TiggerTrigger
a.k.a. HouCuseChickie
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A fully frozen turkey (Zero or lower) can be kept indefinitely. Taste and texture start to decline after 1 year. So generally, they are not kept. And remember they want to make way for other more seasonal items in their freezers. Most stores will sell out their Thanksgiving extras by Christmas and be back to normal supply amounts in January.
Note that if you have a freezer that can maintain zero, you can buy one dirt cheep at thanksgiving and have it in the spring.
We like to stock up on them around this time of year and have turkey throughout the yearly. I think the picture below is 2014 or 2015. Turkeys dropped to $0.24/lb and we still had our massive chest freezer back then. We have a smaller freezer now, but still aim for 4-5 if prices and sizes are good.