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Offline The Singing Bowyer

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First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« on: April 12, 2010, 01:18:59 pm »
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...

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Offline DanaM

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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2010, 01:48:23 pm »
Congrats Chad, sounds like ya had to work for her :)
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2010, 01:55:42 pm »
Seems like I always end up working hard for the ladies...even the bearded ones!!  :D
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2010, 02:06:45 pm »
 ::) :P :D
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2010, 02:18:22 pm »
Nice turkey!  Glad you went and got her after she took off.  Great story man.  :)
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Offline lowell

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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2010, 11:08:43 pm »
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??
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2010, 11:34:44 pm »
 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.
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2010, 12:18:00 am »
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
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Offline The Singing Bowyer

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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2010, 12:07:37 pm »
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.
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2010, 01:10:02 pm »
Congrats Chad,nice bird . :) See ya in a few weeks. :)
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2010, 01:44:59 pm »
Nice job man. good trackin
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« Reply #11 on: April 15, 2010, 05:03:55 pm »
Sounds like a great hunt.Congratulations. God Bless
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2010, 06:57:59 pm »
Good job marking her and collecting your harvest!
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2010, 01:40:00 am »
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
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Re: First Bearded Lady(Turkey, Anyway)
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2010, 07:15:37 pm »
Cooooool!!!!!!!!Great ethics for following up after the shot.Thanks for sharing--have a GREAT day-Lloyd
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