Brother in laws turn

[deadeye]

Mark got up at 4:45 AM on Monday (he stayed in the camper) and went to a blind about 100 yards away.  He heard a few birds gobbling to the north, but none came in to his calls.  Because he didn't sleep well Sunday night (plus there's the aforementioned 4:45 AM wakeup) he headed to the camper to take a nap around 9AM.  Just in case, he stuck a decoy about 15 yards out the camper door. He turned on the radio, took off his hunting duds and laid down. After an hour he was awaken by a racket out side and when he looked out the window he saw a tom trying to have his way with the decoy! You can guess the rest but it was sure funny.  Probably the only guy around to shoot on in their underwear. 

[HD]

  

[LPS]

Perfect.  Now I call that a gentlemans hunt. 

[Jerkbiat]

Perfect. Can't beat that!

[mike89]

good story for sure!!!

[Leech~~]

So what. No picture with his bird in his hunting outfit?     

[LPS]

How do you cook them DE.  I have never actually heard anyone say anything about how good a turkey tastes.  I'm wondering how to cook them if I go next year.

[Steve-o]

Those toms are sneaky buggers.  You never know when or where they are going to show up.

Here is what I've done.

I oven roasted the first one whole... meh.
I ground the breast meat on the second one and made chili...  it was OK.
I smommed the breast meat from the third...  that was the ticket!

I think I will marinade the next one and wrap it in bacon before I smoke it.

[deadeye]

I agree with Steve-o,  Oven baking can be iffy.  They are ok if you put them in a bag with apples potatoes and celery but don't over cook.   I've heard good things about smoked wild turkey. 

[HD]

We put ours is the slow cooker with chicken stock. Make smashed taters, pull the 🦃 meat apart, put it on the taters, and cover with gravy. 

[deadeye]

After a meal of oven roasted turkey, we usually do the same.  Slice is thin and put it in the crock pot with sauce. 

You probably heard the saying "He's a tough old bird".  Well, that probably got started when the first cooked wild turkeys.