Turkey study underway. Oldest hen?

[G-Man]

https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/pennsylvania-captures-oldest-turkey-state-history/

[UpStateRedNeck]

I just read that, 12 years old.  The old girl has seen some things!  I hope they give her a nice retirement package.

[Cabin Fever]

Wow! I never knew they would survive that long in the wild. 

[grampy]

Imagine how many times that old hen told the stories of...............

"Yup.......Ol' Tom would've got blasted by an OBVIOUS to me hunter.....had I not led him away"!!!!

[Pygmy]

She looks just like my sister-in-law....

[WNY Bowhunter]

I shot a gobbler in May of 2012 that had been banded in 2007 a mile away. I killed a bird with the consecutive band number in 2008 on the same property. The 2012 bird had 1 3/16 spurs when captured/banded in '07, making him likely 9 yrs old when I tagged him five years later. He had a 1.25" spur on one leg and his other was broken off at an inch. He was a healthy 22.5#. He had a $100 reward band that had expired in '09. According to the research leader that I talked to at Penn State, he was the oldest bird reported in the tri-state study for NY, PA and OH!!!