Bird knife with the gut hook on it

Sorry for the confusion.
I was actually referring to this:
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actually, considering what 'gut hook' gets with a quick google, perhaps that hook is actually the precursor to our modern device. tho if that's the case, rather then cut, that hook would tear or rip the hide.

again, it's only supposition, but it will be interesting to see what the real answer is.
 
I think you make an incision with the knife blade, insert the hook, twirl it around a few times to get everything wrapped up neatly and pull it out.

I'm not sure though.
 
This thing with the hook comes up in old Europe. It is to use for game bird, upland Birds and Ducks. ( do not work on geese )
Stick the hook in the After deep, turn 3/4 or 1 turn around and pull the guts slowly out. During your pulling keep turn around.
Dont forget to cut the throat ( sometimes are little bugs in there and seeds ) you dont wana spoil your bird.

In Europe, the Hunters use to hang the Birds a couple days ( in French at least one week ). If your Bird is hanging a couple days with the guts and uncutten throat your bird is spoild.
 
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Before buying one I would like to know how to use it.
 
pharaoh2 said:
The process is simple. Shoot your bird, flip it over, shove the hook straight up it's arse and twist it around a few times. Pull the hook out and the guts come with it. :wave:
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Sorry but don't quite understand. There must be a step that you are missing. Like cutting around the arse?

Not mentioning that I would cut the throat first.

This is what I got from another forum:
A bird hook and a gut hook are actually quite different. The bird hook looks like a piece of coat hanger bent into a hook (not a hooked blade like you're thinking of, Tyler) that usually flips out of a folding knife like a blade.

I bought a small bird knife with a hook a few years ago out of curiosity. To use it, you basically make a cut between the breast muscle and the vent, slip the hook into the cavity, and give it a twirl (like with spaghetti on fork). Most of the intestines, heart, and stomach tangle around the shaft and pull out pretty easily, but I butterfly most of my quail and breast out my dove, so it's not terribly useful. It does come in handy if you have a special recipe requiring whole birds. The blade of this knife, on the other hand, is great. It's a really narrow clip blade that is awesome for removing shot and tracked feathers from the meat with little damage.

Field dressing small birds with a gut hook may help them cool more quickly, but I never noticed a difference in taste or texture, even with early-season dove. Little birds cool pretty quickly due to their size, so it probably won't matter. Field dressing larger birds like grouse and ducks will help them cool down, but at that size, the tiny little bird hook wasn't very useful to me. I just reach into the cavity and pluck the guts out of my bigger birds if I'll be carrying them awhile.
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Yep - No need to open em up - just up the arse end - twist a couple full turns or so and pull guts and everything out. Some times I do that again and get out heart etc. way up in chest cavity too. Bird cools better and is notably lighter to carry - which makes a difference if you have more than a few hanging on a belt.

I often cut a clean green fork of a small tree limb for the purpose - cut it long enough and leave about 1/4" or so protruding to wind up the guts. Works fine.
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08-26-2007, 12:03 PM #3
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Originally Posted by Whelen B
Yep - No need to open em up - just up the arse end - twist a couple full turns or so and pull guts and everything out. Some times I do that again and get out heart etc. way up in chest cavity too. Bird cools better and is notably lighter to carry - which makes a difference if you have more than a few hanging on a belt.

I often cut a clean green fork of a small tree limb for the purpose - cut it long enough and leave about 1/4" or so protruding to wind up the guts. Works fine.

Your description is disgusting...

But yup, up the arse and twist just bout covers the operation
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canidae said:
I think you make an incision with the knife blade, insert the hook, twirl it around a few times to get everything wrapped up neatly and pull it out.

I'm not sure though.
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You pretty much got it. Except for the neat part - there's usually some bits and pieces left behind.
 
Yep, that's it. Shove it up the bird's arse (no cutting, plucking, whatever) and dig around in there until you can feel you've hooked onto a big pile of guts, then pull it all out, ripping through the thin skin. Repeat as necessary.

I've never heard of cutting a bird's neck or spilling the crop. I always 'pull' the grouse when I return to the car anyway.

Case also makes a bird hunter knife, model 053. Mine is a Buck.
 
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