Aging Turkey Meat

[strum]

I never thought about aging turkey.
  I almost always bring mine straight home and it'll be in the freezer, vacuum packed right away.
Maybe ill give it a try next year but I haven't had a toughness issue.

[Dougas]

I believe it is more of a taste issue than a tough/tender issue.

[Timmer]

Does anyone brine their turkey?  For a couple of years now with upland birds, my hunting buddies have put all of the day's birds in a cooler with water and salt overnight before putting them in bags.  It gets the blood/bruising out of the bird.  Not that I felt they needed it, but it also makes them more tender. 

[patternfreak]

I brine mine before I smoke them, but not before I freeze them. Meat Church birdbath brine

[btomlin]

Are you just leaving them in the fridge for a week in a bowl of water, dry sealed container, or what?  I guess I've never aged any of mine.  I normally soak overnight and put into freezer bags wrapped in freezer paper.

[Dougas]

I put mine in a garbage bag and set it in the fridge in my shop for 3 or 4 days. Then butcher and freeze. I brine before smoking, but not usually for frying or soup.

[Dougas]

I skin mine and part it out before I put put it in the fridge.