Thread: When to harvest turkeys?

The cocky who's place we duck shoot on has asked us to deal to the turkey population. He said that the numbers were getting a little our of hand due to the maze harvest. When we went for a walk for some ducks on the drainage canals, we rounded his maze silage heap and about 50-60 turkeys sprinted off! The majority of them were young 3/4 grown birds. I was thinking 'tasty'.

I was trying to remember the 'rules' around when to and when not to harvest turkeys? Something to do with months of the year that start with certain letters and never when they are eating crickets (or something like that)?

I have never eaten roasted wild turkey. I've only ever used the breast meat in my wild game salami, but these younger birds look very attractive for the cast iron camp oven in the new pizza oven I am currently building.

So, when the best time of the year to harvest turkeys, and what's the favorite recipe and cooking method?