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How many of you guys gut your turkeys

Started by turkeyfoot, February 20, 2014, 09:22:49 AM

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guesswho

Quote from: Deputy 14 on February 21, 2014, 12:46:51 AM
I gut mine as soon as they're finished flopping. Killed one years ago and waited about an hour and when I went to make the cut to gut it there were worms crawling out of its a*s. So now I get them before they start to jump ship.
Had he been shot before?
If I'm not back in five minutes, wait longer!
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Crang

Take the breasts- use the rest for coyote bait later in the day.

gophert

Yep, I always "field dress" the bird after pics and getting the weight.  Every spot I hunt has a small stream running through it so I usually do it and then I can wash my hands.  It takes all of about 5 minutes. 

wvboy

Not me .. I sometimes take the Gizzard and Heart .. but I never fully gut one..
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TRKYHTR

Never. I've even hung a gobbler over night without a problem.

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bamagtrdude

Nope, just take the breast meat out, save the legs/spurs, beard, & cut the fan off & I'm done with 'em.
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stinkpickle

Quote from: TRKYHTR on February 21, 2014, 05:31:12 PM
Never. I've even hung a gobbler over night without a problem.

TRKYHTR

Same here.  Kansas has a regulation about the beard staying attached to the breast while transporting (unless you do their weird photo check-in thing), so I can't really cut it up like I normally do.  I just to toss the whole bird in a cooler with some bags of ice, and swap out the ice as needed.

bmhern

I'll gut him if its really hot and I'm a long way from home other than that I just snatch the breast out.

slamman

Quote from: MagicBeard on February 20, 2014, 02:50:09 PM
Anyone tried the Turkey Gut Wrench? I got one for this spring, looks easy, we'll see.


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I use a gut hook for upland birds but have never heard of one for turkey.

Deputy 14

Quote from: guesswho on February 21, 2014, 07:30:49 AM
Quote from: Deputy 14 on February 21, 2014, 12:46:51 AM
I gut mine as soon as they're finished flopping. Killed one years ago and waited about an hour and when I went to make the cut to gut it there were worms crawling out of its a*s. So now I get them before they start to jump ship.
Had he been shot before?

No. It looked like tapeworms. Nastiness.

Turkey Havoc

When I was in Louisiana, I would clean my birds after getting home, 2 to 3 hours after the bird was killed. I always gut my birds to get the liver, heart, and gizzard. That is some fine eating right there I do not want to miss out on.
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