Turkey Hunting

bearded hens

5/12/19 @ 7:26 PM

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woody59

User since 1/17/12

Are bearded hens common? Hunting last week in Marinette county I saw 3 bearded hens on one property. I only saw one before seeing these 3. Just wondering if we had a bunch of cross dressers.

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9/17/20 @ 12:19 PM

One shot one kill

User since 8/12/02

Maybe not a full beard , but kind of wispy. Usually when their older !

9/14/20 @ 7:07 PM

Darin - Lake-Link

PRO MEMBER User since 5/17/01

This would be a bearded hen correct? Never seen one before, was in my backyard today.

5/14/19 @ 9:08 PM

BeerTownFyreman

PRO MEMBER User since 6/15/01

Had 1 running around the house for 3 years. Called her "The Lunch Lady". Neighbor got her and aint seen one in the 3 years since.

5/14/19 @ 5:22 PM

WelderGuy

User since 12/19/10

Bearded hen? I think they prefer to be called gender neutral!! Lol

5/14/19 @ 8:15 AM

redhook

User since 12/25/09

DNR website states less than 5% of hens have beards and they can reproduce, I didn't see any info on genetics as far as them passing on that trait or if it comes from the Gobbler.

5/13/19 @ 4:01 PM

gillfinder25

User since 12/17/09

Shot one the other day.

5/13/19 @ 10:33 AM

FullDraw05

User since 10/10/17

first time ever hunting I passed on 3 of them, this was 10ish years ago.. now I see typically 3-4 each season.. Whether they not as uncomming as you'd think, or just more abundant due to the overall rise in Turkey numbers, i'm not sure.. but they're seem to be enough around.

5/13/19 @ 8:30 AM

BugleTrout

User since 9/27/01

We're seeing more and more female turkeys identifying as Toms these days. Accept it or you will be labeled a dinosaur!

5/12/19 @ 10:34 PM

redhook

User since 12/25/09

One in ten thousand is not that common, to see three is really uncommon. I have never seen one alive but my brother harvested one several years back. I just got back today from my turkey hunt in the same county as you, never heard one gobble all week but did fill my tag Friday afternoon as three Toms snuck in on my decoys.

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