Folks: I know we just talked about tanning and preserving hides, but today I
came upon a HUGE roadkilled wild turkey.. I skidded on the brakes, turned
around and picked him up..His body, head and tail were pretty messed up, but
his wings were in almost perfect shape (and he has some feathers that are over
a foot long and over 2 inches across. Huge feathers..Anyway, what I did (for
now, till I can get some advise) is cut the wings loose from the body at the
shoulders, put the meaty end in a gallon zip lock, bought three boxes of
tablesalt and poured it in the bag, filling it past where any raw meat was
sticking out.. What should I do now??? I thought about just clipping the big
wing feathers off, but there is a whole patch of small (hen like) feathers on
each wing too..Thanks, Chuck
