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<blockquote data-quote="jaybird62" data-source="post: 5332898" data-attributes="member: 3437"><p>Shot a midget turkey back in SC that had no visible beard. I had hunted this bird and he a full gobble and fan. I roosted him just off of the side of Gene Smith's front yard in Edgefield. (Gene was my boss and former Editor of Turkey Call Magazine.) I picked a pine that was at least 24 inches wide and sat up about 90 yards from Gene's house on the edge of some 20-year-old Champion pines. When the turkey flew down about 25 yards from me I was surprised that I couldn't see a beard. He went into strut and had a full fan. There was something odd about that bird, besides me not being able to see his beard. I knocked him over with a Remington SP-10 with a Nitro 3-ounce load of 4x6s. Kicked like a mule, turkey went to flopping. When I picked him up I could tell he was a small turkey. It weighed 12 3/4 pounds, and had 1 1/4-inch spurs. I felt around for a beard, and he had a 3-inch curly, thin beard that grew to the side. It stayed tucked under his breast feathers, so that's why it wasn't visible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybird62, post: 5332898, member: 3437"] Shot a midget turkey back in SC that had no visible beard. I had hunted this bird and he a full gobble and fan. I roosted him just off of the side of Gene Smith's front yard in Edgefield. (Gene was my boss and former Editor of Turkey Call Magazine.) I picked a pine that was at least 24 inches wide and sat up about 90 yards from Gene's house on the edge of some 20-year-old Champion pines. When the turkey flew down about 25 yards from me I was surprised that I couldn't see a beard. He went into strut and had a full fan. There was something odd about that bird, besides me not being able to see his beard. I knocked him over with a Remington SP-10 with a Nitro 3-ounce load of 4x6s. Kicked like a mule, turkey went to flopping. When I picked him up I could tell he was a small turkey. It weighed 12 3/4 pounds, and had 1 1/4-inch spurs. I felt around for a beard, and he had a 3-inch curly, thin beard that grew to the side. It stayed tucked under his breast feathers, so that's why it wasn't visible. [/QUOTE]
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