Saw my first bearded hen yesterday morning. She had about an 8 inch beard that was the diameter of a swisher sweet cigar. Came down from the roost about 50 yards from where I set up at 6:10am, just barely legal shooting hour and dark but I could definitely see the rope swinging in the breeze. Had a bead on her as she came into my decoy. As she squared up to the decoy, I got a really good look at her head and realized it was a hen so I let her pass. Sure was fun watching her go all Jackie Chan on my decoy spinning it like a top for close to half an hour..lol.
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