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I had an earlier post that I wasn't sure if the mature toms I seen had been harvested or not because I haven't seen them around. I went out the other day and I had this 5 inch bearded jake come in following a hen so I took a picture then I decided to take this one. He was a very nice looking bird.
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Beautiful critter...Congrats!

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A 5-inch beard on a jake is pretty good, but are you saying that strutter in the first picture is the dead jake in the second picture?

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Yes the strutting bird is the bird I shot in the second picture. The fan feathers in the center of the fan are laying on the fence which make them look a little longer then they really are. In the picture of the live bird you can tell the center fan feathers are a touch longer. it was a younger bird not sure if you would call it a jake but not a mature tom either. I did see 4 mature toms yesterday so I know there are a few mature birds around but they aren't with the hens. It has been a strange thing that these mature birds aren't doing there thing but early on they where with the hens. Not sure all that made sense. Lol

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Two thumbs up!

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Nice pics.

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Those Mirs are incredibly beautiful !


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Nice bird.

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Awesome bird! I want to hunt SD turkeys in the worst way!


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I hope someday you can hunt Merriam's ad yes they are a beautiful bird.

When ever it dries up I will go get one more. Good luck to all of you.

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