There was a Barry Crump book, might have been "hang on a minute mate" or "The adventures of Sam Cash", where two of his characters went collecting turkeys at night: One poked them with a stick when roosting on a fence, and the other used a pair of sharpened hedge trimmers to lop off their heads when they stuck them out to see what had woken them up![]()
I used to use my little Rem pump .22 - hold torch in one hand with fingers over lens so very little light - pick a paddock with nice fresh clover -sneak up to turkeys roosting on fence or gate - get a look at what they were - head shoot young gobblers point blank range - delicious -
Used to get a few with the wheel arch on the trailer, would avoid them with the ute but then they'd try and cut back in behind the ute and get collected by the solid steel wheel arch. It took no prisioners, the feathers would still be settling half an hour later. Not even much good for dog tucker - a bit too tenderised...
May not be PC these days....
To the older gentleman on this forum who may remember and confirm that at one stage in NZ, turkeys were actually issued with gumboots....
Believe it or not... enjoy?
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/tow...-gumboots-1968
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