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Looks like a light colored Bearded Hen to me. What say the Fire Turkey experts??? I had this one in front of me for about 10 minuets yesterday. As close 12 to 15 yards at one point.
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I don't see any spurs and it looks like a hen-colored head.
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Bearded hen. Ive had one running around my area for several years. They use to be legal in SC, but not anymore.
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This is the first bearded hen that I have seen. This one is lighter in color the rest of the hens in the area.
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I have seen this one where I hunt. Only one I have ever encountered.
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Ya she looks like something is going on w her head. I have a pic from several years ago, big ol hen w spurs. And they were every bit of an inch long.
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Yea, the pic doesn't do her any justice. But she has no hint of any shade of color on her head/face other than white then transitioning back to the light grayish tan color on the neck. All of our hens here have a distinct bluish/purple head. And the body is much darker.
This one seems to have a grayish tint to it.
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Hard to tell from the lighting. But she sure seems to have an odd head coloration going on.
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I' ve seen 3 or 4 bearded hens over the years but, never saw the reason to shoot one. I know a few guys that have.
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First one I have seen. She would have been legal to shoot in my area. But I had no desire to shoot her. I had more fun just watching her.
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We used to be able to shoot them but they got rid of that, only ever seen 2 or 3. We had one once that was almost all black, some kind of crazy color phase, even her head was dark dark gray. She was bearded. Looked like a vulture.
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I' ve seen 3 or 4 bearded hens over the years but, never saw the reason to shoot one. I know a few guys that have. A place I hunted was loaded with turkeys. One group of hens had two or three bearded hens. I can only suppose brood mates! Just out of curiosity one fall, I shot one of them. No big deal. The beard was thin and stringy. The hen herself was no larger than any other hen. Kind of a waste of a tag.......but hen wingbones make EXCELLENT wingbone yelpers! 😉
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I've seen a few bearded hens and even arrowed one many years ago that my buddy now has mounted in his house. The hen I shot came in aggressive to hen decoy before I killed her. The one I killed had no spurs and 7 1/2" beard
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