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Old 04-30-2004 | 10:20 AM
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t roy
 
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Default first kill/tape worms

Took two of my good friends out this morning to begin their first season of turkey hunting. Day started poorly, overslept and didnt get into the woods til 6:30; but within a short time things changed for the better, i called in a nice bird and in the end my buddy Scott bagged his first turkey, 9 in beard 1 in spurs, about 24 pounds.

When I dressed the bird, I noticed a few tape worms, at least thats what they looked like (about 1.5 inches long, white, sectioned). not alot of them just a few in the body cavity after i removed the birds entrails. everything else looks normal, muscle, organs etc; turkey acted and sounded normal.

I have only cleaned 1 other turkey and was wondering if this is something somewhat normal or is the bird unfit for consumption?
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