What do you do with the game afterwards?

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I searched a bit but couldn't find an answer to another question of mine. hat do you do with the game afterwards? Take it with you?

I understand you take the big game with you but seeing as how i'm a newbie I only plan on looking for small water fowl or small game in general. Take it to a butcher in the city and eat what he gives back?
 
Its super easy to just pull the skin/feathers off a small grouse or other bird in one big step... then you basically roast it or whatever.

Or you can pluck the feathers...

I don't think a butcher would be very cost effective for a small bird or game.

Its not that hard. Think about it.

Skinning a rabbit is also easy.
 
You clean it and take it home, or take it home and clean it. I take along spices , and eat some in the field if on a week long hunt.
Depending on the game, some benefit from hanging for a day or 2, if not warm out. Keep in the shade anyway. Also game that gets wet requires cleaning pretty quick . Lots of input from others to come , so will stop there.:D
 
I will spare you getting inventive and figuring out how to clean game on your own.... fire YouTube and type in whatever species you are hunting. It seems they have a how to video for darn near everything on the planet!
Also- dig out your Hunters Safety books b/c game cleaning is covered (and there may be other tidbits in there you forgot too ;) )
 
I prefer to do as much cleaning and processing on site as possible. Less to haul home, and less to dispose of in an urban environment. For upland game birds I strip off the breast right then and there and throw them in a baggy or cook them soon. For deer, we've been using as close to a no gut method as possible. We peel back the necessary skin and strip the meat off the bones and into bags. No hoisting and gutting, no fully skinning it. When we are done we leave the deer there if suitable or just drag it to a suitable spot.
 
"...Take it with you?..." Not taking it with you is illegal. Allowing game meat to spoil is a crime.
There are lots of game care books in your public library, on Amazon and at your local gun shop. No butcher will gut any game. They're not equiped nor trained to do it. Some of 'em will cut up a deer or moose carcass for a fee though. Don't bother taking small game. A pair of tin snips or kitchen shears work better than a knife for small game. Rubber gloves are highly recommended. At least elbow length for a deer or moose. Longer is better. Buy or make some cheese cloth(wash 'em first) game bags too.
 
Grouse are really simple to clean. Lay them on their back, spread the wings and stand on the wings close to the body, grab the legs and pull. You should end up with the breast meat with both wings attached. Most everything else stays attached to the legs and is left behind to feed whatever critters live in the bush.
 
As others have said, It is illegal not to use game you have harvested. If all this doesn't suit you, you may want to take up varmint hunting, groundhogs, crows, gophers, etc. can be left as they are in the field.
 
For most birds I usually pluck the breast area, then make a slice down the breast bone. I use a longer thin knife like a short fillet knife, then follow the curve of the ribs down both sides, then I'll make a slice down at the bottom of my cut into the ribs. You'll have to monkey around by the wing joint but when your done you'll have two nice breasts per bird.
 
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