THe deed is done. Well halfway. My brave husband killed one turkey like he was country folk, instead of all city boy. I could not have been any more impressed. It all went well until the scalding can kept turning the fryer base off. We had to dry pluck because the scalding did not happen. Technology screwed us. My husband got alittle carried away with the plucking and ripped a huge hunk of feathers and skin off. We thought that we would be more careful, but it was hard without scalding them first. After a few more skin tears we decided to make the best of it and just field processed it. We cut off the breasts and legs. In our dissapointment and excitement we forgot about the wings. After that my husband continued to "process the bird". He cut the vent out and gutted it, took out the neck stuff, etc. He made the carcass look just like it was supposed to. So on Monday we will be processing turkey 2. We are confident in our abilities and will build a fire for the scalding tank so that there will be no hangups. I would like to tell anyone out there that it is not that bad! We are total city folk and this is the first animal my husband has ever killed. I thought it would make me sick and not want to eat it, but I had no problem. THe only weird part, aside from the killing and draining, was that when we cut off the meat, it was warm and kinda creapy. THanks for everyone's help. I'll let you know how number 2 goes.