This past Monday, I witnessed something while turkey hunting that I had never seen before - a strutting hen. I had placed a decoy out in a Botetourt County field and was yelping and clucking. When out of the corner of my right eye, I glimpsed a turkey marching - and marching is the right word - directly to the decoy.
The turkey was all "puffed out" in full strut. I eased up my 12 gauge, clicked off the safety, and leveled the gun on the bird, which I thought was a gobbler.
Fortunately, I waited to have a better view of the bird because when the turkey reached the decoy, it was very clear that the bird was a female. No beard and a dark colored head, plus a fairly small body clearly indicated that the turkey was a hen.
The hen then proceeded to circle the decoy, angrily clucking at it. Soon the hen was finished displaying that she was the alpha female in this part of the world, and she left in triumph.
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