Almost bagged a wild turkey yesterday

[Wahoo]

Big one, too! Flew out of the woods and across the road in front of my car, gobbling as it struggled to gain altitude--missed my windshield by just a couple of feet. Now there's something you don't see everyday!

[ECO]

Here's a couple pictures for you Wahoo, the people down the road from us feed them so they are all over the place.

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[ECO]

Can they be eaten?

Lol, if you can catch them you can eat them. The ones down by Wahoo are smart and they know to vanish when you enter the woods with a gun. I hunted them down there for years and never killed one. The ones up here smoke cute little crack pipes and walk around in peoples yards and in our streets. I've hand feed them from my car window more than once and they are almost like pets.

The wild turkeys are not as good to eat as the ones that you would buy in a store, since they are able to fly around and run around their meat is a little tougher but they are still good to eat. It takes about 20 minutes to pluck all of the feathers off of them unless you have a taste for feathers.

[ECO]

You could but they would kick your butt with their wings and toes.

[Wahoo]

Here's a couple pictures for you Wahoo, the people down the road from us feed them so they are all over the place.

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Hey, Eco! That turkey's ears are red, like yours!

Don't think I ever did nyam wild turkey, but wild pheasant is one of the best sit-down meals I ever had (had to be careful to spit out the lead shot, though).

[ECO]

Here's a couple pictures for you Wahoo, the people down the road from us feed them so they are all over the place.

wahoo turkey 1.jpg

Hey, Eco! That turkey's ears are red, like yours!

Don't think I ever did nyam wild turkey, but wild pheasant is one of the best sit-down meals I ever had (had to be careful to spit out the lead shot, though).

Lol, I use to shoot wild birds in the head with a 22 so I did not have to worry about eating lead. I got so good at it that I went bragging at my local gun store and got crap since wild birds should only be shot in flight. Makes no sense to me, wounding them in flight compared to blowing their head clean off.....I don't like to see animals die in pain.

Lol at the ears, my father once banged a wild turkey at a college party and I ended up with her red ears.

[Wahoo]

I've killed a few bottles of Wild Turkey...

[ECO]

Lol, Wild Turkey kicks your ass the next morning with a hang over assuming you drink a proper amount (1/2 bottle +).

[Wahoo]

There's peacocks at my hotel in Negril. Wonder if peacocks taste like wild turkey or pheasant? I'm gonna set some peacock deadfall traps as soon as I've checked in. I saw Bear Grylls do it on TV, so that peacock doesn't stand a chance against Wahoo!

[ECO]

Peacocks are easy to tame if you have food..............come to think of it, any bird with a brain the size or a pea is easy to tame.

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[Wahoo]

Peacocks are easy to tame if you have food..............come to think of it, any bird with a brain the size or a pea is easy to tame.

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That looks like one of the same ones that was schreeching and narking on me behind my cottage in Negril! My theory is the DEA trains them birds to narc on people. Not that I'm paranoid or anything...

[ECO]

After staying in a hotel in Mexico that had peacocks it's one of my only rules when I select lodging......no peacocks or cocks with any word in front or after it.

[Wahoo]

Some people I know who own a mid-sized farm in central Va had a couple of peacocks on their property. Why, I don't know, 'cause like guinea hens you can't eat them and they have no use for anything that I can think of. One of them was run over on the rural route that cuts through the property. I guess they kept them around to sound the alarm when trespassers were on the property. That's the only reason I can think of.