Feet or Neck

[RutnNStrutn]

I go for the feet always. I get spurred on occasion, like this morning. But it's worth it!!

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Sorry you got spurred, but glad too!  Way to go Jim!

Thanks Larry!!

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[Wigsplitter]

Feet

[Crghss]

Stomp em on the head if need be, pick em up by the feet.

[Tail Feathers]

Feet.  After they stopped flopping and don't respond to touch.

[Tennessee Lead]

Grab them by the neck.


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[dzsmith]

I grab both legs, put one foot on the head "not stomping it" just to hold it in place  and I hold them while standing until they are done flopping. I do this so they don't break the beard which I let one flop so much one time he did. I just let the wings hit me while im holding them , but it keeps the beard from potentially getting tattered. I carry them out by the feet. I cape my birds so I try to do as little physical damage to them as possible. My tote is for the legs. Nothing against the carrying one by the head, I just don't do it myself, generally the feathers around the top of the neck are in bad shape as it is so I try to create little contact with them by carrying them that way.

[Turkeyman]

I don't think it's a deep south thing, but more of a YouTube younger generation thing. As soon as they figure out that the reason their hands get bloody because they hold them by the neck, they will start holding them by the feet like everyone else.

X2

[CALLM2U]

I once told a new hunter, "Until you've been nearly beat to death by turkey wings after picking up him, you've not experienced a full turkey hunt"      I just consider it part of the memory. 

The way this year has gone, I would love to get beat up by a wing or two right now...

[Howie g]

I usually just scoop up whatever I can grab , because it's tuff to grab a specific body part while running ?

[Gobble!]

When in doubt, grab the legs stand on the head.

[GobbleNut]

I grab both legs, put one foot on the head "not stomping it" just to hold it in place  and I hold them while standing until they are done flopping. I do this so they don't break the beard which I let one flop so much one time he did. I just let the wings hit me while im holding them , but it keeps the beard from potentially getting tattered. I carry them out by the feet. I cape my birds so I try to do as little physical damage to them as possible. My tote is for the legs. Nothing against the carrying one by the head, I just don't do it myself, generally the feathers around the top of the neck are in bad shape as it is so I try to create little contact with them by carrying them that way.

Pretty much my approach, as well.  I make every effort to keep every gobbler I kill in as pristine condition as I can.  I want every feather as intact as I can keep it,...one, because I try to take the best pictures I can with the bird,...and two, because I cape every gobbler I kill for a potential mount or other display.  Either way, I want as little damage to the bird as I can manage. 

I suppose that perhaps my reverence for these birds just extends to treating them as respectfully as I can after I take their life.  It is the least I can do for all the joy they give me in hunting them.

[Yoteduster]

I always pick them up the feet

[WildTigerTrout]

 I have friend who told me many years ago " You have not won the game until you are standing on his neck"! When he stops flopping I pick him up by his feet.  I have not ever been spurred or had my legs beat up from flopping wings.  I want to keep it that way.  HA!

[Delmar ODonnell]

I grab both legs, put one foot on the head "not stomping it" just to hold it in place  and I hold them while standing until they are done flopping. I do this so they don't break the beard which I let one flop so much one time he did. I just let the wings hit me while im holding them , but it keeps the beard from potentially getting tattered. I carry them out by the feet. I cape my birds so I try to do as little physical damage to them as possible. My tote is for the legs. Nothing against the carrying one by the head, I just don't do it myself, generally the feathers around the top of the neck are in bad shape as it is so I try to create little contact with them by carrying them that way.

Pretty much my approach, as well.  I make every effort to keep every gobbler I kill in as pristine condition as I can.  I want every feather as intact as I can keep it,...one, because I try to take the best pictures I can with the bird,...and two, because I cape every gobbler I kill for a potential mount or other display.  Either way, I want as little damage to the bird as I can manage. 

I suppose that perhaps my reverence for these birds just extends to treating them as respectfully as I can after I take their life.  It is the least I can do for all the joy they give me in hunting them.

X2. I try to get to them relatively quickly, more to avoid feather damage than him getting away (although my first bird this year flopped 100 yards downhill into a creek,) and I usually pick them up by the head at first just to avoid the kicking spurs. I try to grab as close to the head as possible to avoid damaging the feathers around the neck, and I'll hold him at arms length until he's done flopping. Once he's done, I'll hang him by his feet from my tote for 30 minutes or so and sit down and just spend some time with him. (I admit, Dave and the PP got me to smoking a cigar at this time.) I love to just sit down and admire the beauty of the object of the pursuit; it almost hurts to take the knife to them.

Side note - I like hanging them up for a reasonable amount of time because it really sets their wings and feathers for great pictures.

[Mossberg90MN]

Feet.


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