Bearded Hens....

Spur you're ridiculous...and no I don't have to give you any biological reason for that.


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MarlinSlayer":6nkirsns said:
I plan on belly crawling to a roosted bearded hen. Then use a fan to block her view of me when I set up my ground blind and flock of motorized decoys. I may use a call I bought at Walmart to settle her down before I shoot her off the roost. I will then carry her past three groups of hunters on public ground while hitting a crow call to see where the gobblers are for tomorrows hunt on public land. When I get to my four-wheeler, I will ride the long way back to the truck. Then post the gory head picture using Tapatalk. I will stay in my camo all day while I drive my Hunting stickered up truck around showing the bird to my friends and filling up my Yeti with ice....My Costas will make me look cool.....

I think I hit all the bases.
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Camouflage":xqyulsuc said:
Flocks of 50 with 20 gobblers? I'm hunting the wrong areas.
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he called me on opening day while watching a group of hens and jakes with 9 strutters, some areas don't get hunted much and some people don't want that many birds on their land


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I wish people would exterminate deer like people do turkeys. Yall's precious whitetail Boone and crocketts are much more detrimental to habitat than turkeys.
Im going to shoot every deer, fawn, button, yearling I see this year.

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I have killed a bearded hen and would again. I fall and winter hunt hens and have killed lots. They all tasted great and were much more tender than a tom. :super:
 
MarlinSlayer":yexg1c7h said:
I plan on belly crawling to a roosted bearded hen. Then use a fan to block her view of me when I set up my ground blind and flock of motorized decoys. I may use a call I bought at Walmart to settle her down before I shoot her off the roost. I will then carry her past three groups of hunters on public ground while hitting a crow call to see where the gobblers are for tomorrows hunt on public land. When I get to my four-wheeler, I will ride the long way back to the truck. Then post the gory head picture using Tapatalk. I will stay in my camo all day while I drive my Hunting stickered up truck around showing the bird to my friends and filling up my Yeti with ice....My Costas will make me look cool.....

I think I hit all the bases.
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Post of the year award goes to......... MARLIN SLAYER!
 
woodsman87":2r03yg77 said:
I wish people would exterminate deer like people do turkeys. Yall's precious whitetail Boone and crocketts are much more detrimental to habitat than turkeys.
Im going to shoot every deer, fawn, button, yearling I see this year.

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Calm down Francis!
 
I dont know why I even entered this thread, I knew where it was going. Didnt we have the EXACT same thread near word-for-word last year, multiple times?

I am as intense about turkeys as my impostor is, (just not as hot headed) and I have spent a small, well, large fortune at NWTF fundraisers to help further the species. I've hunted birds in 7 states, killed limits most years in multiple states, passed a thousand jakes, and I have never had a chance at bearded hen at the end of my barrel, and if I ever do, I will shoot her square in the face. Why, because I can and I dont think that killing one hen in my 16 years of turkey hunting would be any more detrimental than the bobcats and coyotes feeding year round on them.

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PinchPoint":40iks3f5 said:
Poser":40iks3f5 said:
Since when did the Turkey forum become the unofficial Grumpy Old Man forum?
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Only a select few make it that way, unfortunately
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Where yall been? There has always been a "Grumpy Old Man" group here on TnDeer for the longest. THEY CAN'T GET ANY ACTION IN TH POLITICAL FORUM SO THEY SPREAD IT ELSE WHERE. They always cry about the stuff they don't like and want it their way only. You are a liberal Democrat if you don't conform to their ways. lol, even if you are a republican and vote as one. Ted Cruz would fit right into their group.
 
Camouflage":3lp4v2cy said:
Flocks of 50 with 20 gobblers? I'm hunting the wrong areas.
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True statement. It is normal to see that many together on a couple different properties I hunt. Not this time of year, of course, but during the winter when I'm deer hunting. The group I was watching Saturday had 9 longbeards, 4 jakes and 20 or so hens. It was awesome watching them all strut at the same time.
 
How bout some non-bearded hens? Hope nobody here has a heart attack!
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medwc":2nti4167 said:
Nice Catman!!! Good eatin right there!!!
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thanks they are good eatin and none of them are left, I'm glad it's spring season again and I got gobbler in the fridge. Grilled some up the same day I killed him, had a couple non hunting buddies say it was really good


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medwc":21sx2z4f said:
Nice Catman!!! Good eatin right there!!!
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thanks they are good eatin and none of them are left, I'm glad it's spring season again and I got gobbler in the fridge. Grilled some up the same day I killed him, had a couple non hunting buddies say it was really good


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I had deep fried nuggets last night and oven baked nuggets tonight.
This is the bird I took them off, not as tender as a hen but season dictates(wait, heck, Is that a hen or a tom, crap, who cares it has a beard).
 
Having eaten both, there's zero difference in the taste, texture, or anything else other than the size of the bird. If it's all about the meat a hungry Hunter would only target mature gobblers. Twice as much meat, same great flavor and never tough if cooked properly
 
Setterman":6in9i6x8 said:
Having eaten both, there's zero difference in the taste, texture, or anything else other than the size of the bird. If it's all about the meat a hungry Hunter would only target mature gobblers. Twice as much meat, same great flavor and never tough if cooked properly
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they are about the same, I agree with that, but sometimes you take what the woods offers. During the fall I often have trouble finding the gobbler groups, but walk up on hens all the time, so I usually shoot a couple of them. Last year was frustrating because I saw nothing but hen groups during fall shotgun season and then when I went back to deer hunting there were toms everywhere gobbling and I even got to 20 yards of a strutter in late October and couldn't shoot through the brush because I had my bow. The three hens I killed last year didn't last too long, I saved a whole one and roasted it using a digital meat thermometer for thanksgiving day.


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