We have a week left of the Alabama spring turkey season and my buddies and I have had some really good hunts. Here are a three of the gobblers I have killed.

nice birds what are the lic fees and limits for you.

Alabama license for residents runs about $26 a year, however I have a lifetime license I bought back in 1981.

Nonresidents license are: $294-annual, or $182-10 day, or $129-3 day.

Turkey limit is gobblers only, one per day, five per year.

What do wild turkeys taste like? I was on our property in Tennessee a couple of weeks ago and could of shot some nice birds but passed because didn't have any place to store them as I was in our RV.

Snow, they taste like, well, like turkey.

The breast on wild ones is usually what hunters keep, the legs being kind of tough.

It's also common to smoke the breast meat. Very tasty.

Btw, we just put in a dove field. Sunflower seed. The field was done two days ago, and do you know what? By yesterday I was finding turkey tracks all in it. It appears they have a thing with sunflower seed.

I've also been told if you want to attract turkeys, plant chufa. But after researching it, it seems there are downsides to that plant.

Wild turkey is the best of the game birds, in my opinion. The meat is dark, the flavor is full and is nothing at all like a store bought , tasteless bird. You will not be sorry!

I throw the legs and thighs into a soup pot the breast I do many different things with.

Congrats on your successful season so far.

Way to smash 'em ghostbird! Opening day here tomorrow.

Lovely birds - congratulations!

I fix the breast in two ways:
I cut it across the grain in 2" wide strips. I pound them flat with a tenderizing mallet, soak in milk, bread and deep fry like a chicken tender. Or I put the strips in a casserole dish and marinade in Italian dressing overnite. I then bake it in the oven on 350 for about 30 minutes. Very tasty. Remember its wild lean meat. You cant cook it for very long or it will be very tough.

The legs are harder to deal with. A crock pot works pretty good. I have even boiled them and fed them (no bones) to my dogs as a special treat. They don't seem to mind if its a little tuff.