I am not sure about the biochemistry, but you are right about the meat. I have hunted turkeys for nearly 30 years and I can tell you if they smell a rat more than 30 or 40 seconds and you shoot them their meat is drawn up and tough. Also, since you are hunting them during the spring when they are mating, if you shoot them when they are r…
I am not sure about the biochemistry, but you are right about the meat. I have hunted turkeys for nearly 30 years and I can tell you if they smell a rat more than 30 or 40 seconds and you shoot them their meat is drawn up and tough. Also, since you are hunting them during the spring when they are mating, if you shoot them when they are really wound up and think they are about to mate with the decoy they also are drawn up and the meat is quite stressed out. If you shoot a turkey that is rather contentand just hanging out, the meat is literally relaxed, and it actually taste better.
We recently bought property and see chillin turkeys on it all the time with our trail cams. I heard wild ones are gamey tasting though. Looking forward to the woods even though I have been next to the south FL beach my whole life.
I am not sure about the biochemistry, but you are right about the meat. I have hunted turkeys for nearly 30 years and I can tell you if they smell a rat more than 30 or 40 seconds and you shoot them their meat is drawn up and tough. Also, since you are hunting them during the spring when they are mating, if you shoot them when they are really wound up and think they are about to mate with the decoy they also are drawn up and the meat is quite stressed out. If you shoot a turkey that is rather contentand just hanging out, the meat is literally relaxed, and it actually taste better.
We recently bought property and see chillin turkeys on it all the time with our trail cams. I heard wild ones are gamey tasting though. Looking forward to the woods even though I have been next to the south FL beach my whole life.