Killed a HEN! I think? PICS ADDED

[cruff10]

To make a long story short, yesterday at 4:25 I got a bird to gobble. I seen him one strutting at 75 yard below me on the Mountain side. I crawled on my hands and Knees to peak over the side to see 10 birds feeding. I seen one and only one bird strut just for a second and go back out of strut, they were 60 yards.

At 6:45 I gave a few clucks and moved some leaves around and every bird started feeding my way, the main group got with in 15 yards, I was in hyped up panic mode. I COULD NOT FIND A BEARD on any of them! I had before, I lost the gobbler, I lost the bird in the feeding madness!

Then out of the right came a bird with a beard! With in 25 yards, SO BOOM! I shot and killed it on the spot. WHen I walked up to it I was scared! Looked like a hen. I turned it over and seen a 5" beard! I thought a jake? Then i looked and it did NOT HAVE any spurs? Slick as a ribbon. I took the tail fan and I didn't have the jagged tail fan. It had a small tail fan.

When we cleaned it I couldn't find its male parts? Of course I really had not paid attention on gobblers where the male part was. I looked between the breast bone and butt, and no male parts. So I guess it was confirmed. It was a bearded hen.

Pics coming soon.

What do you think?

 

[rem270]

Re: Killed a HEN! I think?

sounds like a hen to me.
congrats

 

[Knothead]

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Saw a bearded hen just this morning-----------it came in with two Toms. One of the Toms took a dirt nap, too! :cool:

 

[Grizzly Johnson]

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Yep hen.....sounds like.

 

[RUGER]

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Yep, pretty cool man.
Congratulations.
:D

 

[TheAirMan]

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Congrats!

 

[Anonymous]

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Was it brown or black?

 

[tonkatoy]

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:cool:

 

[buckhorn40]

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:cool:

 

[spitndrum]

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Look at its Fan!
Congrats

 

[Wrangler95]

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Very nice,congrats!!!

 

[JohnnyBond]

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:cool:

 

[square]

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I shot one a couple of years ago with a 9 in. beard. I was so dumb I didn't realize it wasn't a jake until I found an egg in it when I dressed it.

 

[JRS]

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When you find a gobbler's male parts let me know! :D I don't think they have any. A buddy of mine told me to look for them one day and we never found them. Seems like they have a vent or something that they use when the breed the hens. :confused:

Anyway congrats on the bearded hen!

 

[Lee Creek22]

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:grin:

 

[adamf5353]

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do bearded hens have a normal hen head? in other words are their heads blue/red like a jake/gobbler or still like a hen just with a beard?

 

[TurkeyBurd]

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They eat better.

Congrats!

 

[Thicketmaster]

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no spurs and full fan it was a hen. congrats probably weighed about 15 or 16 pounds?

 

[RAFI]

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When you find a gobbler's male parts let me know! :D I don't think they have any. A buddy of mine told me to look for them one day and we never found them. Seems like they have a vent or something that they use when the breed the hens. :confused:

Anyway congrats on the bearded hen!

i have looked before and didn't find them either.i have plucked all the feathers and never found it.Don't know what the gobbler does with them.

 

[RAFI]

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do bearded hens have a normal hen head? in other words are their heads blue/red like a jake/gobbler or still like a hen just with a beard?

normal.

 

[Harvester]

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:cool:

 

[cruff10]

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Here are the pics.... not the best..

small beard, small weight ~15 lbs. no spurs.

 

[spitndrum]

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Yep that be hen!
Congrats they don't come by easy!
I want to kill one!

 

[RUGER]

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Congratulations dude.

 

[tickweed]

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Yep. Congrats