Thread: Turkeys

An afternoon on the wild Turkeys,in the company of one of my favorite bang sticks- HW60 17HMR.

Nice. Don't forget to show the finished product on the dinner plate ha ha.

Yeah, I'd be interested to hear how they taste. After prepping a couple of summer turkeys, I wait until mid-winter now.

Quite a haul.

Isn't there some rule about when turkeys are good to eat?

Originally Posted by Dama dama

Quite a haul.

Isn't there some rule about when turkeys are good to eat?

Months without an "r" in them, i.e May, June. July, August

I never plucked mine. Simply skinned breasts and legs before remains went down the hole.

Originally Posted by muzza

When I had an American friend out here studying to be a vet at Massey I used to supply them with turkeys for Thanksgiving. Im pretty sure they used to brine them before roasting and they never had any issues. Very few crickets in our area though.

.....cos the turkeys eat them all....

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where the heck are there wild turkeys in NZ? (outside of wellington of course) was it public land?

I used to raise them for homekill when I had more room, absolutely loved the taste once they had sat in the old dutch oven for an afternoon

Heaps in Northland.

I've only ever seen them on private land. Hawkes Bay and Marlborough is where I have shot them.

All through central otago

Slow cooker is a must ......they make a curry to die for

Private land (large farm, South of Rotorua) I usually only manage 3or 4 before they move out of range. on this occasion they couldn't navigate a height fence so I took no prisoners. Neck shots only with 17HMR, but now also have 17HH so I can reach out further.

Just took the breasts from the last mid-winter turkeys I shot. Indistinguishable from supermarket chicken.

Originally Posted by SL600

on this occasion they couldn't navigate a height fence so I took no prisoners

Bloody stupid things probably forgot they could fly!