How do you guys clean them? I tried to clean some and ended up having to pick a lot of feathers from the breast fillets. They have very small fine under-feathers that looks like black down. How do you guys keep these off you meat. They are very hard to remove once they attach to breast. The way I did it was to make a lateral cut across the stomach and skinned the breast. Then I filleted the breast meat off each side. Is there a better way to breast out a crow without getting feathers on the meat?
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
I do this with pheasants, chukars and grouse. Try it on a crow, lay bird on its back and step onto the wings as close to breast as possible then grab the feet and pull. On the birds i mentioned all you'll have to do is clip wings off and you'll have a clean breast with no feathers. Try this when the birds are fresh and or warm not ice cold and stiff and let me know if it works on crows too. I can honestly say I've never tryed to clean a crow to eat and prolly never will.
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I do this with pheasants, chukars and grouse. Try it on a crow, lay bird on its back and step onto the wings as close to breast as possible then grab the feet and pull. On the birds i mentioned all you'll have to do is clip wings off and you'll have a clean breast with no feathers. Try this when the birds are fresh and or warm not ice cold and stiff and let me know if it works on crows too. I can honestly say I've never tryed to clean a crow to eat and prolly never will.
I guess I am not following you, are you pulling the bird apart when you pull the feet?
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"If money can fix it, it ain't broke" The great theologian and my crow hunting partner AW.
Yes it actually does pull the bird apart, the head and neck and back,guts etc. come off with the feet and the breast and wings stay intact. As I said I've never tried it on a crow, but it works on every bird I tried it on. You can PM me if you want and I'll explain furthur.
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whatever i'm doing i'm thinking about crow hunting
I do this with pheasants, chukars and grouse. Try it on a crow, lay bird on its back and step onto the wings as close to breast as possible then grab the feet and pull. On the birds i mentioned all you'll have to do is clip wings off and you'll have a clean breast with no feathers. Try this when the birds are fresh and or warm not ice cold and stiff and let me know if it works on crows too. I can honestly say I've never tryed to clean a crow to eat and prolly never will.
Yeah, this works on crows, I have used this method. Like you said, it doesn't work well when the bird has cooled down, but works good when it's still warm.