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Me and my buddy spotted this bird strutting out in a field with 4 hens and decided to pull a stalk on him. I let my friend go ahead with me covering the back door since I scored yesterday morning. He was able to sneak within feet of this bird and he killed him at 10 steps!Check this out the bird didnt have any spurs but he is at least a 3 year old. 10 inch beard,19.10 ibs
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timberjack86 said:
knightrider said:
Setterman said:
Congrats, my only question is how do you know how old he is?
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congrats and i was wondering the same
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Most two year olds in this area are alone and suicidal :D Just my opinion he is a three year old.Can anybody prove he is not a 3 year old? ;)
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nope but i also cant prove he ia 3 year old but it really doesnt matter because he is as old as he is gonna get, congrats
 
knightrider said:
timberjack86 said:
knightrider said:
Setterman said:
Congrats, my only question is how do you know how old he is?
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congrats and i was wondering the same
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Most two year olds in this area are alone and suicidal :D Just my opinion he is a three year old.Can anybody prove he is not a 3 year old? ;)
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nope but i also cant prove he ia 3 year old but it really doesnt matter because he is as old as he is gonna get, congrats
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Thanks! My friend is proud!
 
timberjack86 said:
Setterman said:
Congrats, my only question is how do you know how old he is?
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Well He was strutting with 4 hens so that tells me he is probably the boss bird.Just my opinion.Do you want to see his jaw bone? :grin:
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I agree that generally for a bird to hold hens they have to be a little older than 2, but with no spurs he would have a really tough time fending off another bird.

I killed one a few years ago in Benton county that had about a dozen hens, and it had no spurs. It must have been the meanest Rosie O'Donnell in the woods, and employed other fighting tactics to keep his ladies.

You could possibly tell a general age from foot size (seriously), and the overall size of the head of the bird. Generally birds that are older than 2 get a really large "cap" on top of their head, and as they age it gets thicker and thicker.

Congrats again on the bird.
 
Setterman said:
timberjack86 said:
Setterman said:
Congrats, my only question is how do you know how old he is?
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Well He was strutting with 4 hens so that tells me he is probably the boss bird.Just my opinion.Do you want to see his jaw bone? :grin:
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I agree that generally for a bird to hold hens they have to be a little older than 2, but with no spurs he would have a really tough time fending off another bird.

I killed one a few years ago in Benton county that had about a dozen hens, and it had no spurs. It must have been the meanest Rosie O'Donnell in the woods, and employed other fighting tactics to keep his ladies.

You could possibly tell a general age from foot size (seriously), and the overall size of the head of the bird. Generally birds that are older than 2 get a really large "cap" on top of their head, and as they age it gets thicker and thicker.

Congrats again on the bird.
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I agree I think it would be tough for a bird to establish dominance, but I remember reading an article written by Lovett Willams about how Goulds turkeys are slowly losing there spurs and how turkey's really dont need them to establish dominance because they do more pushing and shoving and pecking with there chest and heads. I am by no means an expert just thought that was interesting.
 

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