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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.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> 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.....:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> 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.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> 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.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> 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.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I've considered it, but I read the hunting accident stuff in the
>> >> >> newspaper.
>> >> >> I don't wanna be out there with some of these idiots. Last season,
>> >> >> some
>> >> >> guy
>> >> >> blew off his kneecap and most of the surrounding connective tissue.
>> >> >> He
>> >> >> did
>> >> >> it while loading a deer into the back of his truck. Duh. At least
>> >> >> one
>> >> >> safety
>> >> >> rule broken.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My former landlord's brother was hit in the leg with an arrow from
>> >> >> another
>> >> >> hunter. The victim was in a tree stand. This was at the edge of a
>> >> >> fallow
>> >> >> farm field that was as flat as a pancake. The perp's explanation
>> >> >> was
>> >> >> basically "Duh what day am it?"
>> >> >
>> >> > Accidents are very very rare relative to the number of hunters, they
>> >> > are
>> >> > simply overhyped by the media and anti gun and anti hunting groups.
>> >> >
>> >> > Pete C.
>> >>
>> >> Nonsense:
>> >>
>> >> "A hunter was shot in the chest today by his hunting partner, while
>> >> hunting
>> >> state land near East Drywell. State police have not yet released the
>> >> name
>> >> of
>> >> the victim".
>> >>
>> >> That's usually how they read here. That's not overhyped. That's a line
>> >> in
>> >> a
>> >> newspaper, silly.
>> >
>> > They are over hyped as I stated in an attempt to make it seem like if
>> > you go hunting you'll have a 90% chance of being shot when the reality
>> > is you have better chance of winning Powerball than being shot while
>> > hunting.
>> >
>> > Pete C.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong. I know some highly skilled hunters, who are also the
>> safest gun handlers I've ever seen. But, I was also present when a moron
>> shot out the windshield of a police car, while joking around with his
>> friends in the parking lot of a diner. They were all "Brooklyn hunters",
>> as
>> the locals called them. Amateurs who all went shopping at Herman's
>> together,
>> like bridesmaids before a wedding, bought new clothing, new guns, ammo,
>> and
>> were drunk during the safety class. The cop found that half their guns
>> were
>> loaded with deer slugs, in a parking lot of a diner.
>>
>> You may be highly unlikely to run into people like this, but take a slug
>> through the chest when you're out in 35 degree weather, alone, 5 miles
>> from
>> the nearest anything, and you are phuqued. The odds of death negate the
>> odds
>> of the thing happening in the first place, at least as far as I'm
>> concerned.
>
> I limit the odds of running into such buffoons by hunting on my own
> property where should they show up I can have them arrested for
> trespassing.
>
> Pete C.

Yeah...well I have 1/4 acre, and all I get are deer (eating the garden, and
the house is next on the menu), skunks (so I have no slug problems), rabbits
(4 have made it to the grill holy shit delicious), and crows. Haven't tried
the crows yet.