Wondering on average, how much a turkeys beard grows per year???? I know we have hard winters/deep snows & beard rot but is it sorta like rings on a tree,some years alot, some alittle???

I read in a couple books Lovett Williams and Dickinson that 3-5" per year is average and of course due to feeding, snows etc anything over 11" is tough to achieve due to rubbing on the ground.



Earl

Was wondering......I ran into three jakes last spring at the club.... they all seemed to have 5"-7" beards..... Ran inot three birds on the first Wed. of the season...The one I killed had a 10" beard.... Wondered/figured it was those same three birds that I'd passed on last spring.

how do you measure the beard, or where do you measure from at the base.

I believe from the center point where the beard comes out of the skin, thats where I measure from. I say believe, not really sure where the official measuring point is.


Earl