Eating wild turkeys......

[Minky]

I bet this is the wrong place to post this.....
but I dont know where it should go, and its about eating meat birds (wild turkey) so.....

Our property get a lots of wild turkey on it. We have some big huge males and some different family groups that graze and pass thru the forest and field on a regular basis.

What size/sex wild turkey tastes the best? how do you cook a wild turkey? same as a store bought one?

Do you like how they taste?

 

[Lex_774]

I'm pretty sure you can cook wild turkey the same as domesticated store bought turkey. The only difference is you have to pluck the turkey before you cook it

 

[CannedMonster]

It’s probably something you could Google...”Recipes for wild turkey” etc.

 

[Lex_774]

Yeah most definitely! I cook wild turkey all the time the exact way I cook regular store bought turkey. Wild turkey however tend to be more lean and healthy as opposed to its store bought counterparts.

 

[Minky]

ok, good. i was hoping it wasnt really gamey and tough....
would you recommend a big old male or a smaller female?

 

[Lex_774]

I've never actually had a female turkey before. I usually hunt the larger males. It depends mainly on how you cook them. They can become tough if you cook it too long.

 

[CannedMonster]

In our area you can only hunt males at certain times and females at certain times.
You have to get a tag too.

 

[Lex_774]

Yeah it's the same way here

 

[Al Capon]

First check your regs, some places you can't shoot a hen, only Jakes and Toms.

There's a huge difference between wild and domestic turkey. I remove the breast fillets from Wild turkey, not much else to bother with but you may chose to cook it whole. I cut the breast fillets into strips, batter and fry them like chicken strips. Delicious.

 

[Below frigid]

Tom's only in the spring. Tom's or hens in the fall. Taste like Turkey! These wild birds use their legs. Thighs and legs are tough no matter what you do to them. I just bone out the breast.