So what do YOU do with your bird after the kill?

[bigthunderchicken]

shake uncontrolably when i calm down i talk about it for a month.

[WFI79]

Thank the turkey Gods that didn't miss !!!!! 

[redrivergar]

Remind myself to breathe! Regain control of my shaking body, and then go put my foot on his neck. It amazes me that every gobbler is still like my first one! Pictures come next then breast it out save the beard and spurs all the while thanking the Almighty for the opportunity!


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[Flyrodder]

I'm from Illinois and the first thing we're supposed to do is notch the tag and fasten it around his leg.

[WyoHunter]

First thing I do is get pictures taken. Then the fan, beard, and spurs are taken off. Lastly, breasted out.

Me too!

[jakebird]

Lately i've taken to breasting out my birds, then grilling it after experimenting with some marinades. Once in a while, i'll still roast or fry a whole one, and in that case i don't field dress the bird in the field. I scald them (after removing beard, fan, and any feathers i want to salvage. A few dunks in sclading water, hold em by the feet, feathers come off very easily. Once the bird is good and clean, then gut it and rinse well. Pat it dry inside and out and youre in business. Fast, easy, little mess. Plus the feathers dont blow all around the back yard and get me in trouble with the mrs!

[ssramage]

If it's early enough I put it in the back of the truck and go after another. When I get home I take pictures then remove the beard, fan, and legs. Then I take the breast meat and dark meat for turkey salad.

[Garrett Trentham]

After high fives, hooping and hollering, and doing a little jig...

I'll snap a few pics if I have a camera handy, and hike back to the truck.

Once home/back at camp I'll remove the beard. If its a mature bird, I will keep the spurs and fan. I have the spurs and fan from every longbeard I've killed.

Obviously I'll clean the bird and fry up some turkey titties!

[Ty]

Tag it, take pictures, take it home, remove beard, spurs, and fan,  then breast it out, and then finish the tail fan mount. relax...

[gobblerguide]

Tag him,take pics and put him in a 120 qt cooler with 2 bags of ice to keep it cool until all my hunters have tagged out.Absolutely will not ride him around to spoil without taking these precautions.We eat a lotof turkey and i think its blasphemy to not preserve the taste.JUST MY OPINION.

[MOStrutter]

Tag him, pictures, cut beard and spurs, maybe the fan if someone wants it for a decoy.  If I'm hunting with someone else, then I throw the turkey in the back of my vest and its off to the races again.  I wouldn't dare just leave a turkey laying or hanging somewhere so that the coyotes or bobcats can enjoy the breast meat before I do.  I have never field dressed a turkey.

[Hooks' n' Beards']

Tag em',Pluck em",Put em in the Smoker,Then We eatem"