Thread: When to harvest turkeys?

My mate swears by garden shears/hedge clippers. You know there's going to be no bruising and blood retention in the meat will be fairly low

EDIT.. He says: you shine the light on them, (say BOO if you like) and snip the head right off

Originally Posted by Tommy

My mate swears by garden shears/hedge clippers.

Why Have I wasted so much of my life hunting Sika when I could be hunting turkeys god damn garden shears, hilarious

Can just imagine the mess

I hunt mine with a bow, also tried some calling, amazed people don,t make more sport of them, anyone in northland I am always looking for more to hunt, LOL

Originally Posted by stug

Nah mate, at night with a fence batton or similar. Find their roosting place, put a light on them. Heads go up, wack, one turkey. Don't do what I did and use a slasher. Not much resistance in a turkeys neck. Got several with one swing.

ooooooppppppppssssssssss @stug

Originally Posted by Timmay

Why Have I wasted so much of my life hunting Sika when I could be hunting turkeys god damn garden shears, hilarious

Shit, next thing there will be a thread on "lightweight shears" one on "target shears" and god forbid "short bladed suppressed shears"!!

personally I like Stugs style, fence battons and slashers have a certain style all their own!!

@mikee dont forget long handled ones for that extra reach

Originally Posted by mikee

... and god forbid "short bladed suppressed shears"!!

They're called secateurs.

Originally Posted by 223nut

@mikee dont forget long handled ones for that extra reach

"Loppers" aye

Originally Posted by mikee

"Loppers" aye

And edge clippers for 'round the corner' jobs.

I guess Stug will now be making "carbon fibre fence batons"

even though I have really dragged this thread way way way off course and must appoligise for that



I give you the "E Cat" Portable Cordless Power Loppers"

Yup love all the comments on fence batons and clippers used them both over the years.

It's been a little too warm late this year so I'm waiting til June to take the next lot of turkeys from the South Waikato. Little black jumpy buggers are still out there when you cut the grass so let the little uns put a bit more condition on eh.

When de-breasting and legging I've found this method the best. http://youtu.be/6cgyCj_MbKE
Fold through the legs and snip off with a pair of secaturs. Simple as!!

Save the livers for Turkey pate made in the French method with cream and liqueurs - sublime!!!!

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

Yup love all the comments on fence batons and clippers used them both over the years.

It's been a little too warm late this year so I'm waiting til June to take the next lot of turkeys from the South Waikato. Little black jumpy buggers are still out there when you cut the grass so let the little uns put a bit more condition on eh.

When de-breasting and legging I've found this method the best. http://youtu.be/6cgyCj_MbKE
Fold through the legs and snip off with a pair of secaturs. Simple as!!

Save the livers for Turkey pate made in the French method with cream and liqueurs - sublime!!!!

I will be up for that.

back in the old days when i worked in a bakery we used to harvest turkeys in may .....we used to wrap them in dough and put them thru a couple of bake cycles with the days bread when done you could break off the dough eat the bread and the turkey retained all its juices and tenderness and wasnt toughas old boots like they can be..... nowdays the missus makes a mean as stuffing that seems to tenderise the meat really well

Originally Posted by mikee

I guess Stug will now be making "carbon fibre fence batons"

even though I have really dragged this thread way way way off course and must appoligise for that



I give you the "E Cat" Portable Cordless Power Loppers"
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You guys a so full of excellent ideas. Gets a man thinking.
My plan has always been to harvest them off the roost to maximize the number an minimize the meat damage. I was planning on using the 3 iron out of the golf bag, but now .........
Anyone know how I can suppress my hedge trimmer??


If there are 50 in a row the Sthil might be the quickest answer. Might need to get a full face visor rather than the mesh one ..... could get messy!