How to Clean a Grouse in 20 seconds

How to field dress a grouse in seconds. This method leaves you with a clean bone in breast with wings attached. After field dressing with this method you can fillet the breast off the bone for a boneless breast just like chicken. Or remove the wings with shears and roast whole on the bone.
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Ontario grouse hunting
Partridge
Upland game bird

[@FishBigAlberta]

That was a good refresher, haven’t done it in 25 years 🤙😎

[@Mooseracks]

Yup, and if haven't done that in over 50 years

[@Wblair8772]

I usually pluck them but was back in Newfoundland this fall and did a few like that as time was short. Works well when done soon after you get them.

[@BorealExposure]

Absolutely easier when done fresh! This one was still warm.

[@KamKannershomestead]

Notning like some country chicken😎

[@jw112965]

Works for pheasant too

[@kevinkunst4822]

i like this dude

[@BorealExposure]

Thanks! I appreciate that

[@sunnyoftheforest]

Who knew it was so easy!

[@BorealExposure]

Now you know! And knowing is half the battle 😂

[@Mooseracks]

You can always tell a true outdoors man but how little they waste when processing ANY SPECIES OF ANIMAL

[@BorealExposure]

I’m always open to new techniques if you have some tips.

[@HungryElderBerry]

Get the heart, gizzard and legs... its not that hard and if you cook it right the legs actually have a lot of meat...

[@gadgethunter5732]

He literally is tossing about 1/4 of the meat. The legs and thighs cook up just fine .

[@FauxAmis78]

Takes two minutes to cut off the feet and peel back the legs. Might as well!

[@El69Fuego]

Glad he didn’t do the method I learned in Thailand. Lot more gruesome

[@johnbozak1662]

My family has done it this way for years now. But don’t throw the legs away. That’s a waste and a sin as far as I’m concerned.

[@stephencarmichael5156]

I used that method until I began to raise my own chickens and now I dry pluck and waste not. So much waste of nature provided harvest in only eating the breasts. Liver, heart, bone broth the rest and pick off the meat for a soup.

[@BorealExposure]

Thanks for this, I will do some research on dry plucking. In this case I only had 1 bird and was at the very end of the trip.

[@Yugemos]

The Lion King taught me that there is no waste. Just because a human didn't eat it doesn't mean it was wasted.

[@BorealExposure]

@@Yugemos I agree! As long as it stays in the bush it’s not waste. The pine martens and ravens will happily clean it up.

[@gadgethunter5732]

Sorry Scott, but tossing the legs and thighs is a gross injustice to the grouse. They cook up just fine on a low, slow heat. Sear for a smidge on high heat, then add some onion, pepper and garlic. Cover and let cook on low slow heat until juicy and delicious. Don't get distracted. Sure there is some stringy / sinewy stuff that you need to chew around and spit out, but the taste is excellent. Plus there is a little tidbit in the Ontario hunting regs that states it's an offence to dispose of edible parts of a game animal. At least try cooking them as described before encouraging others to dispose of perfectly tasty grouse fare.

[@BorealExposure]

I see your point, this is way I’ve been shown and I see how I can improve. Luckily I’m not much of a successful hunter and this was only the second grouse of the year. Thank you for this comment and I will do better going forward.

[@Mooseracks]

NOPE...THAT IS NOT HOW I WOULD CLEAN A GROUSE ..