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Re: Waiting overnight to clean a turkey
[Re: waggler]
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04/24/24 08:22 PM
04/24/24 08:22 PM
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I've heard that they used to put a nail through a ducks head and tack the exterior, shady side of an out-building. When the body decayed enough to fall away from the head, it was ready to eat.
I think your turkey is just fine; maybe even better. Along those lines… last time I hunted in northern England every butcher shop had bunches of whole ducks hanging out front of their stores. They told me they would hang them a week. Temps were pretty much what the OP described. Your turkey will be fine. The pheasants and other birds we shot were hung as well, I never ate anything fresh shot over there. Osky
Last edited by Osky; 04/24/24 08:23 PM.
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Re: Waiting overnight to clean a turkey
[Re: BandB]
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04/24/24 08:31 PM
04/24/24 08:31 PM
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Why would you eggnog the guts out of a duck? Is that a some weird Wisconsin thing? We eggnog all the critters we get up here. Thought everyone did that.
Last edited by coyote addict; 04/24/24 08:32 PM.
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Re: Waiting overnight to clean a turkey
[Re: Newtrap19]
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04/24/24 09:37 PM
04/24/24 09:37 PM
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If it smells fine , it is fine. Any place in the states that got down to 30 last night, you know as soon as the sun set it got cold. I have waited a day or two before cleaning waterfowl, but outside temps barely got above freezing during the day. Still I'm sure you're fine. Turkey should be cooked fully anyway. If it had been gut shot, things would probably have been different.
Last edited by 2bit; 04/24/24 09:41 PM.
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Re: Waiting overnight to clean a turkey
[Re: Trapper Dahlgren]
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04/26/24 12:12 AM
04/26/24 12:12 AM
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eat it , guy that live where I grew up, would ask for fish ducks, that we shot only fish ducks, and he would let them hand for days with guts in them, he lived to be really old! I'll gladly give up a few years to not have to eat another fish duck in my life. I know the rule, eat what you kill, but we all make mistakes.
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