preacherman Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I always take and turn mine belly up and pull the skin apart from the middle and just fillet the breast meat off the breast bone. It is easy and doesn't take long and you get some pretty good meat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronin Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey I breast 'em out like preacherman. Wild turkey legs are to tough for me and I'm not patient enough to cook 'em right anyway. The first thing I do is take my tail, beard and spurs. Then I peel back the skin, feathers and all, from the beard hole down past the juncture of the breast and the body cavity. I use a real sharp fillet knife and I cut down the length of each breast right against the breast bone trying to keep all the meat. If you start at the top near the neck, be careful with the birds' crop. This is a baggy area at the base of the neck above the breast. It is often full of acorns, bugs and any other crap the bird scratched up. I've seen the crop full as a hardball. If you cut around the breast bone without puncturing the bag you keep all the crop stuff from spilling out onto the meat and your hands. Not really a big deal but it can be messy. The whole process takes about 3 minutes. No guts, little blood and really no mess. I thank the bird for the future meal then give it the 'ol Barney Road whip, (dirt road next to the ranch), and he's coyote bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey Cut it open pull the guts, cut off the wings, head, legs and pluck. You guys who don't deep fry are missing out BIG TIME!!! 3 1/2 minutes per pound at 350 and you've got perfection. [ QUOTE ] 'ol Barney Road whip, [/ QUOTE ] Love that saying!! I'll remember that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyrod64 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey I do the same as preacherman and ronin, just breast em out and cut off the tail and beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbeard Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey [ QUOTE ] I also heard that fresh turkeys are tough to eat?? [/ QUOTE ] Tough to kill maybe, but never to eat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntn4bucks Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I also heard that fresh turkeys are tough to eat?? [/ QUOTE ] Tough to kill maybe, but never to eat! [/ QUOTE ] LOL. You got that right redbeard!!! There isn't anything tough about eating a turkey after I've killed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddhunter Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey The one I killed last year, I filleted the breast and cut off the thigh and leg quarters. Here is another link for cleaning turkeys. Turkey Cleaning Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjones Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey same as preacherman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyderpancake Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey I love deep-fried turkey. We had a large family Thanksgiving dinner last year and fried the two that I shot last year. Everyone said it was the best turkey they had ever eaten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimT Posted February 27, 2005 Report Share Posted February 27, 2005 Re: Cleaning a Turkey I just breast mine out also...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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