Thanksgiving

[Auld Phart]

on the 'hoof'

in my backyard

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Seems like you've got an infestation.

I know a good exterminator...

 

[jehanne1431]

They have nothing to worry about. . Every person I know who hunts wild turkeys says they are dry and do not taste good no matter how prepared. . But still a sight to see.

 

[1srelluc]

They have nothing to worry about. . Every person I know who hunts wild turkeys says they are dry and do not taste good no matter how prepared. . But still a sight to see.

Then you talk to a lot of fuckin' idiots. Next to squirrel they are the best tasting wild game.

 

[jehanne1431]

Then you talk to a lot of fuckin' idiots. Next to squirrel they are the best tasting wild game.

I talk to idiots then because that is what they tell me. And they love duck. ---- This is in Minnesota, if that matters.

 

[1srelluc]

I talk to idiots then because that is what they tell me. And they love duck. ---- This is in Minnesota, if that matters.

OMG.....Duck?

When I was about 10 or 11 I was squirrel hunting next to the creek and two mallards took off and I got them both.

I dressed them out and my grandmother cooked them up for supper.....It was OK but I never killed another.....At least they are far and away better than a damn goose.....One and done with those nasty fuckin' things.

The secret with wild turkey is to use a baking bag and cut 1/3rd off the per pound cook time and go totally by internal temp......GTG.

To be honest I like just slicing/pan frying the breast and use the rest for a hearty soup after it's reduced.

 

[jehanne1431]

OMG.....Duck?

When I was about 10 or 11 I was squirrel hunting next to the creek and two mallards took off and I got them both.

I dressed them out and my grandmother cooked them up for supper.....It was OK but I never killed another.....At least they are far and away better than a damn goose.....One and done with those nasty fuckin' things.

The secret with wild turkey is to use a baking bag and cut 1/3rd off the per pound cook time and go totally by internal temp......GTG.

To be honest I like just slicing/pan frying the breast and use the rest for a hearty soup after it's reduced.

I hunted a lot in N. Minnesota mostly duck and grouse, but I knew nothing, (just a partier), could never cook wild game, much less dress a bird properly. . So I can see you are a legitimate hunter who knows a lot. . I bet I would like turkey as you put it, even squirrel (never tried) or bear. But I like duck, too. . Albeit most hate it. And geese, as you put it, even less.

 

[1srelluc]

I hunted a lot in N. Minnesota mostly duck and grouse, but I knew nothing, (just a partier), could never cook wild game, much less dress a bird properly. . So I can see you are a legitimate hunter who knows a lot. . I bet I would like turkey as you put it, even squirrel (never tried) or bear. But I like duck, too. . Albeit most hate it. And geese, as you put it, even less.

Black Bear sucks major ass.....Every time there is a wild game supper in my AO I try it.....The "best" was a haunch that was smoked....I even finished a serving of that but the rest just gets bigger the more I chew..

I've found a couple bear in the woods dead and the only things that eat them are the maggots and carrion beetles.....They literally melt into the forest floor. I'll go back in the Spring and salvage the skull when i'm out spring gobbler hunting.

 

[jehanne1431]

Black Bear sucks major ass.....Every time there is a wild game supper in my AO I try it.....The "best" was a haunch that was smoked....I even finished a serving of that but the rest just gets bigger the more I chew..

I've found a couple bear in the woods dead and the only things that eat them are the maggots and carrion beetles.....They literally melt into the forest floor. I'll go back in the Spring and salvage the skull when i'm out spring gobbler hunting.

Ok, last comment. I am relying on others again telling me that bear is kind of greasy but they like it. I tried it as a kid and really cannot remember my reaction. I find it very interesting what you say that most birds or animals avoid devouring a dead bear. Just about everything else gets eaten by scavengers. Now when it comes to venison, moose or elk, if cooked right I love venison and moose. I have never tried elk but, again, others tell me it is the best of those three.

 

[1srelluc]

Ok, last comment. I am relying on others again telling me that bear is kind of greasy but they like it. I tried it as a kid and really cannot remember my reaction. I find it very interesting what you say that most birds or animals avoid devouring a dead bear. Just about everything else gets eaten by scavengers. Now when it comes to venison, moose or elk, if cooked right I love venison and moose. I have never tried elk but, again, others tell me it is the best of those three.

Yeah, I'd have to agree but moose is very good though I can't say I've eat much of it, just a few steaks I was given.

 

[Road Runner]

My backyard isn't all that different.

 

[basquebromance]