Awesome video, it's very thorough! I used this to help me process my first turkey with a bow a couple years ago. I unfortunately missed a step though and left the gizzard in while cooking it in the crockpot, so make sure you've got all the guts and organs out before cooking it!
I`ve been looking for this in depth kind of video for a few years now and after this the others are a waste of time, this is perfect! Peace and brother love to you and all.
I want to get into hunting but I have zero experience. It seems overwhelming and I have no one to teach me. That said, I must say this was the most clear, concise, no frills video I came across. I’m not sure I’ll be competent enough to do this in the field with no experience if I even manage to get one
Love to hear you mention making stock or broth and making use of the whole bird. So many videos show guys just pulling the thighs and breasts an the trophy bits. I hunt public land and often I'm too far away from home to not field dress, thanks for the tips!
How quickly after killing it do you have to start the cleaning process ? I hunt an area that’s about an hour and forty five minutes away from the house.
Normally you would want to start the cleaning process right after you kill it. If you can, put it in your car with the AC blasting. I've done it and my meat has never gone bad. You NEVER want to leave a turkey out in the heat/direct sunlight because it'll cook from the inside (spoiling the meat). Always bring a knife with you just in case! Happy hunting!!
Plucking is easier if u boil some water in a large seafood boil pot until the water almost at the boiling point then dip the whole turkey in it for 5 minutes then pluck it……most easy way to pluck any birds, even the big wing feathers come out easily that way too
Yes. Just like a chicken! I know you asked this months ago, but just putting this on here for anyone else who's wondering the same. If you're processing at home or a well set up camp: get water to a boil over a propane set up like you'd use to process canning jars. Then you turn the heat off and dip the bird for about a minute and a half, you don't want to start cooking it! After that pluck away! Just like any other fowl, you can redip it in the water a couple times of it starts getting more difficult to pluck as it cools. Although with a bird this big, that cooling happens more slowly. After it's plucked and gutted, get it on ice as soon as possible. I have a huge, 20 gallon, aluminum pot that I bought at a Winco last year just to heat my plucking water when processing birds. The cashier asked me if I was buying to steam tamales, I told her something like that! 😂
@@dawest85 No problem! This type of media (youtube, blogs, etc.) seems to be one of the only ways that stuff like this is being shared anymore. I wasn't raised in a family that so much as fished and neither was my husband. We are lucky enough that he has two close friends who are Hmong and were raised learning a lot of traditional self-sustaining culture. They came over and walked us through everything the first time we ever processed one of our chickens. Everything else, I've just learned either online, from old farming books, and a lot of trial and error! I logged on here just to double check that the gutting method was how I remember for gobblers. One of our two turkeys we have right now is just getting too aggressive around the other birds, even with me standing up to him. He must be close to 25 pounds at only five months old and waits until you're not looking to try and bite you. You can guess what's for dinner at our house tomorrow!
You're not losing too much meat. I personally use the whole bird. I used the guts for coyote hunting and the heart lungs and liver I feed to my dog. If you're not using any of the intestines you can just part out the bird. Legs, wings and breasts then done
This was the exact video I've been looking for. Informative to the point and it keeps the bird in tact. Thank you so much!!!
This is by far the best Turkey cleaning video I’ve seen! Great work!
The best & easiest way to pluck field dress a bird I seen . Thanks!
Definitely the most detailed video out there. I recommend and new comers watch this. It leaves nothing to the imagination
Great teaching and thanks camera person👀🤠🇺🇲
Awesome video I think I’m ready for my first turkey hunt next week super excited
Awesome video, it's very thorough! I used this to help me process my first turkey with a bow a couple years ago. I unfortunately missed a step though and left the gizzard in while cooking it in the crockpot, so make sure you've got all the guts and organs out before cooking it!
That cat 😆
My barn cat does the same thing as soon as I start dressing a deer. He immediately starts jumping up and trying to eat all the guts.
I`ve been looking for this in depth kind of video for a few years now and after this the others are a waste of time, this is perfect! Peace and brother love to you and all.
Just did our first pluck and clean, guess we didn’t do to bad lol 😆 thanks for the video
I want to get into hunting but I have zero experience. It seems overwhelming and I have no one to teach me. That said, I must say this was the most clear, concise, no frills video I came across. I’m not sure I’ll be competent enough to do this in the field with no experience if I even manage to get one
Love to hear you mention making stock or broth and making use of the whole bird. So many videos show guys just pulling the thighs and breasts an the trophy bits. I hunt public land and often I'm too far away from home to not field dress, thanks for the tips!
Good video
You are a pro
Awesome video! That is the liver however not the lungs.
good work
So apart from the plucking, it's just like a big chicken?
That's the liver, not the lungs. The lungs sit up against the spine and are light pink and fluffy feeling. :)
I was thinking that too. Looks dark red
Pretty sure he meant to say liver,who in there right mind would keep lungs lol.
@@duetin1470 to feed the cats and dogs
Would have loved to see the clean and cook process
Nice kitty.
The cat caught me off guard 😂
How quickly after killing it do you have to start the cleaning process ? I hunt an area that’s about an hour and forty five minutes away from the house.
Normally you would want to start the cleaning process right after you kill it. If you can, put it in your car with the AC blasting. I've done it and my meat has never gone bad. You NEVER want to leave a turkey out in the heat/direct sunlight because it'll cook from the inside (spoiling the meat). Always bring a knife with you just in case! Happy hunting!!
i think hot water gona work well if you want keep the crispy skin
i learned alot
heat water to about 170 degress pour into 5 gallon pail dunk turkey a few times and start plucking.
Gut it first tho no ? Won't the guts heat spoil the meat some while plucking ?
Plucking is easier if u boil some water in a large seafood boil pot until the water almost at the boiling point then dip the whole turkey in it for 5 minutes then pluck it……most easy way to pluck any birds, even the big wing feathers come out easily that way too
I have heard that if you have a big-ass pot and you dip the bird in boiling water, plucking is a lot easier. Any truth to that?
Yes. Just like a chicken! I know you asked this months ago, but just putting this on here for anyone else who's wondering the same. If you're processing at home or a well set up camp: get water to a boil over a propane set up like you'd use to process canning jars. Then you turn the heat off and dip the bird for about a minute and a half, you don't want to start cooking it! After that pluck away! Just like any other fowl, you can redip it in the water a couple times of it starts getting more difficult to pluck as it cools. Although with a bird this big, that cooling happens more slowly. After it's plucked and gutted, get it on ice as soon as possible. I have a huge, 20 gallon, aluminum pot that I bought at a Winco last year just to heat my plucking water when processing birds. The cashier asked me if I was buying to steam tamales, I told her something like that! 😂
@@chelsead6054 I've got a bunch of big pots for homebrewing! Thanks for the reply
@@dawest85 No problem! This type of media (youtube, blogs, etc.) seems to be one of the only ways that stuff like this is being shared anymore. I wasn't raised in a family that so much as fished and neither was my husband. We are lucky enough that he has two close friends who are Hmong and were raised learning a lot of traditional self-sustaining culture. They came over and walked us through everything the first time we ever processed one of our chickens. Everything else, I've just learned either online, from old farming books, and a lot of trial and error! I logged on here just to double check that the gutting method was how I remember for gobblers. One of our two turkeys we have right now is just getting too aggressive around the other birds, even with me standing up to him. He must be close to 25 pounds at only five months old and waits until you're not looking to try and bite you. You can guess what's for dinner at our house tomorrow!
Is posible remove the guts first (or after pluck the breast) and pluck the rest of the turkey after or you need tu pluck al the animal before.
How much meat are you losing if you just remove the drum sticks and breast meat?
You're not losing too much meat. I personally use the whole bird. I used the guts for coyote hunting and the heart lungs and liver I feed to my dog. If you're not using any of the intestines you can just part out the bird. Legs, wings and breasts then done
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