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Oldest Capture Hen in Pennsylvania

Started by Greg Massey, March 25, 2022, 11:15:32 PM

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Greg Massey

The Pennsylvania Game Commission captured an adult hen back on March 3, 2012 and was leg banded and recaptured Feb 2 , 2022. After comparing the data they estimated her age at 12.5 years old and still healthy. She was fitted this time with a GPS to monitor her future. On an average life expectancy is 1 to 3 years. Just Amazing ...

Nate

 :That is way cool, can't imagine what that ole gal has seen, not to mention how many points she's raised.

Zobo

That takes raspy old hen to a new level. Wonder what she sounds like.
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simpzenith

Quote from: Zobo on March 25, 2022, 11:31:45 PM
That takes raspy old hen to a new level. Wonder what she sounds like.

I would imagine that she doesn't sound any more raspy than normal. It's typically the juvenile hens that have that very course and raspy yelp.

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Dang, I bet she could tell some stories.
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quavers59

   Alot of Hens today seem a bit smaller that ones,I have killed back in the late 1990s.  That means they were Older too. My Brother  in Law killed a huge Hen back in those years that was absolutely  Ugly. She must have been at least 5 years old and probably  older. These Hens easily went 12+lbs.

Yoder409

They shoulda wrung her neck on the spot.

SHE'S the one that's been dragging gobblers the other way and screwing me up for the last 11 springs !!!    :TooFunny:
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The good Lord ain't made a gobbler I can't kill.  I just gotta be there at the right time.....  on the day he wants to die.

Brian Fahs

I hunt a piece of public in Pennsylvania that always has a hen or small group of hens that are very visible and roost very consistently in the same spot. They have lead to the demise of  a bunch of gobblers for me and my buddies over the years. I can't say for sure it's the same hen but have to believe it's a family group.

Dtrkyman

Need more of those old hens, with the poor poult to hen ratios recently they need all the help they can get!

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tal

They're capable of living that long but very few do. A "generation" in turkey time is about 4 years.

Beards and Hooks

That is awesome Greg, wonder where in Pa. that's where I am

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mikejd

Smart old bird right there.  She probably laughs at coyotes.

Chief Razor

Incredible to hear about one living that long in the wild. I would assume that she is the exception to the rule.