Help, My dog got my beard

[cohuttariverrat]

Long hunt story shortened, I got my 2nd tom ever today. Hit him bad 1st shot an sprinted behind him 150yd uphill to finish him. Darn near passed out I ran so hard an I'm a firefighter in good shape. Anyways I placed the beard on my porch rail when going inside to clean up my hands. My dog got the beard an demolished it. I'm so pissed. I have a few strands. What can I do? It will never be like the original I understand. 8.5in beard and average thickness. If I had killed lots of birds before it wouldn't be so upsetting.

[DirtNap647]

It may just be a memory

[miro15]

Not too much you can do...

[Green Trumpeter]

Sounds like it will be a funny story to look back on to me.  There will be many more beards to come anyways.  Now if it was some 1 1/2" hooks I would be a little disappointed.

[turkey_slayer]

Sounds like it will be a funny story to look back on to me.  There will be many more beards to come anyways.  Now if it was some 1 1/2" hooks I would be a little disappointed.

Would be a dead dog lol jk. You're pretty much out of luck unless you can gather all the strands and hot glue em together. Had a dog/critter carry off a nice 8 pt I was Euro mounting one time.

[archery1]

welll.. follow it around with a pooper scooper

[budtripp]

Reminds me of my 09 season. I had come home on leave after missing the past 3 seasons due to deployment/field training etc. First morning out I killed a monster gobbler and was beyond thrilled.  Then 2 days later, on my second morning out I shot my first bird with a bow. Had both fans, beards, and sets of legs in my dad's garage salted down and drying when one day dad's German short hair somehow got in and decided he'd like to shred both fans and beards and eat ALL 4 of the legs. To add insult to injury,  I took pictures with my sister's digital camera and loaded them onto our old desktop. A few weeks down the road that computer crashes and so I have no pictures left either.

[memert116]

sorry for the mishap with the beard but dogs will be dogs....not much consolation I know.

[Old Gobbler]

I just remembered I had the legs and beard in a ziplock back in my truck from the gobbler I killed this week --- lol  , I ran out and threw some salt on it -- your post reminded me

I remember when I was a kid , my dad had this real nice gobbler I killed when I was 16 years old mounted -- came home one day and noticed my moms cat chewed the spurs right off of it -- I always hated cats


Don't sweat it , there will be more gobblers in your future ----

[memert116]

Don't sweat it , there will be more gobblers in your future ----

Great advice....

[Bigspurs68]

I had a walker pup chew up a dozen or so that he found before I realized he was on the loose. Just cussed myself and laughed at him. There will be more beards, just hang on to those spurs. The hooks are where it's at.

[tomstopper]

Don't sweat it , there will be more gobblers in your future ----

Great advice....

My pics and beards from all my gobblers got burned up in a fire at my dads 5 years ago. Now that still upsets me...... Life goes on and now I just can't wait for my girls to start their collection......

[silvestris]

Cut his tail off for a substitute trophy.  You will cherish it someday.

[bamagtrdude]

Cut his tail off for a substitute trophy.  You will cherish it someday.

+1 haha !!!!   That really sux that your dog ate your beard, man - it really does.  The only thing you can do is slip back into you camo & get back after it & bag another one; who knows, it might be bigger than your current trophy.  But be dog-gone (sorry, couldn't resist) if I'd be putting that beard/fan/legs anywhere *near* that mutt.

[2eagles]

E-bay.