Just for hunting I use kill cones for my processing.Do you use this method with your domestic turkeys also or just hunting? If it's good enough for the wilds, it's good enough for the domestics I think. And you don't get beaten to a pulp with those wings.
I shoot them on the back of the head with a .22 revolver while holding them by their legs. After convulsions stop, I remove the head with a hatchet.
Right he was smaller than the other jakes and very late to develop male features. He is still timid to strut around the red sweetgrass much.
Thats y they get along with no troubles he is so submissive by the sounds of things. Never to challenge accepts his place.
I want a method where I can be hands off the bird if possible and let my husband dispatch them by himself. I don't want to see it happen. I'm a big softie and the same way with my chickens. But once they're dead I can butcher them no problem.
Yeah that's how he is. Doesn't try to challenge the other toms. I have him and the red sweetgrass in with my goats and LGDs. The pups are doing very well with the turkeys now. I know it sounds harsh, but they're purpose right now is training my pups. They are extras and if an accident happened I could spare them. The dogs haven't harmed a feather on them and accept them as part of the flock to guard. My old Pyrenees keeps them in line for the most part.
 We are going to figure out what method works best for us. I will let you all know how it goes when the time comes. The kill cone works well for our chickens. But them big tom turkeys can pack a wallop with their wings. The bucket method may work, mounted to the chicken house like our kill cone. Its tom turkey size. I only suggested the 12 Guage option so I didn't have to participate. Hubby's the dispatcher, Im the butcher.
