JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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> > JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
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> >> > What's considered a good price per pound for a Butterball turkey?
> >>
> >> You might open the yellow pages, find a meat store, and see if any are
> >> selling locally raised birds, especially those that are closer to the
> >> free-range concept. Based on my experience, they seem more tender,
> >> especially the breast meat, which, in "supermarket turkeys" tends to be
> >> dry
> >> and boring unless you slather it in gravy.
> >
> > Go one step further, get a shotgun and a hunting license and get the
> > freshest, free-rangest, leanest, tastiest turkey around.
> >
> > Pete C.
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> I would do that, except for something I can't figure out. It is said, by
> people who are supposed to know these things, that turkey hunting is
> difficult. And, like most other pastimes, you need to spend all sorts of
> money on special clothing and gadgets. BUT.....:
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> 1) While waiting for a tow truck on route 81 in upstate New York, a mob of
> turkeys ambled out of the bushes, stood there, and stared at me for 20
> minutes.
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> 2) At least twice a month during spring and summer, I hike in some of the
> state & national forest in the Finger Lakes. Turkeys will come within 50
> feet of me, acting like I'm not there. If I had a plan for getting the bird
> out to my car successfully, I could pull my handgun and cap one with no
> trouble at all.
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> This leads me to believe that if turkey hunting, in season, is difficult,
> it's due to littering. Someone's leaving copies of the NY hunting regs (with
> season dates) out in the woods somewhere. The turkeys can read. When the
> season begins, they say to each other "OK...let's start phuquing with their
> heads again."

Shotgun, camo suit, box call, good cushion to sit on and a lot of
patience.

I'm not sure if the turkeys can read, but they have good eyesight and a
pretty good memory. Also contrary to popular myth, turkeys can fly.

Pete C.