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Prep. & Cook Game Birds

Achieving safe and tasty table fare begins the moment you shoot the bird.

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Preparation
Putting a good meal on the table begins the moment you shoot the duck (pheasant, goose, etc). It’s essential that...

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Breast your Bird
An alternative to plucking the whole bird is to ‘breast’ the bird to take most of the usable meat for...

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Plucking
Most people just breast ducks and other game birds, as this uses most of the edible meat. But it’s not...

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Gutting
Now comes the fun part, gutting the bird, drawing the bird, eviscerating it, whatever you want to call it. gutting 0...

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Cooking
Game birds are lean and with very low fat content, so they shouldn't be cooked like commercial chicken (they are...

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