Bearpaw Season - Spring 2021

[teanawayslayer]

I had a situation several years back. Called in a big old Tom that had no beard. We were in a ground blind. My son at the time was 10. He was up and ready to shoot. I could not see a beard and knew it was a mature Tom. Not seeing the visible beard we did not take the bird. As the regs state visible beard. Is there an exception?

[jrebel]

I had a situation several years back. Called in a big old Tom that had no beard. We were in a ground blind. My son at the time was 10. He was up and ready to shoot. I could not see a beard and knew it was a mature Tom. Not seeing the visible beard we did not take the bird. As the regs state visible beard. Is there an exception?

I read the law as “male turkeys AND turkeys with visible beards”.  I would interpret that as any male turkeys and hens with visible beards. 

[MtnMuley]

The wording changed a while back. I was unaware too earlier this year. It used to read birds with visible birds. A few years back, the most dominant bird in this flock we were watching had no beard. We figured he must have stepped on it too many times.

[bearpaw]

I had a situation several years back. Called in a big old Tom that had no beard. We were in a ground blind. My son at the time was 10. He was up and ready to shoot. I could not see a beard and knew it was a mature Tom. Not seeing the visible beard we did not take the bird. As the regs state visible beard. Is there an exception?

I read the law as “male turkeys AND turkeys with visible beards”.  I would interpret that as any male turkeys and hens with visible beards.

Jrebel has it right 👍🏻

[bearpaw]

Clay from Louisiana hammered his second bird early this morning, great job Clay!

[bearpaw]

Jarod from Louisiana with his first bird.

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Jarod from Louisiana with his second bird taken this morning.

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Joe from western Washington, his first turkey hunt, first morning, the birds didn’t cooperate after coming off the roost, so a careful stalk took care of that problem, his first bird is down, good job Joe!

[Machias]

How do them southern boys like our Mountain bids?  Do they think the Gobblers sound further away than they are, like I did when I first moved out West?

[bearpaw]

They say the birds are higher pitched and hard for them to judge how far away with the terrain variations, sometimes further away and sometimes closer.

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Greg’s second bird taken on the first day of his first turkey hunt.

[fishngamereaper]

  lots of smiles.

[Machias]

They say the birds are higher pitched and hard for them to judge how far away with the terrain variations, sometimes further away and sometimes closer.

Yep, same thing I found when I first started chasing birds up here!

[bearpaw]

Dick is 78 years old and still hunting, nice shooting Dick!

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Another successful morning hunt...