[carlo3b]

Hey Hunters, what do you bag for Thanksgiving?? Your thoughts, and recipes.....Fire away!!

Wild Turkey - Smoking Tips

No do not precook the bird, it will not absorb the smoke as well. Smoking turkeys is so easy, I smoke them all the time. Wash turkey well, pat dry inside and out. Place turkey in smoker with cavity open as wide as possible, this enables the smoke to permeate the inside as well as the outside. Use any kind of smoking chips you like. I use hickory for smoking the turkey, but if you like a milder flavor use apple or cherry. Smoke 2 pans of smoking for a turkey that is about 13 pounds, more if larger. After smoking, I put mine in the oven and roast the bird as usual, or you could put it on a rotisserie on the barbecue and cook till done. GOOD LUCK AND ENJOY!!!!!!
 

[lowbridge]

Hey Hunters, what do you bag for Thanksgiving??

Usually a female (Ok, I haven't succeeded yet, but I try.)

My friends always take me snipe hunting, but I haven't caught anything yet.

[Lee Stetson]

I'm sorry, I've had this problem for years and no one seems to be able to help.

I have tried a number of times to smoke a turkey,

but I just don't know which end to

light!

[AnnaZ]

You're a doll for thinking of, and pinging, me.

 

I haven't had a chance to read the replies, so I'm sure it's already been said... but might you have a few too many zeroes in your recipe directions?

 

Bon appetit!

[BlackbirdSST]

Thanks for the inclusion. Thanks for the smoking tip. Query. I have a Spring Turkey from this season past, frozen hard as a rock. Could I still smoke him? Too late? Blackbird.

[eyebeme]

Hate to admit this but I will. If I had to eat what I've bagged on my big game hunts so far this year I'm eating bark stew and limb chops on Thanksgiving. Hoping luck will change when I set down the bow and pick up the shotgun for opening day of deer season.Sorry no recipes for the stew or the chops.