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What do you do with him once you've killed him? #2070403
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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?

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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070408
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I just breast them out. I started out saving beards and spurs now I just throw them away.


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070409
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I breast them out. Basically like a giant dove or duck is how you clean him. I usually freeze mine. Definitely don't need to eat them immediately. I always take the fan, spurs and beard

Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070418
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I tie em to the roof of my little Honda Accord and drive em all around the county

Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Hevishot13] #2070421
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Originally Posted By: Hevishot13
I tie em to the roof of my little Honda Accord and drive em all around the county
He means after that...

Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070442
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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070444
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Ima try an cover the whole wall


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070445
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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.

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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070470
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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 .


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I eat the meat. Save the fan and beard.


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070541
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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.


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: CarbonClimber1] #2070551
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Originally Posted By: CarbonClimber1
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.

Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070642
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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":)


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070698
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Little time in a crock pot with lemon juice and chicken broth will make them legs very editable. They'll get so editable there won't be any left the next day

Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: BrentM] #2070747
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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.


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070754
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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.


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070763
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I breast 'em out, and keep the legs, beard & fan for my mounts I DIY make


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070765
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breast, legs, fan, beard, and spurs


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Originally Posted By: modoc_333
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/


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Re: What do you do with him once you've killed him? [Re: Smells] #2070902
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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.


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