NoBodyImportant Posted May 13, 2020 Report Share Posted May 13, 2020 I snuck up on her today. Good size and feathers for a female. Season just closed but I don’t drop females anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houseplant Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 Good stuff. We have loads of turkeys in NZ. Despite being a pest species, no one is really interested in shooting them. Occasionally, a farmer will ask me to clear them out when numbers get too high. They eat a lot of grass and make a mess. Our turkeys are not hard to hunt, they are pretty stupid. I tend to use a suppressed 22LR with subsonics which means I can knock quite a few over before they realise what is going on. We avoid eating them in any month that contains an "r" as they feed on insects which makes the meat bitter. In May - August, they are as good to eat as a supermarket bird, if not better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted May 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 12 minutes ago, Houseplant said: Good stuff. We have loads of turkeys in NZ. Despite being a pest species, no one is really interested in shooting them. Occasionally, a farmer will ask me to clear them out when numbers get too high. They eat a lot of grass and make a mess. Our turkeys are not hard to hunt, they are pretty stupid. I tend to use a suppressed 22LR with subsonics which means I can knock quite a few over before they realise what is going on. We avoid eating them in any month that contains an "r" as they feed on insects which makes the meat bitter. In May - August, they are as good to eat as a supermarket bird, if not better. We are limited to shotgun and archery. They are well hunted and very skiddish over here. Normally you call them in but happened on this one while squirreling. People eat them but I think they are awful from the wild. I prefer a good grain fed one from the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 4 hours ago, Houseplant said: Good stuff. We have loads of turkeys in NZ. Despite being a pest species, no one is really interested in shooting them. Occasionally, a farmer will ask me to clear them out when numbers get too high. They eat a lot of grass and make a mess. Our turkeys are not hard to hunt, they are pretty stupid. I tend to use a suppressed 22LR with subsonics which means I can knock quite a few over before they realise what is going on. We avoid eating them in any month that contains an "r" as they feed on insects which makes the meat bitter. In May - August, they are as good to eat as a supermarket bird, if not better. Super photo in some very typical NZ countryside. I didn't see any when I visited back in 1990 but was told they did have a lot in the vicinity. I suppose the reason they are like eating leather in the USA is because they only shoot the old 'bucks', trophy hunting not meat hunting. Like I enjoy a steak from a yearling spiker fallow much more than a six year old or a nice bit of yearling lamb to an old six year old ewe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washerboy Posted May 14, 2020 Report Share Posted May 14, 2020 4 hours ago, NoBodyImportant said: We are limited to shotgun and archery. They are well hunted and very skiddish over here. Normally you call them in but happened on this one while squirreling. People eat them but I think they are awful from the wild. I prefer a good grain fed one from the store. Yes I don't like wild ducks or geese, I alway gave them away if I ever shot one. Much happier buy one from supermarket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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