Klickitat Has "Transvestite" Gobblers!

[bearpaw]

FYI - The regs now also say you have to leave the head attached for transport ... don't cut it off until you get home.

What if you shoot it's head off?   

The regs used to say proof of sex, but this year they say fully feathered head must be attached. 
I would keep the head and make sure I didn't cut off the beard or legs (spurs) until I was home. 

[dawei]

Very sound advice, (which I followed).

[dawei]

I'm thinking of going back down to the Klickitat and try to fill my second tag, I think I'll have Cathy do the calling however.

[Deer slayer]

After reading this post my hunting partner and I went hunting.  He killed a mature tom with no beard.  After plucking it the bird had a 1/2 inch stubble beard.  We knew without a doubt that it was a tom.  We have seen about a dozen jakes with no beards.  My bird and my dad's bird had about an 8 inch beard but was very thinned out.  Not like past birds we have killed here.  Another one of my friends killed a tom with a short thin beard.  My bird was covered with mites.  All of this happened within 15 miles of Dave's bird.  Klickitat birds must have a mite problem.

[dawei]

Did Jerbear call in your bird? Was he your guide? If so I bet he 'limp wristed' the striker resulting in a call with a lisp! Please post a pic or two of your transvestite bird when able.

(Seriously maybe I/we should call the biologist and see  what he knows about this problem.)