ORIGINAL: statjunk
I will typically breast them out too. But if you don't mind you can use the legs and thighs to make some really good meaty gravy to put on the tators! Unfortunetly the above is true. Turkey Legs aren't very good relative to a store bought turkey.
If I was going to keep the whole turkey to make soup and gravy I would just skin it.
Good Luck
Tom
Well I breast them out, then I use the legs, thighs and wings, boil down and cold pull and then make bbq or chili. I of course keep the spurs and beard and tail fan. However, I also take the wing feathers and send them to Gateway to be made into fletch for my arrows!
This year after getting a reply from Lovett Williams himself, am going to try and dry pluck after shooting so I can make some deep fried turkey! [8D]