I have spent the last couple of hours reading this board. I have read all the posts I could find for new turkey hunters. I am grateful for all that info.

I usually watch whatever turkey shows I can find and have been reading a ton on turkeys for the past year and a half to two years. Some how, I managed to get bitten by the Turkey bug.

Here are my questions:

1. Many times on the shows, after a bird is shot, it is flopping around a bunch. The host walks over steps on its neck and... then cut to the bird draped over his back as he walks out of the woods. Now, I just read somewhere about the potential for injury if you try to pick up a flopping bird. What is the best way to dispatch the bird in this situation?

2. Good guides to field dressing, preparing, etc. ?

I am absolutely new to hunting and ask this in the event I can't find an experienced hunter to mentor me.

Thanks in advance.