Broomstick Method for culling turkey?

[SarahGfa]

My turkey attacked my mom one too many times and needs to go

How to catch a turkey that doesn't want to be caought? He fights like crazy. I can borrow a fishing net if that is a good method.

Can I use broomstick method to cull? I Just want to know the easiest and quickest way. We are not allowed to have guns.

 

[Weeg]

I have never culled anything, haha, but I wan too learn the broomstick method for when I have to. I would grab him at night, when he's sleeping, then have everything setup and ready and do it quick. He wont squirm so much since he is only half awake, and it will make the process easy.

 

[SarahGfa]

I have never culled anything, haha, but I wan too learn the broomstick method for when I have to. I would grab him at night, when he's sleeping, then have everything setup and ready and do it quick. He wont squirm so much since he is only half awake, and it will make the process easy.

He is a turkey not a chicken... imagine trying to grab a 30 pound rooster that bites.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

I us the hatchet and stump method, fast and the bird feels no pain.

 

[Weeg]

He is a turkey not a chicken... imagine trying to grab a 30 pound rooster that bites.

Hmm, I have neve owner Turkeys obviously, lol! I can't imagine that would go over well then lol!

 

[iwltfum]

Best bet would be to catch it at night and contain it in something like a dog crate. Once you're all set up in the morning, reach in and bind its feet with a piece of rope with a loop in one end - so it's easy to just slip the other end through the loop and pull tight. And then hang it from something that will put its head at around chest height. Cut the arteries or use loppers or PVC cutter, what ever you have and are comfortable using.

 

[SarahGfa]

I us the hatchet and stump method, fast and the bird feels no pain.

is there any way to make it "idiot-proof"? I don't want to sound gross, but... I have used the hatchet method on roosters, and sometimes it took multiple tries. I'm scared to try it on my turkey, which has a way thicker neck than a rooster.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Not really, I tie the birds head down, loosely, to keep it in place then jsut pray. You could use a axe (bigger blade).

 

[Molpet]

ut the arteries or use loppers or PVC cutter,

I use sharp loppers on adult turkeys...PVC cutter works on 6 months jakes but it's almost too small for an adult tom.
Before I had a cone, I electric taped the ankles, put them on their chest. When they calm down I hold them still by putting my foot on their feet... not hard enough to hurt them... Lean over and lop off the head. They flop everywhere spewing blood.
I catch them with a net or a leg hook.

 

[iwltfum]

I use sharp loppers on adult turkeys...PVC cutter works on 6 months jakes but it's almost too small for an adult tom.
Before I had a cone, I electric taped the ankles, put them on their chest. When they calm down I hold them still by putting my foot on their feet... not hard enough to hurt them... Lean over and lop off the head. They flop everywhere spewing blood.
I catch them with a net or a leg hook.

Yeah I hang by the feet and cut the artery and hold them steady during the flap. I take too good of care of my hatches and axes to be using them on turkey neck bones. I worked on a farm a while back that used loppers while the birds were hanging from a tractor bucket by the feet. We could hang 6 40-50lb turkeys at a time like that - got the job done. Was just expressing that it doesn't really matter how you kill them as long as it happenes quick.