multible beards

[guesswho]

To me it's not even a big deal unless
They are really nice, long, and thick.

I agree.  I had a streak a couple years ago that went double, four, four, triple in about a 10 day stretch.    And back in the day a buddy and me doubled in Alabama.  Two turkeys totaled nine beards and 84" of beard.   Now it's like we expect about one out of four to be multibearded.   I think in the last 20-25 years I've had one season that didn't produce at least one multibeard. 

Dang Rutn, you need to come up and hunt with Lee.  He's got a piece of property that produces quite a few.

[RutnNStrutn]

I'm just thrilled to get some gobblers every year. But I would like to get at least one impressive multibeard with fat, long beards.

[Snoodsniper]

Killed a nice double beard two years ago. They are pretty common in my area but never personally seen one with more than two beards.

[tomstopper]

I'm just thrilled to get some gobblers every year. But I would like to get at least one impressive multibeard with fat, long beards.

[Blong]

I have killed them in ms,mo,ks and ne. I would say mo is your best chance. We make a group hunt each spring and at least 1/3 of the ones we kill have multis.

[mgm1955]

One in TX

[El Pavo Grande]

I've killed several over the years, most in Arkansas and Missouri.  The most beards was 5 on one from Nebraska a couple of years ago.

[chcltlabz]

I think I've killed 4 double beard birds and one 4 bearded bird.  All of mine have had spindley second beards and the 4 bearded bird had 2 fairly thin beards and 2 that were only a few hairs.  Most impressive of mine had an 11.5 inch beard and a 9.5 inch beard with 1.5 inch spurs.  All easterns and all in Maryland.

I arrived in South Dakota a few years back and was doing some driving and scouting and when I pulled into a parking area I could see a hunter coming out toting a gobbler and a bow, so we waited to see what he had.  Turned out to be a beautiful snow white merriams with 5 beards and 1 1/4 spurs, which was huge for that area.  I hope he knew what a special bird he had.

[hobbes]

I've killed one double beard back home in Southern IL.  My son killed his companion a moment earlier that had a triple beard.  The following season my son killed a double beard in the same area. 

[mudhen]

Maybe 10-12 over the years....

Shot all over the country....


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[spurman]

100 + longbeards over the years and hunted KY, KS and Tenn and killed only 1 with a double beard. I have buddies that hunt the same places I hunt and they have killed several 2, 3 and 4 bearded birds. But they are just not that common in my part of KY.

[Gooserbat]

I've killed two double beards and one triple beard.  All were from various parts of Oklahoma. 

[turkeyhunter91]

Me and dad have killed probably around 50 Tom's between the two of us and neither of us have gotten a multi beard. A couple years ago I took a guy that had never killed a turkey in the spring season and he killed a double beard Jake, one beard was like 6.5 in and the other was 4 I believe. I have killed a few other birds there and not one multi beard.

[jblackburn]

I've hunted/taken gobblers in 6 states and have gotten one double bearded bird, and it was in Washington.

[jakesdad]

ZERO But the first two birds my nephew killed were both double beards,and he killed them about 2 weeks apart in the same field     Can't say its really ever mattered to me,I always seem to look at hooks before the beard on a dead bird.