09:04 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,085
RE: Multiple Beards
I've taken one with twin 9 1/2" beards, one with twin 8" beards, one with a huge 8" paintbrush and a spindly 4" beard and one with three small beards and the stub of a big fourth beard that had been lost to beard rot...
01-31-2005, 10:08 PM
#7
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Whitetail Ridge Iowa
Posts: 949
RE: Multiple Beards
I was fortunate to arrow one a couple of springs back. He had 3 beards (I'd always hoped to get one with "two beards"
) 11 1/2 -7 1/2- 4 1/2. He weighed 23 1/2 lbs and had 1 1/2" spurs. I believe he would place high on the NWTF list of nontypicals with a bow. However, looking at him everyday in my living room is reward enough
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) 11 1/2 -7 1/2- 4 1/2. He weighed 23 1/2 lbs and had 1 1/2" spurs. I believe he would place high on the NWTF list of nontypicals with a bow. However, looking at him everyday in my living room is reward enough.
02-01-2005, 04:26 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: in the woods or on the water...
Posts: 4,832
RE: Multiple Beards
My brother got one a couple years back that had two beards. That we really never heard of around our area. It was really awesome. Althought the second beard was only about 2-3 inches it was still a nice bird. Good luck, - Buckhunter
