I need to expand my horizons, but love how I cook them up! Here’s how I process my turkey, I like to eat them better than hunt them and I love to chase gobblers through the woods.
Why do you say that? I’ve never done the whole bird but they the breasts turn out great. I baste them with honey or pure maple syrup after about an hour.
Just harder to keep the meat from drying then a fat commercial bird. But I agree they come out just fine Ibrine mine for about 25 hours. I'm normally not a perfectionist but am picky about my bbq and my own worst critic.
Yes sir. The "line" for subspecies is roughly 20 minutes south of me but I have duck hunting buddies that turkey hunt who regularly kill Osceolas in and around where I live. 20 minutes and a line drawn on a map never stopped wildlife
If you ever want to trade an Iowa whitetail hunt for an Osceola hunt just let me know.
Do it. It's amazing.
I feel this sudden urge to take up turkey hunting.
Thanks for the reminder. I need to do that too. The turkeys were gobbling good this morning. I found 2 different groups of 3 or 4 Tom’s! Gets the blood boiling every time!
I had a girl breakup with me once because she was going to SIU Carbondale and in April when I went down to see her one weekend I just put my stuff at her place, left to turkey hunt, mushroom hunt and crappie fish.
Sounds like you had your priorities right.
I'm in MT and there will be no scouting until at least April. Lots of snow and most of the birds are on private in the subdivisions or cattle feed yards. I'm excited but the wait is brutal and at the rate this weather is going it's gonna be cold on opening day which is usually the norm.
