To be honest, it's not his beards that's about to get him in trouble. It's the look he's giving me. Looks like he's thinking I ain't scared, you better bring your A game.
lol at giving a mature bird a pass until next year, unless you keep him in a pen or you have a high fence around property no telling what will happen to that bird in the next few weeks, much less the next 12 plus months. Good luck though.
Go hunt and have fun. If he comes to you and you're "feeling it" then shoot.
If not tip ur cap and go home. It's the interaction with the turk and the hunt that get's me out of bed. I can have a great morning just going I don't need to kill'em to be complete.