how do you despur a tom turkey

[dragon86]

my toms tearing my hens up real bad when mating and i need to despur him but not sure how. can anyone give me any info.

 

[harris farm]

I was told to hold him down and use a file to get them shorter. good luck

 

[Struttn1]

2 man job. One to hold the bird up side down and one to grind them down a little with a grinder. don't over do though. Just take the sharp end off enough to blunt them.

 

[jason_mazzy]

you can twist it off, there is a thread here somewhere..........

 

[Jmiller429]

i would love to see that thread? not sure how one would twist a spur off?

 

[Struttn1]

I hunt turkeys and sure do not think a spur can be twisted off a live bird without inflicting serious damage to the leg.

 

[dragon86]

i got them twisted off no problem and the toms doing just fine but there is still bone there but its not sharp so shouldnt do any damage.

 

[ColbyNTX]

It's not so much a twist off but take a pair of pliars and grab the spur and wiggle it back and forth and it will loosen like a tooth and the hard cap will fall right off and not bleed too bad.