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    Posted: 21 August 2014 at 15:33
I've never hunted turkey but today I heard that there was
a flock getting inside the fence at the local utility
district lagoon area on a regular basis. I'm on the board
of directors and can access the grounds anytime. I've
watched the birds fly in and crawl back out under the
fence in one place where they have scratched a crawl
space. Sit in the brush 10 yards or so away from the
crawl space and I can have my choice of bird. I'm more of
a meat tasting hunter than a trophy antlers or big beard-
tail feathers trophy hunter. My older son's wife has
enough trophy beards and fans for the whole Chapman
family.

So...I think I can pretty much choose the kind of bird I
want to harvest. The question is and what I don't know is
what the best eating type of turkey to take would be?

Should I get the bird I want, what is a tasty way to cook
it? I do have good kitchen skills at the meat and potato
level.
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Samchap;

I've never hunted turkey either, but I'm thinking a young adult female would probably be the best eating. Works that way with enough other species that that's where I'd lay my bet.

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I love wild turkey. Take a large bird...more meat. A tom is fine. Small hens havelittle to eat. Turkeys are strong flying birds...mostly tough muscle...except for the breast meat.

years ago, I use to take time and pluck a bird and cook it like a farm turkey. that was a massive waste of time...only the breast is worth eating.

I don't gut the bird, just makes a stinking bacteria mess. T pluck the birds breast completely. then I 'fillet' the breast meat, similar to a fish...knife down the breast bone, then carve abound the ribs, remove each half. then like skinning a fish, I take the knife and run it along the skin while holding the meat on a board. result is two nice large pieces of white meat. the rest get trashed (or put out as coyote bait).

Cooking can be anyway you would cook a farm turkey breast. One can marinate it in a ziplock bag with wine, Italian dressing, poultry spices, Old Bay, etc.

I bake then with some marinade, but broiling or pan frying is good also. one could 'shake n bake' them also. great eating.
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= turkey
The only way I even bother with is to have it smoked, we have to keep the legs and back too...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote samchap Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23 August 2014 at 16:50
Bear, how do you think thin slices of breast meat lightly
browned in butter would turn out? I could make a thin pan
gravy after cooking the meat and serve that over mashed
potato and the meat. I would like to get a feeling for the
particular game flavor the wild turkey meat might have and
leave out the herbs the first go around.
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sam....you hit on a very good way to cook turkey...use a cast iron fry pan tho for best results...marinate or treat the meat anyway you like first or just use salt/pepper on both sides before frying...get oil very hot  but not burning B4 putting meat in pan...works great for ducks, pheasants, grouse etc. I call it "flash" cooking...with thin meat strips it is time to flip the first in by the time you get the skillet filled. Any turkey like bear said is OK but bigger begets more meat and as he said I just pull the breast meat out...well I give the legs to my grandson and his dad to eat...they don't know any better.
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Marinade is probably good for those of you who have turkey
on a regular basis.

I want to cook one in a way I can get a sense of the wild
game flavor they might have. I really enjoy the different
game flavors, venison, hare, woodcock, duck and even the
occasional raccoon. Moose...so-so. Cormorant....yuck. Eider
sea ducks provide some tasty steak sized portions off their
breast and don't follow the prevailing stories of sea duck
flavor.
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Originally posted by samchap samchap wrote:

I've never hunted turkey but today I heard that
there was
a flock getting inside the fence at the local utility
district lagoon area on a regular basis. I'm on the board
of directors and can access the grounds anytime. I've
watched the birds fly in and crawl back out under the
fence in one place where they have scratched a crawl
space. Sit in the brush 10 yards or so away from the
crawl space and I can have my choice of bird. I'm more of
a meat tasting hunter than a trophy antlers or big beard-
tail feathers trophy hunter. My older son's wife has
enough trophy beards and fans for the whole Chapman
family.

So...I think I can pretty much choose the kind of bird I
want to harvest. The question is and what I don't know is
what the best eating type of turkey to take would be?

Should I get the bird I want, what is a tasty way to cook
it? I do have good kitchen skills at the meat and potato
level.


Samchap, did you ever get and cook your turkey? If you haven't tried
it, I like preparing wild turkey breast just like chicken salad. I think you
would be able to pick up on the natural game flavor of the turkey and
not be put off by any toughness your bird might have.
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Samchap;

Yeah, how did that work out?

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Sorry fellas, I must apologize to you all for my non
reply way back and recently. I just happened upon this
posting after several years of not looking here.

About the time of my original posting my wife's health
took a serious dive and my duties as a care giver became
intense. She passed away last January leaving a big void
in my heart/life which I have been crawling up out of
since then. Those of you who have been through similar
circumstances know what I an talking about. To you that
don't, it's a real tough row to hoe. I haven't been able
to hunt or do outdoor activities since a moose hunt with
my wife in 2008. At that time she was in the initial
stages of ALS and was tied to a wheel chair outside of a
house. That was the last outdoor activity for both of
us. I haven't mentioned this anywhere on line because I
didn't feel right about doing it. Me writing about it
now is part of coming up out of the void I mentioned. I
use the local gym to get myself back into some degree of
physical fitness after eight years of being a caregiver
couch potato internet addict. All of that doesn't just
go away because you want it to. I have feelers out for a
local lab pup. Local because I want to start bringing
her home with me so she can get to know me and the house
and when she is able to be here full time it will not be
a transition that will matter to her. I have a garden,
I've got my lifetime hunting-fishing license and am
looking forward to the coming hunting seasons. Come
October 1 that turkey is on my list but first I want a
couple fat wood ducks crunchy-juicy-brown coming out of
the oven with whipped potatoes and carrots and apple pie
to finish off the meal. Did I mention beer? When I get
my deer I'm going to clean it, hang it up and bring the
heart, loins and liver home for fried loins, heart and
liver with onion gravy and mashed potato. I'll invite my
boys and grand kids here and have such a wild game feast
as I haven't had in years and NOW there is no reason not
to have all the Sam Adams I feel like having to go with
it. There might even be a juice glass with an inch or so
beer in it for the grand kids. Did that for their dads
so there should be nothing from them about that. House
rules.

Let's not forget the turkey. It's on my list and I'll
report back after it's eaten.      
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Sam;

Good for you!

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Sam,

You are a good man and I think I speak for all of us
here when I say, We are here for you.

You are in our thoughts and prayers.

You are on the right track. get out and go hunting. We
are patiently waiting for the pictures.

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Good going Sam. Back to the turkey. I love them,
breast only. butter and white wine...one of the best
wild game.

Now wood duck hot and rare with the skin crispy, a side
of stewed celery, a spinach salad with hot vinegar/honey
dressing, and with a nice large glass of dry white
wine.

Best if ducks were shot over a new lab pup and
retrieved.
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