How to slaughter a really big tom turkey

[yinepu]

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my husband uses a .22LR to dispatch our birds.. doesn't splatter them and makes for a pretty quick death.. you just need to make sure you have something sturdy to hang him on to drain out the rest of the blood

 

[PotterWatch]

We did several big ones last year. Did them pretty much the same as our chickens only a person had to act as the killing cone. Hung them by their feet and one person bear-hugged them while a second cut the throat. They both ended up really bloody, but it worked fine.

 

[booker81]

I'd go with the feed sack hung up with someone holding on, like Silkiechicken and Potter mixed.

Reminds me of a time I found a blind wild turkey in the woods, old tom with warts grown over his eyes. BIG bird. I thought I'd put him out of his misery, crept up to him, knife in hand, and pounced.

The tom won. They're strong birds. He left me bleeding and bruised.

 

[2pinkmom]

I've been wondering about this. I have 5 BB turkeys that all turned out to be toms. I don't know how much they weigh, but they're huge. And I reckon they'll be really huge by November. I usually do my own processing. But this last batch of CX roosters that I let go to 12+ weeks gave me a hard time, and they "only" dressed at 9 pounds. I may see if I can beg and grovel and get in on the turkey processing day that a small group of the local farmers do. But that means I'd have to figure out how to get 5 huge turkeys 15 miles over the mountain by 8a.m. Might be more trouble. The other problem is that I like the turkeys, darn it ! They have more personality than the chickens

 

[PotterWatch]

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You just need to get a few friends together and pay them with a nice turkey dinner!