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Turkey - it's what's for dinner

DrPizza

DrPizza

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Fresh turkey, MMmmmmm. Can't buy this in a store.
son's first turkey

He was calling - no turkey ever answered him all morning. This one decided to just stroll by him. 25 yards. My turn next weekend... now the pressure is on to get a bigger turkey. Took me 8 years before I got my first turkey; he got his near the same place I got mine last year... He stole my secret spot!

Bigger picture at pics.bbzzdd
 
Originally posted by: isekii
is it common for turkeys to run around where you are ?
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Yes. Most of the U.S. has wild turkeys, although there are several sub species - this one is an Eastern turkey, there's also the Rio Grande, Merriams, Osceola, and Gould's. As far as running, 20mph or so. Flying: up to 55 miles per hour. They're fast, and they have incredible eyesight.

 
I showed him how to remove the tail feathers (skin the back for a couple inches to make sure he has enough for a beautiful mount) and have him busy plucking feathers now. That'll keep him busy for quite a while. As soon as it's plucked and gutted, it's going in the rotisserie (with a couple strips of bacon to help keep it juicy.) And I thought I was having leftovers for dinner today. 🙂
 
Do you do anything special with wild turkey before you cook it? I had some and it tasted real gamy. I was told there are some good marinade recipes for them to help with the flavor.

Congrats to your son. :thumbsup: I have turkeys in my backyard most mornings in the Fall, and they are all organic too. (I see them eating the corn right out of the manure the farmer up the road spreads on his fields. If that's what you mean by "organic" 😛 )
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Do you do anything special with wild turkey before you cook it? I had some and it tasted real gamy. I was told there are some good marinade recipes for them to help with the flavor.

Congrats to your son. :thumbsup: I have turkeys in my backyard most mornings in the Fall, and they are all organic too. (I see them eating the corn right out of the manure the farmer up the road spreads on his fields. If that's what you mean by "organic" 😛 )
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I always heard that game tastes gamy when not efficiently killed; that is, if the death is slow, enzymes are released which leads to the meat tasting gamy.

Any truth to that? If so, that might explain the gamy turkey. The wild turkey I've had never tasted gamy.
 
It certainly didn't taste gamey. It was delicious. When we cooked it, we put 3 bacon strips across it (maple smoked) - the flavor of the turkey was excellent. Not dry at all. My son's already been harassing me - mine fit in the rotisserie last year, barely. His didn't fit in the rotisserie - barely. So, his was about a pound heavier than mine was. Perfect size for a meal though; about 10 pounds (wild guess.)
 
I looked at the pic and said "NY"?

Sure enough you aren't that far from me 😛

I have a flock of about two dozen across the road but it's leased land. Still, it's tempting to get the varmint rifle out 😀
 
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I looked at the pic and said "NY"?

Sure enough you aren't that far from me 😛

I have a flock of about two dozen across the road but it's leased land. Still, it's tempting to get the varmint rifle out 😀
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lol another upstater

we could have a ATOT Boonieville NY meet

LOLOLOL


they dont walk by my house because i live "in town" bu i have friends who live outside of town and you see them all the time

when i used t live in maine we used to see a flock of like 20 or so walk through our property like every morning
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I looked at the pic and said "NY"?

Sure enough you aren't that far from me 😛

I have a flock of about two dozen across the road but it's leased land. Still, it's tempting to get the varmint rifle out 😀
Click to expand...

lol another upstater

we could have a ATOT Boonieville NY meet

LOLOLOL


they dont walk by my house because i live "in town" bu i have friends who live outside of town and you see them all the time

when i used t live in maine we used to see a flock of like 20 or so walk through our property like every morning
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Heh, yeah. 🙂 We could hook up at Letchworth for a photo/turkey shoot 😛

Can't believe the weather. Last part of October and no frost. 81 degrees is the forecast and I have a lilac that rebloomed thinking it's spring. 😕
 
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I looked at the pic and said "NY"?

Sure enough you aren't that far from me 😛

I have a flock of about two dozen across the road but it's leased land. Still, it's tempting to get the varmint rifle out 😀
Click to expand...

lol another upstater

we could have a ATOT Boonieville NY meet

LOLOLOL


they dont walk by my house because i live "in town" bu i have friends who live outside of town and you see them all the time

when i used t live in maine we used to see a flock of like 20 or so walk through our property like every morning
Click to expand...

Heh, yeah. 🙂 We could hook up at Letchworth for a photo/turkey shoot 😛

Can't believe the weather. Last part of October and no frost. 81 degrees is the forecast and I have a lilac that rebloomed thinking it's spring. 😕
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yea i know, i want it to snow allready or at at leat be fall like, Our tomato plants are still blooming/ making new tomatos
 
Originally posted by: isekii
is it common for turkeys to run around where you are ?
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There are turkeys in my back yard, along with deer, coyotes, bobcats. One of the latter ate a couple of our pets.
 
Originally posted by: Anubis
Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider
I looked at the pic and said "NY"?

Sure enough you aren't that far from me 😛

I have a flock of about two dozen across the road but it's leased land. Still, it's tempting to get the varmint rifle out 😀
Click to expand...

lol another upstater

we could have a ATOT Boonieville NY meet

LOLOLOL


they dont walk by my house because i live "in town" bu i have friends who live outside of town and you see them all the time

when i used t live in maine we used to see a flock of like 20 or so walk through our property like every morning
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Boonville? have you been there? not much of a meeting place, but they have a nice park.

Originally posted by: Hayabusa Rider


Heh, yeah. 🙂 We could hook up at Letchworth for a photo/turkey shoot 😛

Can't believe the weather. Last part of October and no frost. 81 degrees is the forecast and I have a lilac that rebloomed thinking it's spring. 😕
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Yep, still have mosquitoes buzzing around, and it seems like a lot more leaves are staying green.

I love our extended summer though. What I don't like is this seems like a prelude to an extended winter.
 
i didnt actually mean boonville NY and yes i knoew that place actually existed, it makes me LOL whenever i see the sign

Boonies as in the middle of nowhere, Dr Pizza doesnt live in the middle of nowhere but i beleive you can see it from his house, im not far from there either
 
I have a friend who works at a natural food grocery. He said that the hot item this year is organic fed, dark meat, farm raised turkeys.

The traditional butterball turkey with mostly white meat has reached it peak of popularity and people are looking for an alternative to the dry, bland bird we all are familiar with.

 
nice bird, definitely one of the hardest things to hunt. We always smoke one for Thanksgiving and they're amazing.
 
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