Real Turkey

[abunaitoo]

Just wondering how many here hunt for their turkey?????
We can't do it here.

We got our turkey from the market, where no animals are harmed.

[Winger Ed.]

I have and have had a few relatives down in the Hill Country that shot a turkey almost every year, but I never did.

I too get most meat items from the grocery store because no animals are harmed in the process of getting them there.

And for hunting-- the ones there in plastic wrappers are much easier to catch.

[CastingFool]

I look forward to going turkey hunting in the spring. Hearing a tom gobbling while he is coming to your calls, can get pretty exciting.

[LUCKYDAWG13]

love spring Turkey hunting

[smoked turkey]

Amen! Great picture Luckydawg of a really nice Tom Turkey and some other gent. There is just something special about calling one into the decoys from 125 yards out.

[WebMonkey]

I've gotten a fall turkey with the bow the last two years.

This year, skunked.
Didn't see a single bird while in the blind.

[FISH4BUGS]

I work from home as does my SO. We feed the "wild" turkeys cracked corn. The record for the most number of turkeys in the yard at once is north of 40. If I wanted to shoot my turkey, I could open the window and pop one with a .22 with a head shot and be done with it.
They are so tame at this point that some of them come towards us when we open the back door....they know breakfast is coming. They get used to us because many of them have been coming to us since they were babies.
I couldn't hunt them...they are more like pets than wild game. We even have names for some of them.
I'll buy my turkey from a farm on the next ridge.....they are raised humanely, feed only the best food, and are humanely processed.....and FRESH!

[Texas by God]

Thanksgiving and Easter dinners are so much better with fresh wild turkey on the table. I always try to provide one but it doesn’t always work out. That’s why it’s called Hunting!

[Thumbcocker]

We usually have game meat for all holidays. Imho grilled backstrap is full justification for the American revolution and the second amendment. Thanksgiving dinner was turkey breast brined and slow roasted in the smoker with mesquite chips. Plenty juicy and killed 400 yards from the table.

[GhostHawk]

If people did not eat turkeys, there would be very very few domestic birds.

Demand gives life to those birds, and all things considered they don't have such a terrible life. Some lucky few live on to sire next years crop.
It is the way of the world. Our turn will come.

[RU shooter]

I hunt turkey spring and fall seasons but I'm still serving a store
bought butterball on thanksgiving day without a minutes hesitation . To me wild birds are very dry and not as much flavor and I can't feed 9 people on much smaller wild bird

[Idaho45guy]

I hunt turkey spring and fall seasons but I'm still serving a store
bought butterball on thanksgiving day without a minutes hesitation . To me wild birds are very dry and not as much flavor and I can't feed 9 people on much smaller wild bird

Same here. Love turkey hunting, but wouldn't serve one on Thanksgiving.

[sparky45]

I tell ya, if you haven't tasted "wild Turkey" (not the sipping kind) you're missing out on a very excellent meat. To me it puts domestic birds to shame.

[white eagle]

funny you mention real turkey
I was deer hunting on thanksgiving and I had 28 turkeys
on the ground all around my deer stand
if I could figure out how to post a video I would post it