Do you seriously believe that? Beard DOESNT factor into it, but spur length does. YES, some birds never get 1.5 in razor sharp spurs, it take a little common sense and a LOT of experience killing birds in a specific area. Spurs get broke, beards get frozen, beard rot, fungus, etc.... but IF you know enough about the area you hunt and the age structure, to say what you said, just shows your ignorance honestly.
I think he's referring to the new tag before you drag regs.
Your response shows ignorance. Please enlighten us on how to properly age a turkey?
Look just because you're uneducated doesn't mean you gotta get your panties in a wad. There is plenty of scientific evidence that supports what I said. Other then telling the difference between a juvenile and an adult there is no way to tell if a turkey is 2 or 3 or even 8 years old.
How many of those turkeys came in with a temp tag on it? The lady at the store had no clue about the tag before you drag rule change. She asked why I didn't let her check in my kills and I told her I'd be in violation if I brought there to check it in. Honestly, I don't much care for the new rules or ways of doing it, but using an online check in is so much simpler if you never had a check in place close anyway.
Exactly identifying a birds age is a challenge sometimes but most times you can get a pretty good idea.
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Your not in violation if you use the paper temporary tag!! End of discussion not your decision how they do it anyway
You're correct, if you're using a temp tag.
I don't give a hoot if they check them in or not, but it's pretty evident people don't realize the regs have changed. Check in stations are a thing of the past unfortunately. Not saying you can't use one with a temp tag but I doubt they had any on them.
LOL ok, whatever, Jack Murray. Tell us just what you THINK you know.
Its not hardly worth the effort, you what they say, never argue with an idiot, a stranger passing by might not be able to tell who is who. HOWEVER, with that said, it goes back to what I said about experience and knowledge about the PARTICULAR area you are hunting. Take for example say, Catoosa. I cut my teeth and learned how to hunt turkeys there and I still say if you can kill a limit there, ( yeah, way back in the stone age the limit was 2 statewide and 2 WMA) you can kill turkeys ANYWHERE. In all my years hunting there I only killled 1 or 2 birds that broke 20lbs or had over 1 1/8" spurs. Does that mean all I ever killed was 3yr olds or less? ABSOLUTELY not. Now lets go to FL. Ive killed several birds in FL that had 1.5" or better spurs. Does that mean they were 21 years old? Again, absolutely not. Now lets go to NE and kill some Merriams. Ive probably had my hands or eyes on close to 50 dead birds out there, only ONE was over 1" spurs and never seen a beard over 9" from the area I hunt. Typically the BOSS gobbler, you know, the one with the harem of hens? It would push him to have spurs half an inch long. Does that mean he was a jake? LMAO again, ABSOLUTELY not.
First of all thanks for the enlightenment on all your turkey success. Killing turkeys doesn't quite qualify you as a biologist! Nobody can identify the actual age of a turkey past 2 years old unless it has some sort of band/chip. Just like most all animals the dominant creature isn't always the oldest/most mature. All of the identifiable features a turkey has can grow or regrow if broken or damaged. I'm not starting a war with you but to call someone ignorant over aging a turkey is also another form of enlightenment on your part.
