I am curious how many people cook a wild turkey they shot either this past spring or this fall for thanksgiving? We do store bought as I don't turkey hunt. I would expect a fair share of people on this forum will be cooking their own birds.

It usually doesn't last that long. The turkeys I have shot usually don't make it to the freezer.

Same here, now maybe if they would open a fall season....

mine came from a high fence hunt on my farm the other day.

Will be having the bird i shot in the spring for Thanksgiving dinner today. Eric

They don't make it that long

Ish. I quite shooting turkeys just because they taste like crap. I'm not feeding those dumb corn buzzards to anyone I even remotely enjoy.

They do a number on a dead pile though. Yep buzzards. I/m done eating buzzards.

Toss a ham (or even beaver...or both together) in the crockpot. That's eating.

Too each his own, however.

If I weren't the worlds worst turkey hunter I would be eating a wild bird, but not on Thanksgiving, we have squirrel.

ham today,turkey breast tomorrow,and a pile of leftovers for Sat. rifle opener.

I ate one almost every year for a dozen years or so. We had a fall season in California and I had a good spot. The fall hunt can be a lot of fun but very different.

The sandwiches the day after were my favorite part.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Pete.

Yep, have a wild turkey dish of some kind every Thanksgiving. Venison is always on the menu as well.

LOL

"I may have a shot of wild turkey, after I eat the turkey I shot"

ive drank enough of that to puke just by smell alone now.

I killed one the last day of the Pa season and ate it two days later.

Well, You are tied with me for that title Catch. There's always next spring

6 or 7 in the freezer. We are at my daughters in Florida so are having ribs (on the smoker now) and steaks. Turkey will wait until Saturday.

That makes me feel better lol. I have company

Ours don’t last through Spring. If you eat wild turkey you’d never by that store bought bird again. Wild turkey is WAY better, more flavor and juice.

I always bone out my wild turkeys . I bone out the entire turkey not just the breast . beer batter and deep fry the strips of meat. Most time its lunch or supper that day .