how much does it weigh

[ilhunter1986]

my girlfriend shot a turkey fri mourning here in illinois. we didnt have a working scale so i could weigh it. i took it to the locker today to get it smoked and it weighed a lil over 18 lbs. does anybody know what the live weight of this bird would have weighed. thanks nathan

[hoyt19]

I shot one opening day of first season that was 26lbs, and 19 before I freezed it.

[Bachflock]

The weight of bird to bird can very a lot. Hard telling without pictures. 18 lbs would not be outside the scope of believability.

[turkeygirl]

I have found that when I clean the bird of it's guts, feathers, skin, head/neck and legs/feet, I lose about 5 lbs. I weight before and usually after because my mom wants to know how much it ways for cooking and that always seems to be the case, about 5 pounds less when dressed.

[huntinguide]

rule of thumb its about 25% lost