It was a long, windy, rainy season for me fellas.  All the gobblers wouldn't play along.  On the secondy to last day, after arriving to my area late due to getting off work at 8 am, I had to change spots b/c the toms were already in the hay meadow.  After some yelping, a hen crossed the meadow and came toward my decoys.  I put the bow against the corner of the blind and took some pictures of her:



Then I noticed that she had a beard!  In Oklahoma, a tom turkey is defined as a bearded bird, regardless of sex.  At a distance of only 3 yards, I sent a Muzzy Phantom through both her lungs.  She still managed to fly off, but crashed in a pasture just over the tree line.  I got my first traditional turkey!



Not to worry either, she wasn't on a nest.  She had four unfertilized eggs inside her.  My guess is that she was wanting my jake decoy to change that!

Congrats!

Nice!  

Great pics, congrats!

Cool! I think bearded hens are more of a trophy than a big Tom sometimes. Less common and don't come to a call as easy as a lovesick tom. Congrats!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!  

Very nice!  

Congrats from Germany.

Is this a Dream Catcher in your hands? What's the draw weight and what kind of string do you use? How many strands?

Congrats. I took a kid out this year and he bagged a bearded hen that measured 7.5 inches.

Congrats!!

CKR

Nice shooting    Their legal here in NY, I would take one without remorse.

Great shot, and any legal bird with a trad bow is a TROPHY!!

very cool :0)

Nice story and pics. Congrats!

Very cool, I've seen a bunch of those the last 10yrs......never had a chance to shoot one though..congrats!

That is too cool! A special harvest for sure. Congratulations!      

Congrats!

Congrats That awesome! I am hunting with my Montana i hope i can do that.

When I opened this thread, I thought you were referring to one of my old girlfriends...    

Either way, Congrats!

Carcajou,
   Not sure I would be sharing that info!  Just the same, I appreciate it.  It was a pretty wild spring, and ended well.  Now it's time to focuss on the fish! - Timothy