cleaning small game

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Hey guys, I know absolutely nothing about hunting, let alone cleaning anything, but I am working in Whitehorse for the summer so I figured this would be a great time to start.

I can't hunt big game without a guide, but I can hunt rabbits, porcupines, and arctic ground hogs "kis kis".

My girlfriend said if I clean it, she will cook it, so after your done laughing at me....:D

Can someone please give me a few pointers, or post an informative link about how to clean small game?

Thanks MIke.
 
for grouse and ptarmigan, just step on the wings with your feet (placed very close to the torso) and pull firmly and slowly on the feet. The birds insides will smoothly slide out skinned and you can then easily cut the breasts off. No plucking of feathers. Try it, you'll be surprised when you get your first bird, and you'll look like you've been at it for years.
 
Do everything as sgt.rock said , but make sure they are still warm when you do this. If not it will not work very well.


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Check the local laws on hunting, you may need to be there 2 years before hunting as a resident?. Meet hunters, there are experts out that way , and I would take advantage of that, free learning from the best....
Here also !!!, but in the past for me, seeing first hand is choice:cool:
WHY NOT is out that way, super fella....
 
Skip the porcupine (do you really want to deal with those needles?), no idea about the groundhog, but rabbits are super tasty.
One of my favorites for sure! When I moved to BC I had to go through a season of only small game until I became a resident so I feel your pain.
Try this guy for rabbit cleaning- I like his style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpwhOE74TMA&feature=related
 
Wow thanks a lot guys, this information is all great !

I just picked up a .22 mossberg plinkster (bolt action) with a 4x scope.

I sighted her in at 50 yards, so now I just gotta find an open field to hunt gophers, and watch out for Sows with cubs.
 
jaydog said:
Skip the porcupine (do you really want to deal with those needles?), no idea about the groundhog, but rabbits are super tasty.
One of my favorites for sure! When I moved to BC I had to go through a season of only small game until I became a resident so I feel your pain.
Try this guy for rabbit cleaning- I like his style.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpwhOE74TMA&feature=related
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The skinning and cleaning portion was pretty informative, but the boiling and storing it in oil...blech. You spent all this time hunting, killing, and cleaning the animal...and you boil it? What the hell was the point in hunting wild meat, then? That rabbit would taste like nothing of rabbit after boiling for that long.
 
If your suggesting taking the breast only, I wouldn't publicly spread that method around. Some people and maybe some conservation officers might
regard that as a waste of game left to spoil. Which technically is illegal.
That's what I heard anyways.:rolleyes:



sgt.rock said:
for grouse and ptarmigan, just step on the wings with your feet (placed very close to the torso) and pull firmly and slowly on the feet. The birds insides will smoothly slide out skinned and you can then easily cut the breasts off. No plucking of feathers. Try it, you'll be surprised when you get your first bird, and you'll look like you've been at it for years.
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MXZ500 said:
If your suggesting taking the breast only, I wouldn't publicly spread that method around. Some people and maybe some conservation officers might
regard that as a waste of game left to spoil. Which technically is illegal.
That's what I heard anyways.:rolleyes:
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That is the method that is commonly acceptable...nothing wrong with it at all.
How much meat do you think is on a grouse legs/wings anyways? :confused:

Almost everything is edible...Do you expect people to start keeping tongue's or kidneys....how about skinning the meat off the head for burger.
Do you know that you can get more than 10 lbs of burger off a cow head!! It is what is considered "reasonable" for the average person.
 
The small parts are great in a stew , and if in survival mode, remove all skin from birds, and animals. Options, on a stick, or in a pot, I would go the pot option , as you will survive longer , than the fella that just picks the meat off the bones.
 
I'm not here to judge what is right or wrong. But I do seem to recall
in the Hunter/Safety coarse I took long long ago. It was mentioned that
that kind of practice was a no-no. And I'm not saying I've never done it before, Just saying it's not a good idea to promote it on the WWW.

Here's a quote from the Ontario regulations

"You may not let the flesh of any harvested game wildlife (see
Definitions, page 78) which is suitable for food be destroyed,
spoiled or abandoned. This includes black bear. A hunter who kills a furbearing mammal shall not abandon the pelt or
permit the pelt to be spoiled or destroyed."


beefman said:
That is the method that is commonly acceptable...nothing wrong with it at all.
How much meat do you think is on a grouse legs/wings anyways? :confused:

Almost everything is edible...Do you expect people to start keeping tongue's or kidneys....how about skinning the meat off the head for burger.
Do you know that you can get more than 10 lbs of burger off a cow head!! It is what is considered "reasonable" for the average person.
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Grouse/partridge/Prairie Chicken legs are very good to eat and should not be wasted. When I was about 11 or 12, my Dad taught me how to clean a bird, coming away with the breast and legs. The rest was simply wrapped in a newspaper. The breast was cut into four. Fried in butter......:cool:
 
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