the rule is you can eat turkeys in any month that does not have an R in it in NZ, may, june july, august. I roasted one in early september this year as there weren't any crickets yet & it was good.
as a young hunter (12ish) i got one so Mum showed me how to pluck, gut & prepare it for cooking. She helped me get it started & then my parents went out to a relations house. man did i know i had got it in the wrong season after a while cooking, it stunk the entire house out. lesson learnt, se told me not to do it until the time of year was right.