saw my first beared hen today

[WV TURKEY THUG]

As I was walking back to the truck on a old logging road  out of no where this bearded hen comes to the middle of the road. It looked right at me and kinda acted spooky. I just sat a still as possibble . When she looked the other way I raised my rifle up and and she starts walking towards me . Got about 15 yds from I just sat there and watched her in my scope for about a minute. Then she new something was up and off she went. She had about a 3 inch beard. Hopefully next year there will be some more bearded hens running around now. She was a big bird.

[earlybird]

I saw one last weekend with about a 6 or 7"beard,usually see at least one every year around here.

[va wingbone]

A   RIFLE!?!  lol I'm kiddin, bearded hens are cool, I've seen two but season wasn't in either time.love to have one mounted

[DirtNap647]

neat

[WV TURKEY THUG]

Va I no I just started using it yesterday. After I had a big one hang up about 60 yds. So I decided to use the rifle for a few days. I've been hunting big woods here the past few days so its pretty open lol.

[va wingbone]

 i how much of pain that is, i bear hunt on the VA /WVA  line and be up a couple of springs and let me tell you mountain Turkeys are a whole different animal than what I'm used to. When its fly down time, they fly DOWN or WAY up. Lol

[WV TURKEY THUG]

Yea they sure do today I.setup down in a bollard were they usually go had 1 a gobbling but the owls shut him up or something and on way back to truck on top of hill I see 3 jakes a bearded hen and some gas well person said he.saw two long beards strutting in the middle of the road just my luck.