I think you can rule out him being a 2 yr old if he had spurs like that. It's interesting that he was an older turkey and the beard never did break at the stripe. The turkeys I've killed with beard rot were all 2 yr olds, but I've seen some posted here that were older. I've wondered if the beard will ever grow again if the beard breaks off from beard rot. Maybe AU Coonhunter will check back in. Looks like our other biologists have deserted us.