In a doomed-to-fail Thanksgiving promotion by a local radio station, live turkeys are thrown from a helicopter. The player must catch the turkeys using the oversized cranberry jello mold. If successful, the turkeys will bounce off and run away. If not, they'll hit the ground like sacks of wet cement.

The game starts slowly, but subsequent levels will drop more turkeys. Each level, the turkeys will drop in a different pattern, increasing in speed as the levels progress.

If you miss one, fear not. But you must save at least 50% each level to progress to the next level. If not, the game is over. Oh the humanity!

Turkey drop is inspired in part from the "Turkeys Away" episode of the TV show WKRP in Cincinnatti and Activision game Kaboom! by Larry Kaplan and David Crane.