Big Turkey

DorGunR · 04-11-2011, 08:19 AM

I was on the phone with my sister yesterday when her husband came in from his hunting cabin with a 20 pound turkey, and this turkey had an eleven inch beard. This is his first turkey of the season he will probably get two more. He gets 6 to 8 deer every season.

EDIT: BTW my BIL is 77 years old.

10 Bears · 04-11-2011, 09:36 AM

Compliments to your BIL and his accomplishments!

"Teach a man to Hunt & Fish and he will allways enjoy life!"

Sanders · 04-11-2011, 06:18 PM

Mmmmmmmmm! Turrrrrrrrkey!

I thought about going on the spring turkey hunt, but the practical side of me said that I can buy a turkey at the grocery store for half the cost of a tank of gas to get to where I could hunt them....

ErikD · 04-15-2011, 07:37 AM

Just out of curiosity, would a turkey like that stay nice and juicy in the freezer until Thanksgiving even if it was shot during this time of the year? We don't have any wild turkey over here, so I have never shot and frozen one myself.

aviator · 04-15-2011, 08:49 AM

I don't think there is anything as a "juicy turkey" but 7 months is a long time to keep meat frozen. I really couldn't tell you but judging by the way chicken meat reacts to long term freeze I would say no.

Desert Rat · 04-15-2011, 10:32 AM

Erik, I think a wild turkey is about twice as juicy as commercially produced bird. And if you ever saw one of these "turkey farms," you'd likely never eat one again.

I suspect Aviator is right about bird not keeping all that well until T-giving. I wouldn't try it personally. All the "turks" I ever shot were eaten soon afterwards.

Texas is blessed with a spring AND fall turkey season. Some states probably are not.

04-11-2011, 08:19 AM	#1
DorGunR Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maryland Posts: 30,905	Big Turkey I was on the phone with my sister yesterday when her husband came in from his hunting cabin with a 20 pound turkey, and this turkey had an eleven inch beard. This is his first turkey of the season he will probably get two more. He gets 6 to 8 deer every season. EDIT: BTW my BIL is 77 years old.

04-11-2011, 06:18 PM	#3
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,460	Mmmmmmmmm! Turrrrrrrrkey! I thought about going on the spring turkey hunt, but the practical side of me said that I can buy a turkey at the grocery store for half the cost of a tank of gas to get to where I could hunt them.... __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

04-15-2011, 07:37 AM	#4
ErikD Mzungu Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: In the land of socialist nepotism and corruption. Posts: 6,340	Just out of curiosity, would a turkey like that stay nice and juicy in the freezer until Thanksgiving even if it was shot during this time of the year? We don't have any wild turkey over here, so I have never shot and frozen one myself. __________________ ------------------------------------------- Cut along dotted line, discard top part.

04-15-2011, 08:49 AM	#5
aviator unum de multis Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bunker's Headquarters. Posts: 52,383	I don't think there is anything as a "juicy turkey" but 7 months is a long time to keep meat frozen. I really couldn't tell you but judging by the way chicken meat reacts to long term freeze I would say no. __________________ "Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Pesident Ronald Reagan

04-11-2011, 09:36 AM	#2
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Compliments to your BIL and his accomplishments! "Teach a man to Hunt & Fish and he will allways enjoy life!"

04-15-2011, 10:32 AM	#6
Desert Rat Junior Woodchuck Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 4,592	Erik, I think a wild turkey is about twice as juicy as commercially produced bird. And if you ever saw one of these "turkey farms," you'd likely never eat one again. I suspect Aviator is right about bird not keeping all that well until T-giving. I wouldn't try it personally. All the "turks" I ever shot were eaten soon afterwards. Texas is blessed with a spring AND fall turkey season. Some states probably are not.