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What do you do with him once you've killed him?
#2070403
03/26/17 04:06 PM
03/26/17 04:06 PM
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Joined: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,153 Leeds
Smells
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8 point
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Do you use the whole bird or just the breast? Do you always save all the fans/spurs or maybe just save a pic? Do you freeze the meat or do they get eaten immediately? Do you age the meat at all or not?
Last edited by Smells; 03/26/17 04:07 PM.
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070408
03/26/17 04:09 PM
03/26/17 04:09 PM
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Posts: 23,919 Clarksville, TN /Greenville, ...
bill
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I just breast them out. I started out saving beards and spurs now I just throw them away.
"Political debate: when charlatans come together to discuss their principles" - Bauvard
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Hevishot13]
#2070421
03/26/17 04:17 PM
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Posts: 3,540 Spanish Fort
ozarktroutbum
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I tie em to the roof of my little Honda Accord and drive em all around the county He means after that...
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070444
03/26/17 04:27 PM
03/26/17 04:27 PM
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CarbonClimber1
14 point
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Ima try an cover the whole wall
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070445
03/26/17 04:27 PM
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Posts: 2,274 Chattanooga, Tennessee
lckrn
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Everybody is different so it depends on what you prefer. I cut the breast out, sometime I'll skin out the legs and thighs for my dad and he boils them and make some cornbread dressing. I don't care much for the spurs, I'll cut them off but they are all in a coffee can at the trailer at camp. The beards I'll take the shotgun shell I killed him with and cut the plastic hull off down the the brass then knock the cap out and run a loop of paracord through it and hot glue the beard in the brass and hang it up. I'll usually give the fan away.
Last edited by lckrn; 03/26/17 04:28 PM.
Finally deported myself from the peoples republik of Kaliforkistan.
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
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03/26/17 04:41 PM
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rackhunter'
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I breast them out , put in freezer . I keep all beards, spurs and fans . Open up the fan and tack it on a piece of plywood and pack borax on any meat . After the fan sets for a few months i put fan-beard - spurs on a plaque .
The history of the bow and arrow is the history of mankind
I love animals...they're delicious
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070541
03/26/17 05:48 PM
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modoc_333
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I am amazed that so many just take the breast. Sure, I have always done that with doves... but a turkey? sounds like a huge waste. Drumsticks on a dove are tiny. On a turkey? That's one of the best parts! And big! Sounds to me like just cutting the backstraps out of a deer.
-Keith
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: CarbonClimber1]
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03/26/17 06:10 PM
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Solo
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Ima try an cover the whole wall A had a 30' by 12' room literally full of mounts, fans, spurs and beards. Now I'm moving and don't a have big enough space. Going to have to Hager creative ideas Guess I done saving fans.
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
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03/27/17 02:05 AM
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Red41
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The legs require special attention to be editable. I boil them first (maybe hour or more) then pick/strip the meat away from the tendons. Then you can use it in stew/soup with vegetable, etc.
If you think you are just going to marinate them and grill them up you better have teeth like "The Predator":)
For whom the bell tolls? Answer: Look in a mirror
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: BrentM]
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03/27/17 03:59 AM
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Posts: 25,700 Locust Fork, Alabama
BC
Freak of Nature
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I breast them out. I save every spur off of every bird and string them up. The beards usually wind up in bags in the basement. I will take a fan off one usually once a year or so to use as decoys or stake fans.
"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."
-- Archibald Rutledge
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070754
03/27/17 04:04 AM
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Posts: 1,967 Opelika, AL
AU_trout_bum
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I sometimes keep all the meat if I have time. Legs, wings and thighs get cooked in a crockpot with onions, chicken broth and spices. This generates a good bit of meat that can be used for casseroles, wild turkey salads, etc. Wild Turkey Salad: Wild Turkey Casserole: For the breast, regardless of whether I intend to fry it or grill it, I brine it. You'll really up the taste and texture of fried breast and certainly grilled by doing this. I use a simple brine: 8 cups water 1/2 cup salt 1/4 cup sugar (Brown or white) I split it up and do 4 cups water in one pot, and heat to dissolve the 1/2 cup salt. In the other pot, 4 cups of water and the sugar and heat until dissolved. While it's still hot, I throw some orange peel and rosemary in too. Once cool, I combine the two mixtures into a large bowl, then I lay the turkey breasts in. I cover it and put it in the refrigerator for 12hrs. I then wash the meat off a little, and pat dry. If I am going to fry them, they're ready now: If I am going to grill them, I really like a herb and garlic marinade, that I let the breasts sit in for another 12 hrs. I baste the turkey a little with the same marinade as it's grilling. As for the inedible parts, I used to keep wing feathers, fan, beard and spurs. Now I keep just beard and spurs unless I have a request or need for the fan.
Author, Fly Fishing for Redeye Bass: An Adventure Across Southern Waters JacksonKayak Fishing Team --------------------------------------------------- "I do not hunt turkeys because I want to, I hunt them because I have to." - Tom Kelly
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070763
03/27/17 04:13 AM
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BamaGuitarDude
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I breast 'em out, and keep the legs, beard & fan for my mounts I DIY make
ALDeer physics: for every opinion, there's an equal & opposite opinion
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
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03/27/17 04:14 AM
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RacksnSpurs
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breast, legs, fan, beard, and spurs
"The old man used to say that the best part of hunting was the thinking of going, and the talking about it after you go back."
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: modoc_333]
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03/27/17 06:36 AM
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I am amazed that so many just take the breast. Sure, I have always done that with doves... but a turkey? sounds like a huge waste. Drumsticks on a dove are tiny. On a turkey? That's one of the best parts! And big! Sounds to me like just cutting the backstraps out of a deer. Here is a blog post I did on how much meat you are throwing away and what recipe I like the best for the dark meat. https://greatdaysoutdoors.com/2017/03/honey-sriracha-turkey-jerky/
"The kill is the satisfying, indeed essential, conclusion to a successful hunt. But, I take no pleasure in the act itself. One does not hunt in order to kill, but kills in order to have hunted. - Finn Aagard
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him?
[Re: Smells]
#2070902
03/27/17 06:55 AM
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Posts: 12,104 Sylacauga, AL
poorcountrypreacher
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I cut off the feet and beard and add them to my display at the end of the season. I don't save fans anymore.
To clean him, I hang him by the head and skin him, then cut off the thighs, taking the legs with them and all of the back meat I can get. Then fillet each side of the breast out.
Cleaned this way, I have 2 gallon bags of breast meat and one bag holds all the dark meat.
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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