A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

[Huntmaster]

The kill cone works well for our chickens. But them big tom turkeys can pack a wallop with their wings.

Big strong bird with a mind of their own. If you can get ahold of those legs and get them upside down in one quick motion, they settle fast. It's just getting a hold of those legs,

 

[KF0002]

My painted/grizzled crossed poults are growing. They are in an old chicken pen now but hubby is soon to build them a bigger coop/run. Turkey math.

 

[Huntmaster]

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They are coming along to be good LGDs. Already barking and guarding. They bed down with the goats and listen pretty well for pups. I'm very happy with them. They are smart dogs. Their names are Laurel and Naomi.

@Bantambird I bet would like seeing these guys.

 

[KF0002]

Big strong bird with a mind of their own. If you can get ahold of those legs and get them upside down in one quick motion, they settle fast. It's just getting a hold of those legs,

I may have to suck it up and be the leg holder while hubby does the deed. I can hold my own with them pretty well because they are all pretty docile.

 

[Huntmaster]

Turkey math.

Don't I know that all too well.

 

[Huntmaster]

I may have to suck it up and be the leg holder while hubby does the deed. I can hold my own with them pretty well because they are all pretty docile.

Mabey leg grabber and hand over to hubby to put in your bucket and a good sharp knife to both jugglers or off with the head with loppers. Old feed bag with corner cut out for head and hung works well. I like anything that contains those like you said strong wings as to not chance any bruising of the meat or myself.

 

[KF0002]

Mabey leg grabber and hand over to hubby to put in your bucket and a good sharp knife to both jugglers or off with the head with loppers. Old feed bag with corner cut out for head and hung works well. I like anything that contains those like you said strong wings as to not chance any bruising of the meat or myself.

The feed bag sounds like a good idea too. Thanks for all the tips. It'd be good to contain the kicking flapping bird for sure.

 

[Bantambird]

I may have to suck it up and be the leg holder while hubby does the deed. I can hold my own with them pretty well because they are all pretty docile.

I have used the feed bag method myself, cut the corner out, draw the heat through that, then tie the feet with the bag opening. They can't punch you when contained thus. We also use big traffic cones. The big ones, you can cut the tops off and they are big enough for turkeys. We use a double rail on our hitching post so the cones fit between the rails and hang down perfectly. We cut the cartotid arteries in the neck and let them bleed out. Our plucker wants us to leave the head on in the instructions.

 

[KF0002]

I have used the feed bag method myself, cut the corner out, draw the heat through that, then tie the feet with the bag opening. They can't punch you when contained thus. We also use big traffic cones. The big ones, you can cut the tops off and they are big enough for turkeys. We use a double rail on our hitching post so the cones fit between the rails and hang down perfectly. We cut the cartotid arteries in the neck and let them bleed out. Our plucker wants us to leave the head on in the instructions.

I will be hand-plucking unless I decide to skin him. I've been skinning the roosters we've culled lately. I don't look forward to hand-plucking a turkey. lol

As irony would have it, my mom brought me two traffic cones a couple of years ago and I'm pretty sure we still have them somewhere. Long story...

 

[Amer]

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 just would get an old feed bag and put a hole in the closed end to stick their head through and lead them inside before cutting off the head. Then their wings are contained inside the feed bag.