BeGreen said:That's pretty cool to see. No turkeys out here unless you count politicians.
Backwoods Savage said:David, I don't like turkey meat but have never tried a wild turkey. Folks tell me the drumsticks are no good at all as they are too tough.
lukem said:Backwoods Savage said:David, I don't like turkey meat but have never tried a wild turkey. Folks tell me the drumsticks are no good at all as they are too tough.
Those folks are right. You can drive nails with the drumsticks. We usually just fillet off the breasts and the rest gets tossed. I'm usually not the type to waste, but the rest of the bird is no good IMO. We use 100% of the deer...even the bones get saved for dog treats...but for turkeys the juice isn't worth the squeeze.
Backwoods Savage said:lukem said:Backwoods Savage said:David, I don't like turkey meat but have never tried a wild turkey. Folks tell me the drumsticks are no good at all as they are too tough.
Those folks are right. You can drive nails with the drumsticks. We usually just fillet off the breasts and the rest gets tossed. I'm usually not the type to waste, but the rest of the bird is no good IMO. We use 100% of the deer...even the bones get saved for dog treats...but for turkeys the juice isn't worth the squeeze.
So do you also save the fat and hang it out for the birds? What do you do with the hide? It really is a shame that so much good leather gets thrown out every year but it does. I remember one year in particular when I started gathering hides. I was working in a shop at the time and let it be known I'd gladly take all deer hides. So I salted them down and sent them off to a company who tanned. Had them make everything into gloves; ladie's and men's but more ladies. When I got them back I sold all of them within about 2 weeks time. That was when I was young and freshly married so we needed some dollars and we made out like bandits on this. Maybe I'll have to try that again as it has been a long time since we did it.
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