Like they said above, these are examples of pictures that have been entered in last years contest. The beard and spurs do have to be attatched to the bird when the pics are taken. Keeps folks from pulling down a big beard off of the display shelf at the house to enter in. Being able to see the tape measurer clearly positioned at the base of the beard with the feathers out of the way and can view the over all length is required. The paper with the stats, username, team name and date are required.
Old Gobbler also mentioned something about a photo contest. Havent seen much on it lately. It's just a picture of you posing with your bird without any bird stats. Just pick a pretty spot and say cheese.