You're dadgumed right they're spurs Dwight, and some pretty nice ones too. In VA, a decade or two ago when you killed a spring Gobbler you also had to report the length of the beard/s and the Spurs and send in a small bunch of feathers pulled from the breast to the Game Commission. It was for their research to help determine the bird's age; feathers proved the gender (some hens have beards). The Spurs are sharp as needles and, in the spring mating season, the boys jump in the air and try to blind and do damage to their opponent. Pretty amazing to watch and hear.
I do love to spring Gobbler hunt and call the old boys in.