Turkey Pics

[Rebel]

Thanks Bill. It wasn't that i wanted the smallest bird, just worked out that way. :grin:

 

[paulvallandigham]

The adder points are similar but not the same. If you mount those points so they face forward, I would think they would accomplish the same effect.

Davey: I can't find the game getter things Don bought years ago. I know he talked to Easton Arrows about the problem, as he didn't want to pay for a turkey he shot but didn't retrieve. He was being sponsored by a sporting goods store to get a turkey with their " bow ", and arrows, so it could be mounted at the store and used to hype sales. The entire trip would be pointless if he didn't bring the turkey back home to be mounted.

 

[davy]

Thanx sir .. those guys look like they would definitely put a hurtin ona gobbler fer shore! :hatsoff:

Aint it the truth Paul! No bird no $$$! :cursing:

Davy

 

[fw707]

Thank you sir. Was your recipe the Hot Sauce one?

Yep, that's the one.
The hot sauce loses the "heat" in the cooking process, but it keeps the flavor. :winking:

 

[Todd Rickard]

Way to go Rebel! I've been watching for your success story. As you know, I have the tall sister to your gun.
Sure wish we had turkey up here though.... I actually tried to raise and release them some ten years ago, but they come in to the farms to be fed in the winter and end up in someone's oven.

 

[hawkeye1755]

In Germany we didn't have Wild Turkeys.But a guy who lives 4 miles away has some Turkeys. :hmm:

As i said before.Wrong time,wrong place.
Congratulations, Rebel.
:hatsoff:

 

[Greenmtnboy]

Thanks Bill. It wasn't that i wanted the smallest bird, just worked out that way. :grin:

way to go Rebel,
any turkey is a good one, It's what mother nature puts in front of us.
:thumbsup:

 

[Raynor]

Way to go Rebel! :thumbsup:

Any bird with a smoothbore flinter is a trophy. :hatsoff:

 

[Halftail]

Good job Rebel!!!!
Have you ate it yet?Does wild Turkey taste like Domestic ones?

 

[Rebel]

Thanks Halftail. I like wild turkey, the meat kind, not the liquid kind, :grin: but the wife says it is too dry. Told here to baste it more. :grin: They are good but not the same as a domestic one.

 

[Halftail]

Domestic Turkey can be Dry if over cooked I find.....Once when we waz fishing (The 21 day commercial trip kind of fishing)we found ourselves without a cook and we was having Turkey so one of the guys said that if you put it in the roastpan upside down you'll never have a dry Turkey.It works too. :v

 

[paulvallandigham]

Halftail. All meat is dry when its overcooked. Wild turkey will have less fat in the muscle than domestic turkeys, so they either need to be cooked " wet ", or be watched carefully so they don't over cook. Frying a turkey is a good way to keep it moist, but you have to be careful around a deep fat fryer. You can also put the turkey in a roasting bag, made of heavy plastic, to keep all the moist in the bag during cooking. Brown the skin when the turkey is done, by removing the bag, and roasting it in the oven, or over a fire.

 

[Halftail]

Mmmmmm,
Deep fried Turkey......Now that's just plain Tasty! :thumbsup:

 

[paulvallandigham]

One of the best ways to cook turkey, that I have not yet done, but want to, is to bone the turkey out, then bone out both a chicken and a duck. The duck is stuffed inside the turkey, and the chicken inside the duck. With the fat from the duck and the chiken, the turkey meat is outstanding, And you simply carve the end product as you would a turkey roll.

Another way to keep it moist is to barbeque the whole turkey on a webber grill, with a can of beer standing upright in the middle of the turkey. You can do the same with a chicken or duck, I suppose. The main thing is that the liquid evaporates inside the covered grill to keep the meat moist, while the alcohol helps to tenderize the meat. Even an old Tom is edible cooked this way. YOu can also marinade the turkey in the beer for a few hours, then pour off the beer through a cheesecloth filter, and share the beer with a lot of friends while you all wait for the turkey to look. :thumbsup:

 

[Halftail]

That's a Turducken....What there called here in stores anyhow.Gotta go and get a cloth to wipe up all the drool and slobber that's coming outta me from all this grub talk! :hatsoff:

 

[Runner]

I baste with butter and roast covered until time to brown the bird. No one ever knows if I am serving wild bird or store bought. Dad took a large old gobbler to a friend that ran a fine restuarant years back. He used peanut oil instead of butter, and brought it to our shop at lunch with all the fixings. Our customers would not believe they were eating a wild bird!
If you are bored, inject the breast with a mixture of Italian salad dressing and melted butter. The result is very different from the normal taste. Store bought birds tender up a little sooner than wild birds, so the wild ones need to be cooked a litte longer. If you take steps to prevent drying, no one will know the difference!

 

[The Baron]

That looks like a very dark bird. And every turkey taken with a flintlock is a real trophy, in my books! Way to go! :applause:

 

[Rebel]

The way he is layed out in this pic he looks like a road kill vulture. :grin:

 

[jethro224]

Good goin' Rebel! :hatsoff:

Nice lookin' gun too.

 

[Rebel]

Thanks, the gun is the one i had Bobby Christian from here on the forum build for me. Nice gun, nice fella, good work, and quick. What more could ya ask for? :grin: