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Originally Posted by Tcoat
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Almost 100% guaranteed that your turkey WAS vaxxed. In fact it was likely vaxxed for several things.
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I ate a turkey that wasn't vaxxed once.
Yep, me and my two sons went turkey hunting over in the Busch Wildlife area in Saint Charles County of Missouri. We were armed with 3, 20 gauge shotguns. Ya, I know, a little light to take down a turkey - but, we had 3 of them.
Out in this clearing up jumped a turkey, flying low and fast. All three of us shot it. Yep, after counting all the lead shots in the de-feathered turkey, I reckon all three of us hit it -
Now, back at the ranch, we were fixing on dressing out that bird. After much searching I finally found a pot (actually a 5 gal can) big enough to get the turkey into. Filled it with water and heated to boiling over a propane stove.
Meanwhile, I told the then mrs humfrz to plan on something else for supper because this was going to take a while. So, after scalding that bird we FINALLY got all the feathers pulled off (well, most of them). Then over an open flame we burnt off the pin feathers.
As I headed for the kitchen to gut that bird, the then mrs humfrz said that I couldn't bring that ugly, lead studded, blood dripping, beast into her kitchen. So, me and my boys gutted it on the deck and plucked out several of the lead shots.
The next day, I popped that bird in the oven and cooked it to 190 degrees F. Yes,
190 degrees, because it hadn't been vaxxed.
That was the worst turkey I ever tried to eat. It had a small breast, it was overcooked and dried out and tough. The racoons that lived in our woods, feasted that night.
HAPPY TURKEY DAY!