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  1. 04-28-2008, 02:06 PM #1
    ilhunter1986
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    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
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  2. 04-29-2008, 10:08 PM #2
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    I shot one opening day of first season that was 26lbs, and 19 before I freezed it.
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  3. 04-30-2008, 06:19 PM #3
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    The weight of bird to bird can very a lot. Hard telling without pictures. 18 lbs would not be outside the scope of believability.
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  4. 04-30-2008, 09:36 PM #4
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    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.
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  5. 05-01-2008, 06:12 PM #5
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    rule of thumb its about 25% lost
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