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[smokey the elder]

Turkeys sound pretty smart, and difficult to hunt! (I bet they're good eating, too.)

[Puckstop31]

Turkeys sound pretty smart, and difficult to hunt! (I bet they're good eating, too.)

They are. Turkeys have incredible eyesight and hearing. To be effective, you not only have to become and STAY invisible but you have to sound sexy, to them. LOL Head to toe camouflage is a must. Being silent (except for calling) and still is a must. THEN, after you are good and 'buried', the chase begins.... You have to call, which is a art all of its own, to sound like a hen who needs some loving. LOL The goal is, generally, to get the Gobbler within 40 yards. Once that happens, ya aim at the base of the neck, where it meets the feathers, and end the game.

They can be GREAT eating and they can be horrible. Its all about how well you dress the bird in the field and, IMHO, how you pluck and clean it once you get it home. Its all about getting the body temperature down as fast as possible. I try to have the bird fully field dressed within 30 minutues of the harvest. (My buddies make fun of me because I take a long pair of those yellow gloves for dish washing with me to do the dressing. LOL) Most people deep fry the whole bird, for two reasons. They have almost NO fat, WAY less than one you buy at the store and because there is no white meat on a wild bird. The breast is all dark meat.