Something different
Oct 26, 2020 18:03:02 #
Wv mike wrote:
He has about a 8” beard I had him at 20 yards Saturday but season wasn’t in had to let him walk.
Good luck!
Oct 26, 2020 20:07:02 #
OJdidit wrote:
Flyguy, have you tried breasting them, cutting into strips and frying them? They are delicious! If you try cooking them like a domestic, you will be disappointed. The legs aren’t too good, but the breasts are awesome.
I agree, OJ, I would much rather eat wild turkey than tame. Great nutty flavor. All in the preparation.
Oct 26, 2020 20:17:57 #
I like cooking wild turkey breast in chicken broth then make noodles in the broth. very excellent over mashed potatoes.
Oct 26, 2020 20:40:24 #
Wv mike wrote:
We have the eastern also. My neighbor had a tame white gobbler and I’ll guess he got with a wild hen.
I was wondering if that had happened. Have you seen any others around like him?
Oct 26, 2020 20:45:34 #
Southern Ohio used to have a Lewis Turkey Farm not sure if it's still there or not but they're white domestic turkeys would get out in breed with wild turkeys the DNR was starting to crack down on the turkey farm pretty hard back in the 90s
Oct 26, 2020 22:07:29 #
Iowa Farmer wrote:
I agree, OJ, I would much rather eat wild turkey than tame. Great nutty flavor. All in the preparation.
They make excellent jerky!
I have a friend that hunts them, and told me that’s all he does with his. He gave me some jerky fresh out of the dehydrator; it was great!
Oct 27, 2020 02:19:10 #
the last wild turkey i had was with ginger or some spice and it was soooooo good. I was supposed to get to go shoot turkeys with the guy twice a year on private land but you know how people like to write checks they cant cash with their mouths or promises.
Oct 27, 2020 09:52:25 #
Big dog
Loc: Bayshore, Long Island, New York
Wv mike wrote:
Check out this wild turkey. He was in my field behind my house. I will look for him this week, season starts today and in all this week
Nice looking bird. If you get him you should skin him and tan the whole skin.
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Oct 27, 2020 22:21:55 #
bottomcoon
Loc: Tahlequah, oklahoma
OJdidit wrote:
Flyguy, have you tried breasting them, cutting into strips and frying them? They are delicious! If you try cooking them like a domestic, you will be disappointed. The legs aren’t too good, but the breasts are awesome.
I'm on your side with this turkey business OJdidit. I've cooked a lot of legs & thighs that guys said weren't eatable. Cleaned & slow cooked in a Dutch oven with potatoes, carrots, mushrooms & any other vegetable on hand those unbeatable turkey parts suddenly become "man, this is really good". Served up with Dutch oven cornbread or cathead biscuits makes it even harder to quit eating. Far better eating than carp, pike or bowfin. one man's meat is another man's poison. Tight lines.
Dec 21, 2020 02:20:55 #
Wv mike wrote:
These turkeys around here see’s any movement at all they are gone
Some years ago, a good friend
of mine told me of an event he witnessed one day while on a
deer stand during muzzle-loader
season ! After sitting with his
back to an oak for roughly a half-hour, he spotted a family of turkeys about fifty feet away;
the tom, hen and five or six
chicks making their way to a nearby deadfall !
While watching them intently,
the tom stood at the base of the deadfall while the hen led her chicks up to the top (the tree
was leaning at about a 30°
angle); once there, the hen and
the tom were coaxing the chicks to spread their wings and glide down to the tom's location ! My buddy then realized exactly what he was watching; the parents
were conducting 'flight
school' ! He watched, enthralled, for about twenty minutes until someone else coming up the trail spooked the little family and they fled into the woods ! He said that was the coolest thing he'd seen, ever !
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