Bowtech_archer07 Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Hey everybody, went out this morning and as I was sitting there, I hear turkeys yelping and clucking, and they fly down about 60 yds from me. They all looked like hens and then I saw a beard. Now I know that there are such things as bearded hens, but the wierdest part was that the bird with the beard started trying to strut. It never got into a full strut, always a half or 3/4. I was just wondering if hens could strut or if I need to get my eyes checked because it really was a tom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? Could very easily have been a strutting hen. Hens (especially the dominant ones) can & do strut. I've only seen it a few times. But, I have seen it happen both in the spring and in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exturkinator Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? I have seen a bearded hen, and I have seen a hen strut, but I have never seen a bearded hen strut.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? I took this picture over the summer, I think she saw me and flared/strutted up. its the first time I have ever seen it. -shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? As I type this...I have 12 turkeys walking acrossed the yard. 1/2 of them at one time or another has puffed out their feathers (1/2-3/4 strut like) to dry out their feathers. I personally never witnessed a hen go into "full" strut...but I guess anything is posible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVreddot870 Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? I was bowhunting turkeys in Ohio last spring and had a hen strutting and pecking my decoys---She was MAD that my decoys where in her space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? slughunter, that is exactly what the hen I saw do. Only she was a bearded hen. She was also with 6 other hens and they seemed like they felt inferior to her which made me think she was dominant. Thanks alot everybody. Guess you learn something new everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borch Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? Last spring my daughter and I were hunting in the Black Hills of South Dakota and had a hen come to us in FULL strut for over 70 yards. It was so unlike typical hen behavior that it may have fooled less experienced hunters into thinking it was a tom. It continued this full strut demostration for over 10 minutes and within 10 yards at times. Definitely a hen though. One of the coolest things I've seen in the turkey woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NiteRunner Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Re: Strutting.......Hen??? Me and my Dad seen one strutting from the road the one day. We put the binocs up, but it wouldn't turn so we could see it, so we grab are gear and stuff. Look back out in the field no strutter. Just a hen standing in the same spot. Then she puffed up again. Pretty Cool, yet a little disappointing at the time. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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