RDhunter gave my advice...if im not going to be home quickly, i will field dress the bird in the woods by opening it up between the breast bone and back legs...think of the hole that is in the ones at the store..thats where you make your cut...dont go deep...turkeys are one of the smelliest critters to field dress as it is IMO.

then its upto your prefered cooking methods on how you take care of the rest....i learned that the only meat that you can chew from a wild turkey is usually the breasts..legs are tiny and tough...not much meat elsewhere..so i been breasting mine out lately. from there i usually cut it into chunks and marinade them and grill them..since im the only one that eats them, i found thats the best way to do it...but theres 10000s of options for cooking/processing the bird...