More Turkey - Wild Game Bird

[cdn offroader]

Looks good! Turkey season opens here this friday, hoping to replinish the stocks....

 

[smoking b]

 
im glad u got pictures up. That wild turkey looks great!

Thanks man 

  It was good eating 

 

[smoking b]

SB, those sliced pics are super nice ! Dang, does that look tasty ! Can only imagine how good that was....

Thanks man 

  It tasted GREAT! Of course I was a pig & hogged most of it down on the spot 

   Sometimes you just can't help it 

 

[smoking b]

Looks good! Turkey season opens here this friday, hoping to replinish the stocks....

Thanks man 

  Best of luck to you tomorrow!! 

 

[leah elisheva]

These photos are just exquisite! Great job! Cheers! - Leah

 

[smoking b]

 
These photos are just exquisite! Great job! Cheers! - Leah

Thanks Leah 

  I sure wish those wild birds lasted longer!

 

[oldeboone]

Nice pics, Bee. You didn't mention brine, I'm wondering if you did ???  Ernie

 

[smoking b]

 
Nice pics, Bee. You didn't mention brine, I'm wondering if you did ???  Ernie

Thanks Ernie. I did mention it but it was at the bottom of the pics & easy to miss. No brine for this turkey - it was done on short notice so no time to brine... A brine is great if you have time for one but isn't absolutely necessary if you take your time & don't vaporize all the water out of the meat 

So there you have it. My latest wild turkey done on short notice - no brine, no bacon & just a bare minimum of spice. Flavor was excellent & all parts of the bird were tender & moist - this was a great eating game bird 

 

Good luck to all the turkey hunters out there! 

 

[flgatorguy87]

A bit of a bump here....

I've just come into some wild turkey breast and I've been reading through lots of posts about ideas. Everybody but you has basically deemed it necessary for a brine at minimum and really even a bacon weave to get a good moisture content in the finished product. You did neither of these and the turkey looks awesome.

Am I missing something besides low heat and good temperature management? Did you pull it shy of 165 and let it carry over?