Looking for some good Dove recipes.

[Moose1am]

Thanks Bandit1. You give excellent and concise directions.

I think that's similar to how I did it. I was not sure which way to point the feet. LOL and I tore the head off first and got blood on my fingers. That made the featuers stick to my hands which was not pretty! LOL

The second dove I cleaned I left the head on. I cut the wings off like you said and that worked good.

I think that I also ended up seperating the breast meat from the backbone too. Not sure what I did. I'll have to watch some one that knows what they are doing someday to see if I am doing it the easy way or the hard way.

But breast up and feet away from me gets me orientated and ready to pluck the meat off the bird.

Thank you.

The way I clean mine is:

I cut off both wings with side cutters, the I put the bird belly up in my hand, feet away from me, about right in between the legs, you will feel the back of the breast, put your finger in under that and peal the guts and all back, pull it off once you clear the breast, then skin the top. when you get all of the done, take them to the water hose and make sure you got all of the guts out, and wash the feathers off of them and you. It takes about 15 to 20 seconds/bird (not counting wash time) this way, once you get used to it. it is messy though, My hands look like they have been tar & feathers when I am done, but it is all worth it when I am chowing down.

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I hope this helps,

Jason

[RickV]

Also while hunting is slow in the field, I start "flucking" the ones I have already shot, stick them in a zip bag drop, drop them in a cooler.