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06-08-2011, 11:14 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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|  Birds To Eat
I love hunting for grouse and quail and they are delicious. I was thinking about hunting wild turkey too but I don't know how they would taste. I hate to hunt something I won't eat so I need some opinions. I've heard the only thing you can eat is the breast. I'd hate to kill one for just the breast. Has anyone tried them?
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06-09-2011, 07:54 AM
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You can hunt and eat almost any bird. I wouldn't recommend buzzard or vulture.
Back in the 1700's, Benjamin Franklin suggested the American Turkey as the symbol of our country. He was a smart man but I, for one, am glad he did not succeed. The turkey is entirely edible and delicious.
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06-09-2011, 08:05 AM
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As with any wild game bird, the legs and thighs have more gristle and tendons but very good, none the less.
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06-12-2011, 01:29 PM
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#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 14
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Mmmmmmmm...turkey!! We have a lot that come around our house all of the time. They usually are there when I get up early in the morning, picking up worms from our yard. I wonder if I could get one? Hmmmm?
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06-12-2011, 02:07 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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Wild turkey tastes much better than a Butterball. It's all in the preparation. I really enjoy dove shoots and grilled dove breasts wrapped in bacon are fabulous.
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06-13-2011, 11:52 AM
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#6 | | Member
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Originally Posted by dinosaur  You can hunt and eat almost any bird. I wouldn't recommend buzzard or vulture.
Back in the 1700's, Benjamin Franklin suggested the American Turkey as the symbol of our country. He was a smart man but I, for one, am glad he did not succeed. The turkey is entirely edible and delicious. | Yeah, I have seen what buzzards and vultures do. I can not imagine eating one of them. About your second point, it makes you wonder. If the turkey was our national bird would we eat bald eagle for thanksgiving? 
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06-13-2011, 12:10 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
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^LOL with limbs! Yeah, I can see us having a bald eagle on the table. I've had wild turkey before and I really liked it. As Judy Ann says, it's all in the preparation of the meat. It's actually that way with a lot of meat. We have just gotten used to eating tame meat animals that we don't know how good wild is.
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