Wild Turkey legs!

[Tripplebeards]

Shot a 3 year old first season 2 weeks ago tomorrow. I usually grind up the legs and make meatloaf or burgers. Tried the legs last couple years in the oven or croc pot. They were OK but nothing great. This year I put them on the grill for 45 minutes flipping ever 5 minutes. From there they went right into my croc pot on low. Let them in there for 24 hours and added orange chicken sauce. MAN!!! They were awesome...and soft! Still had the charcoal flavor as well. The upper part of the leg was as tender as chicken.

[armoredman]

Nice! Great, now I'm hungry...

[JoeG52]

Looks mighty good!

[Markopolo]

Holy cow!!! Those look awesome turkey man!!!!

[Tripplebeards]

Well, what do you know? I went through my freezer today looking for beaver meat that apparently I am out of except for scraps for trapping and found two pairs of turkey legs from the Tom’s I shot last year. They’re getting thawed out in the fridge and are going to go through the same cycling that the one I posted here did.

[Good Cheer]

I think I noticed something that made me take notice and I'll pose it as a question...
Do turkeys in the north have longer legs than turkeys in the south?

[Tripplebeards]

I couldn’t tell you, but the bird these came off of were a little over 26 pounds. It was 26 lbs. 13 oz. If I remember right it just kept fluctuating up and down a few ounces. So it was bigger than most. I think the largest I ever shot was 28 pounds. I’ve shot quite a few that were 28 and a couple that were 26 ish.

[MaryB]

I think I noticed something that made me take notice and I'll pose it as a question...
Do turkeys in the north have longer legs than turkeys in the south?

There are different breeds of wild turkey around the country...

[Tripplebeards]

We have Eastern Wild Turkeys here.

[Texas by God]

Easterns are bigger than Rio Grandes, Merriams, and Osceolas.