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.

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

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.

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

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

Eat grass and shit all over the place. Not popular with the farmers I know. As a sporting proposition, little interest, but fun for training new/young hunters and meat harvest can be good.

Yep they are a pain. Fond memories of when me and the Mrs first got together, we'd go for a walk round the farm in Norsewood of an evening, her with the .22 and me with .303 and we'd deal to a lot of magpies turkeys rabbits and hares. Very romantic

Turkey hunting in NZ is clearly very different from here in the states.

I personally LOVE turkey hunting, but we can only do so in a very short window and believe it or not, they get very wily and hard to bring into range (can only shoot them with shotguns or bows here). Agree with everyone about the flavour—absolutely splendid. If anyone needs recipes for cooking the legs, which taste great but can be tough as cordwood, PM me. As for the contention that they're no good for sport, you ought to try calling them in the spring. Damn good time. Really hope I get the chance to chase the big chickens when I'm out there.

Originally Posted by LostYank

Turkey hunting in NZ is clearly very different from here in the states.

I personally LOVE turkey hunting, but we can only do so in a very short window and believe it or not, they get very wily and hard to bring into range (can only shoot them with shotguns or bows here). Agree with everyone about the flavour—absolutely splendid. If anyone needs recipes for cooking the legs, which taste great but can be tough as cordwood, PM me. As for the contention that they're no good for sport, you ought to try calling them in the spring. Damn good time. Really hope I get the chance to chase the big chickens when I'm out there.

Your right...chase them a few times they cotton on to bipedal beings with a long pointy thing...,

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