cleanin turkeys

[Instinct]

Just watched a couple youtube vids and seems like all they take is the breast, what all do u guys take off?

[woodswalker]

I'll clean the guts, leave the head attached as well as the feathers....evedence of gender for when it matters., sling it full of ice for an hour of so then drain/dry and into the cooler on TOP of the ice and the trip home.

[carpsniperg2]

Just taking the breast is not legal it falls under wasting of game or game birds. You have to take the breast meat/legs and thighs.

[NRA4LIFE]

I skinned all my birds and ate the whole thing.

[one more]

When we go to the east side we take a large cooler with a layer of plastic water and drink bottles full of water and frozen.  When we get a Tom we gut it, wipe it inside and slip an ice bottle in the cavity and put the bird on the other ice bottles. 
At home we usually skin the whole bird.  Some times I separate the parts, breasts, thighs and the rest for soup.
Diane

[Instinct]

Mkay, is there any vids u guys suggest skinning or guttting a bird?

[Andrew]

I had an aaah haaa moment while putting my waterfowl gear away...came across a plucker I had recieved as a gift a while back and noticed that it came with a chord that attached to your battery terminals.  Needless to say I brought it out this year with the intention of plucking.  Within 15 minutes of the kill i removed the entrails (the least you should do until you get to camp or where ever).  Back at camp I had the bird almost completely plucked in 5-minutes until wheel spun off the arbor...who the hell does not mill a flat spot on an arbor!? 

My bird hits the deep fryer tomorrow!

[turkeydancer]

Ifyou are going to cook the bird whole, pluck it (ie - leave the skin on).  If you are going to cook it in pieces, then I would sking it out.
    

[PA BEN]

Ifyou are going to cook the bird whole, pluck it (ie - leave the skin on).  If you are going to cook it in pieces, then I would sking it out.
 

You can cook it hole after you skin it. Rap it in cheese cloth place bacon over it. Make a basting sauce and pore it over the bird. Cover and roast for 1hr at 350 bast and lower temp to 325 and bast ever 1/2 hr.

[bearpaw]

Cooking bags work well for keeping skinned birds moist, get them in any grocery store.

[PA BEN]

There EZ to pluck

[Camp David]

Nice picture of a plucked bird...just might do that if I bag one.

[MuleySniper]

I just pluck em and gut em. When I get home, I basically de bone them like you would a deer then throw it in the crock pot.
MS

[turkeydancer]

Nice idea using the bags if you're baking, but I usually deep-fat fry them. Not sure what the bag would do in 350 degree oil ...