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How many of you skin the entire bird vs breast and de-leg them. It is pretty easy to quick breast them out but its also nice to have the full bird sometimes. Curious what others take from the bird.
i usually breast them out along with the legs skinless; but if they are not frozen or shot up too bad, I would like to pluck more
Here is more detailed info if you are interested: How to Clean PheasantsI cut off both wings, then remove head and neck, cut off 1 leg (and 1 is kept for transportation and identification the bird as a pheasant). I cut the leg at knee joint. Then I skin the bird starting at the top of the breast all the way to the tail, then remove the tail. Ten I cut along the backbone and pull it (from tail to neck). A lot of entrails go along with it. Th erest is removed manually. Next, I wash it cold waten and it goes into the fridge for transportation.
What brand of shears are you using? Difficult to find good ones...
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I transport them whole. At home I remove the breast, thighs, and legs.
For you guys that are doing some amount of field dressing in the field, I hope you are being discreet with the parts you don't want. It's pretty gross walking up on a pile of bird parts in the ditch beside the walk-in.
I took the pup out the other day to work her into the gun and shoot a couple of doves over her. While I was messing around trying to get logged in on ISportsman she got into a pile of carcasses in the parking lot, my fault for letting her out. Probably didn't screw her up but the last thing I wanted do was start the outing playing catch me in the parking lot before going out to the field to work on bird manners. Some people don't have any sense.
I transport them whole. At home I remove the breast, thighs, and legs.
For you guys that are doing some amount of field dressing in the field, I hope you are being discreet with the parts you don't want. It's pretty gross walking up on a pile of bird parts in the ditch beside the walk-in.