Got some gobblers lined up but I remember hearing that certain times of year they are no good for eating due to eating grubs?
And any tips on plucking? might even make me a indian hat:thumbsup:
Cheers
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Got some gobblers lined up but I remember hearing that certain times of year they are no good for eating due to eating grubs?
And any tips on plucking? might even make me a indian hat:thumbsup:
Cheers
And here i was expecting a photo of mucko :D
Yeh I thought it might be about Mucko on a crate of Waikato. BF the theory is that any month with an R in it is not good for harvesting Turkey. On that basis now should be good. I reckon the theory is about when crickets are active and available as a food source to the Turkey's.
Hot water ..... Very hot .. Dunk them under....dead of course...pluck like fuck...they cum up smooth and white. Shoot them at nite while roosting they just sit there. Plug them in the head with a 22 they flap around but that's ok.
I remember hearing April? Not sure from who or where.....
Sounds good then, yea I hear they are pretty docile at night but we gunna have a crack in arvo/evening with the 12 gauge;)
I used to use a bamboo club, ambush then run them down, was a hell of a hoot :D
Use solids:P
How hard is it to find a spot to shoot turkeys? im dead keen on getting a few but are farmers hard to persuade to let people shoot them? cheers
I just shot six this morning with the .22. Way better than shot through your meat. I just rip the skin back and take the legs and breasts. Can't be arsed plucking.
Here's a pic for the illiterates and if you can count, I know there's only four in the picture. :yaeh am not durnk:
http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/a...pse98e6e45.jpg
Or a sks
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if you head shoot then chop their throat or head off they bleed nicely and the meat quality goes up
+1 for just the breast and legs
I may eventually pluck one and cook it whole in the weber but really there isnt much left once the legs and breast is off
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Boned and rolled turkey with seasoned stuffing
That looks bloody delicious, even though it isn't cooked yet.
Do you put cranberries in those:D
I was always told May until September - re time of year which echo's what rushy was saying, Any month without a R in it.
Shot - well Sunday we used SP #2 lead 36's and #3 Lead 40's, and that went well. Back in may I could stand on their wings pull the legs and they'd split along the center of the chest and throw all the guts out the other way in front of you. Easy then to cut the breast off and fold the legs through the skin and a simple snip of the drumstick with secateurs and cut the tendon to the ball joint in the hip and done! Saw it on Youtube for pheasants. Super quick if you have quite a few...
However this time either the skins got tougher or I've got weaker. Couldn't get it to break for anything so handfuls of feathers later and some deft knife work all done - but certainly not the easy way it was back in May. Anyone else tried this? Thinking It might be and excuse for some kind of motorised winch:omg: more power!!!!
But the birds were really golden and had heaps of body fat right through - must have been a easy winter or they've feasted on maize since autumn. Cant wait to try it.....
I was going to say I discovered on the weekend that if you shoot them with a 7mm08 the killing and plucking is done instantly and turned inside out ready to pick up haha.
Any month without an r is how I know it.
For those that haven't eaten wild turkey before, they are nothing like store bought ones. Much more gamey taste, serve up the white meat like any roast bird but put the dark meat into a stew or something I reckon.
Coincidentally a mob of sixteen birds that I have been watching from a distance crossed the road today and are literally 50m from me sitting on the shitter right now, tempted to dispatch one for the oven but the plucking is a job I may not have time for
Sent from my work bench
Smidey they can suffer a bit of delay in the plucking.
That sounds brilliant Johnino - love Panko crumbed stuff. Let me know how it comes out as I have a few kilo's myself and was just thinking of using the old roast in the BBQ with the top down and wrapped in bacon technique- that usually covers two angles - firstly stops the breast meat from getting too dry, and secondly with the bacon hides the gamey-ness notes of the meat for those not used to it.
YUM - Let me know if you the Panko method also stops it from getting too dry!!!
Yep will do. I think the key will be a quick fryso it won't dry out.
turkey lasagna using a chicken lasagna recipe but substituting the chicken for turkey is divine too
just one breasted turkey needed to feed the family
Really awesome to see people giving these birds a place on the menu. I have plugged them all year round couldn't taste the difference, I use number 4 or 6 shot! I am dab handy now with breasting, thighs and drumsticks in a timely manner, practice makes perfect.
Check out the amount if grass they can put away, times that by at least 8-9. I can see why farmers like the numbers kept down
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There are a few good feeds there Survy
Nah body shot. Usually one round drops them no worries. Suppressor and subs. Of course you could use the flashlight in the eyes and a baseball bat on the noggin at night when they're sitting on the fenceposts. Guns are always my preference though otherwise we'd be discussing this on a baseball bat forum :x_x:
if you aim where the neck starts getting thicker its perfect with the 22
one shot drops them,
beats trying to hit their head waggling about
subs and just walk after the mob as they drop if they are relitivly quiet
A little bit of dishwash detergent in the hot water makes the plucking easier too as it breaks down the grease on the birds.