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Smoked my first turkey last night, with our eletric smoker. Nom, nom, nom. 11lb bird was 5.5 hours. Wanted to run a trial before to see how it would go. It was also an heritage bird, but only 5 months or so old. 30 minutes per pound is a general guideline. Smoke between 200F-225F, if you...

Marinated the bird in it.

Nice turkey Litter-bit! How old was he? Smoked my first turkey last night as a test for Thanksgiving. Pretty yummy. 1 gal water 1 gal Apple Juice 1.5 cups Kosher Salt 20 cloves garlic (minced) 2 tablespoons BLACK Pepper 1/3 cup Brown Sugar 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce Brined it for 20 hours...

Time to cull it. Let me guess, the comb isn't bright red, more of a purplish red. Cull it now, clean it, let it rest a day or two, and have dinner.

Quote: Started at killing at 9:30am and I was done with killing, plucking, and gutting by 1pm and I had them all in the chill tanks. Headed out hunting with the boys, came home, and it took me another 30 minutes to bag and shrink them (Cornerstone Farms shrink bags rock!). Mind you, I had 4...

They should be fine without freezing until Thursday. Also, why do you chill the bird in water after scalding, but before plucking?? We just scald and then pluck. 155 degrees is right on temp. 60 seconds is a good rule of thumb, but I will use a wing tip feather as a guide to tell if it is...

I feel a bit of sadness as I slit each neck. That would have to be the hardest part. From there on out, I'm dealing with food, not a life, so it gets easier. Turkeys are such a beautiful bird, at least mine are, and raising them from poult to process makes you appreciate them more. I kill...

I got a number of turkey poults last year, heritage birds, bronze, blue slate, and naragansetts. Raised them to maturity, and this spring they started laying. Right off the bat the eggs were fertile. Raised and sold a lot of poults, and lots of eggs, and then I realized that I need some birds...

I had to do the same thing, shooting a dog, just the other day. Sorry your wife had to go through with it. She did the right thing. She could have just stood by while they killed all of your birds, but she didn't. Always teach the other half how to shoot. P.S. Those little glocks can get...

.22LR shells are about $.03 each.

Start early.

Quote: 20 yards and three hits with a 4" barrel.

So I got home tonight and as I'm driving down the driveway I notice my turkeys all bunched up by their main pen. I have over 40 now, so they are hard to miss. That isn't normal. Then, as I get next to my pheasant pens I see the cause, a dog. This is a medium sized dog, trying so hard to get into...

My son heard a commotion last night, so I headed out towards the pens, only to see a huge winged beast fly up from one of my pheasant pens. Apparently one of the hens decided to sleep against the 1"x1" galvanized fencing. Looks like I'll be doing a small upgrade to the fence tonight. Oh well...