The turkey is getting huge. Might need a few hockey stick. 2 weeks and counting for this guy. (The big feathered one, not the boy.)

damn that looks like its ready now.

Looks like it should dress 22-25lbs

Hope you have a Industrial size roasting pan.Thats a huge bird.

Game on!!!

Obama should grant clemency

TG should dress about 30lbs. Very nice bird, well mannered. The hen will go about 19-20lbs.

Built that outdoor brick smoker yet?

hey dogface, my 4.5yr old was on my lap when he saw the pic of the turkey... his jaw dropped! i said thats the biggest chicken i've ever seen... he said "me too"....

Andy, it's a pet now. How ya' gonna' go and butcher it and enjoy it for a holiday dinner?

Sg

I'm thinking with gravy?

Yeah,

I'll certainly feel a bit sad on butcher day, but the turkeys are livestock that we treat VERY well. Hand fed birds. I figure we have over $50-75 into this big guy, but he wouldn't be in great shape next year because of the breeding that is necessary for the type of bird they are, and he would likely be 50lbs dressed. They eventually outgrow their frame and break down. They can't mate. My other turkeys are heritage breeds, so they will be self sustaining, but smaller.

As far as how I'll do it, remember that Sarah Palin video?

2 weeks and counting.

If its to much guilt to eat I'll give ya the 75 bucks for it.


Damn I'm a nice guy (slurp icon here)

I will go a 100$$$PEACE

A friend raised three such turkeys. He named them Thanksgiving, Christmas and Super Bowl. Thanksgiving made it to the dinner table, but after all the work it took to get him there; the other two got pardons.

My dog met this turkey. He didn't know what to make of it. Slowly approached and did the stare down. Then he sniffed it's butt, gave the hmm look and walked away. It was pretty funny.

Then Letty drove up and snagged it off it's roost. Kinda wrecked the whole day.

Andy to answer you question in a different thread I believe I have had a couple of threads locked....I think you are still ahead of me though. I will try harder.

Get the butter out.......

You gonna do the tomahawk chop over a block of wood?

If it were me, I'd set up a game blind call him in and have the kid smoke him with the 12 gauge...

Just saying....

Keith

Don't forget to have someone from Enumclaw add the stuffing before you kill it.

Nice bird, for sure. Hand-fed and all, it should taste as nice as it looks.

Happy Thanksgiving, Dogfish.

Cracked corn in a feed bag with a hole in it, then lead him to it, have him go in for feed, wrap him up in the bag with his head out, and then off to the kill cone. He's pretty darned strong, so I wouldn't want to take him on without a bit of assistance.

the kill cone

12 guage, HeviShot 3.5" Turkey Load with patternmaster choke.. It just rolls them... Or, takes their head off....

Takes the wrestling out of the game...

Keith

I thought about just whcking him with a machette, but I need to take him out a bit more gracefully than that. Not quite a pet, but very appreciated around our house for his demeanor.

My first turkey (farm raised and purchased) was taken with a .40 S&W. Makes pretty short work.

That sounds fun...

Keith

Bought the bird from a farmer in Boisfort. Headed up to elk camp. Shot the bird about a mile away, then drove to elk camp. As I was turning in, I changed direction and sped off about 70 yards out of sight, hopped out of the truck and shot into a dirt bank, POP, POP, POP......................POP. Then headed back to camp.

One of my buds asked what that was about, I said nothing. So he goes back to the truck and grabs his grouse, hands them to me and tells me to "Clean my birds, bitch."

I then go to the back of my truck, pull out a non-rigor turkey, still bleeding, and tell him, "this is a bird."

Everyone else in camp turned white, except for me and my buddy, thinking that I had poached a turkey, and then I sat down by the fire and proceeded to pluck the turkey for the next hour or so. Anyway, after a few hours I showed them the receipt from the farmer, showing them that I had purchased the bird.

Part of a practical joke, but the bird did eat really well.