First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)

[The Singing Bowyer]

Took my first bearded hen this past weekend in the Southwestern part of OK. Also, my first Rio turkey...pretty special. I shot her in the late afternoon on a bluff near where they roost. The shot was from behind and angled up and out the chest. Unfortunatley, I missed the spine and she was able to take flight and sailed into a wheat field about a half mile away. I watched her through the binos and marked the spot where she landed(never moved once she landed) Had to make a big circle to find a place to cross the river and get over to her... It was well past dark when I finally made it back to camp...

[DanaM]

Congrats Chad, sounds like ya had to work for her

[The Singing Bowyer]

Seems like I always end up working hard for the ladies...even the bearded ones!! 

[DanaM]

 

[Josh]

Nice turkey!  Glad you went and got her after she took off.  Great story man. 

[lowell]

Very cool.. I have never gotten a bearded hen. Missed one years ago with shotgun.

  A friend of mine was after one today that he new was in his area but could not pass the tom that came in.

 How long a beard did it have??

[mullet]

 Nice Bird Chad. I always wanted one. Had a hunt buddy shoot one out from under me in Alabama and saw a nice one Jesse got at Pappy's last weekend. They are rare.

[billy]

Great job Chad!  Those turkeys are almost impossible to get with a bow...but you did it with your osage self bow....that's awesome!  congrats

[The Singing Bowyer]

Lowell,

She had about a 3 inch beard. I didn't even notice she had a beard until they were right on top of me. She was the last of 4 hens that passed by my makeshift blind at 12 yards. If she had been leading, I am sure I would have gotten busted if I tried to shoot... She was only the second bearded hen I had seen hunting.

[Pappy]

Congrats Chad,nice bird . See ya in a few weeks.
   Pappy

[huntertrapper]

Nice job man. good trackin

[PeteC]

Sounds like a great hunt.Congratulations. God Bless

[Postman]

Good job marking her and collecting your harvest!

[alligatorjoe]

chad
that was some fancy tracking to watch the turkey sail 1/2 mile out thru your binos , then to go into
the evening darkness wow great job man.  My first turkey i got was a bearded hen, with a pencil thin
9 inch beard, i made two wing bone calls with the hen ulna wing bone inserted into a gobbler ulna bone.
the calls work great and look good too. It's hard to get a hold of some hen wing bones, so if you don,t mount the whole turkey you might want to hang onto those wing bones. ............alligatorjoe

[predatorcaller]

Cooooool!!!!!!!!Great ethics for following up after the shot.Thanks for sharing--have a GREAT day-Lloyd