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Cleaning a Wild Turkey is Easy

By Robert Householder   Sat, May 07, 2011

Video "How To" on cleaning a wild turkey.

Cleaning a Wild Turkey is Easy

Cleaning a wild turkey is not near as hard as cleaning a deer but can still be a little intimidating to someone who has never done it before. I remember when I killed my first turkey and the thought of “what now?” that went through my head.

This “Varticle” (video article) will help give you the basics on cleaning a turkey. It’s easy, requires very few tools and very little space. All you have to do is…  well, never mind, just watch the two videos. Once you have watched the video above, click here to watch part two. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1XL0KFqG0 

By Robert Householder

Robert Householder

Robert was introduced to hunting by his uncle, Jeff Hendricks, at a very young age. He grew up in the outdoors, hunting and fishing at every opportunity. He started, as most boys do, with hunting squirrels and rabbits but was soon deer hunting with his uncle and thus started a true love for deer hunting. Jeff and Robert were two of a kind and stayed in the woods or on the water as much as possible until his uncles death in 2007.

Robert was introduced to turkey hunting by a close friend, Jerry Golden, and soon developed a passion for hunting this elusive bird. It remains one of his favorite game to hunt.

Robert has branched out of just hunting in Alabama to include states like Iowa, Mississippi and Georgia. He hopes to continue to hunt game in other states in the future. Robert is a veteran of the first Gulf war and served in the USAF for a total of 7 years, including assignments in Germany, Nebraska, Texas and Illinois.

Robert is the owner of an IT Managed Services company (www.gtinow.com) in Greenville, Alabama and is the founder of TalkHunting. He has been married to his wonderful wife, Annette, since 1985 and has 3 grown children, 2 sons and a daughter. He also has one grand daughter, (Katie) and one Grandson (Jake). Robert is also a hobbyist beekeeper.

God, Family and the outdoors are his life.....

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Comments(6):

  1. cleaning a wild turkey is easy

    excellent how to article and videos. thanks robert.

    Sunday, May 08, 2011 brad

  2. Nice!

    Very informative clips Robert. Great how-tos.

    Sunday, May 08, 2011 Duane

  3. Thank You

    Thank You8 Robert, an informnative articlew

    Sunday, May 08, 2011 clyde

  4. That was Great HM! Me personally having never cleaned a Turkey, that was very informative and eases my mind some now for when I do get my first Gobbler! Thanks!

    Tuesday, May 10, 2011 Anthony

  5. Feel like a Pro now...

    Great Varticle Robert... I had always given my Bird away because I was to lazy to clean it... Next Video I like to see is skinning a Wild Turkey under 3 Min's

    Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Dennis

  6. Turkey clening

    Nice job, HM! That's the way I breast one, too. Very good demonstration. Thanks!!

    Monday, May 23, 2011 Jimmy