when do turkeys shed there beards?

[rem270]

Have they started sheding there beards yet or is it still a little early?

 

[Beekeeper]

Found one today 14" long and 3.5" spurs.

 

[InfoMan]

Well you might find this tidbit interesting. A friend was watching a wild hen in his yard one morning. The hen was bearded. She raised her wings and flapped hard. the 5 1/4 inch beard fell to the ground. I now have it.

How often does that happen? Good question.

 

[pic]

Wow! Was the skin attached to the beard bloodied or look necrotic?

 

[AROD]

that is what i thought!

 

[bigasports]

generally the day you kill em!... :grin:

Yea thats the only beard I care about!

 

[easy45]

lol

 

[JohnnyBond]

generally the day you kill em!... :grin:

 

[spitndrum]

I was fixin to make some much fun of you

 

[oldmarine]

A beard is a prehistoric feather ,but doesn't shed,but the tip end wears off on the end and is always growing.

 

[Biggun4214]

Well you might find this tidbit interesting. A friend was watching a wild hen in his yard one morning. The hen was bearded. She raised her wings and flapped hard. the 5 1/4 inch beard fell to the ground. I now have it.

How often does that happen? Good question.

Probably the same one I heard about.

 

[buckhorn40]

:grin:

 

[drew]

There was a hen out in the back of my field with a 6 inch beard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Winchester]

I killed a hen This past Spring with a 7 1/4 inch beard as well.

 

[Otterman]

 

[ROUGH COUNTRY HUNTER]

lol

 

[Blount County Hunter]

Lol I just had to read the responses to this person, I was like "they can't be serious", but yea all my beards have fell off smoothly with the cut of my pocket knife, works pretty well, when I was in highschool, I would carry it around in a ziplock bag full of salt and a beard, lol