Thanks. I am fifteen and shot my first grouse today. I had no clue how to clean it, but learned everything I needed to know. It was very easy and effective. Thanks for the helpful and informative video.
This was an excellent tutorial. My wife and were able to clean the grouse we killed immediately after watching your video without the slightest difficulty. We especially appreciated the fact that the video showed us how to keep the leg meat, heart, kidneys, and gizzard, all of which we would have hated wasting. Subbed! - Martin
I started going grouse hunting with my dad last year, the first one i got he taught me how to clean it and it was the same process as this except we plucked the feathers and it was indeed a nightmare. Then we got a couple this weekend and we tried the technique of just pulling the breast out and it worked pretty slick. This video was extremly helpful and i will probably be trying this in the future!
i do not hunt, but i was surprised by the very minimal bleeding while dressing. before you started your instruction i was like 'hey dude, where are the nitrile gloves?!' thanks for this very informative visual presentation.
Hey man, it's funny seeing all the comments talking about how they just shot their first grouse and this video really helped them out. Anyways I just shot my first grouse today and this video is a massive help. ;)
plucking grouse is easy. Pluck before cool down and before making any cuts. I even singe the hair off before gutting. I cook the birds in a rotisserie grill and baste with butter every 15 minutes. Delicious!
Thanks so much for the informative video. I appreciate that you do not want to use as much of the consumables as possible. It is worth the extra effort to minimize the waste. I saw so many videos of the pull the wings technique, but see no reason to be in such a hurry.
Glad you found it useful, this is one of the harder ways to do it, just more complete. Getting the bird we certainly be much more difficult! Good luck to you.
+Will Blake They do work well and are pretty cheap. If I'm feeling fancy I cut the ligements at the joint and leave a nice round knee bone that doesn't poke thru the bag.
If you shoot a 12ga, I recommend 1 1/4 oz 7 1/2 shot. Something hotter than the game bird loads. I shoot 1330 fps Remington. Some guys like a lighter load but you'll be cutting through some brush and the extra speed will help since they are very quick. I use a skeet choke, no tighter than improved cylinder though. The skeet spread will help since you will be working in the 20 yard range and it won't tear up the woodcock so bad, lighter loads for these are fine but I hunt both at the same time so carrying 2 loads doesn't work for me. Congrats on getting into the greatest game bird!
I think it's worth it. I like the gizzard and hearts but admit I don't always save them. Also the legs are easily separated and saved, rather than saving the entire back and carcus like I show here, often I'll just separate the legs off save them and the breast.
That's what I always did. Lay it on it's back, wings out, step on the wings, grab feet and pull up slow but firmly. Then you have the breast and legs. Rest is pretty easy to get with your thumb and fingers. Rinse and cook.
A small note is why contaminate the water with all that parts leave it for the other animal. Not to mention all that feather down stream. I scoop my water out in an REID collasable bucket clean the same way and dispose waste under a tree stump
There is no chance that this amount of waste has an effect on contamination of a stream. The gut pile and all other waste is consumed by cray fish or other stream organisms.
this is a very helpful video, I have previously just stepped on the wings and pulled the feet to expose the breast and saved the heart, nothing else. seems rather wasteful now but that's how i learned.
There's a few options since it's whole. You can roast whole or quarter up, brown in bacon fat and slow simmer then simmer again in cream of mushroom soup. Also tried slow cook in crock which is good also, but I wouldn't win any culinary awards. 🙂
Cut it up fry in a pan with bacon.. slowly.. then boil potatoes carrots and make pot of gravey. Put everything into pot on low for half hour don't over cook before u put it all into the pot
Much better this way if you want to make a little roast, or keep the bits for a stock. One thing to make sure about, no matter if youre a leg puller, or a plucker, a lot of places want at least one wing still attached for the wardens to verify what type of bird you have, until you get home.
I've never done a complete clean like this before with any birds. I'm one of them fillet off the breasts and be done already. But, I'm going to try this on some birds. I'm in need of some good recipes too. Thanks for the video.
Very good video. Anyone who would just take the breast of a game bird and throw away the legs and back would be guilty of wanton waste, so thanks for showing folks how easy it is to clean the entire bird and also use the giblets. My only criticism is that I would not rinse the bird in a creek for fear of introducing bacteria.
You forgot to keep all the feathers for making homemade pillows, and all the guts to take home for organic composting. Lazy wasteful people like you enrage me.
Here's how to cook into delicious stew. Works with any gamebird. Even your left over grocery story rotisserie chicken! www.themetropioneer.com/2012/01/pheasant-soup.html?m=1 This works for any gamebird or chicken. Only thing I do different is fry it up first in bottom of pan to give colour n flavour. Then make your vegetable chicken stock and strain and add nice veggies and noodles. I also put pearl barley in. The apples give soup a kick :)
Lots of people do it that way, and that's fine. This is showing a more complete use of the bird. Do you save the gizzard, heart, and legs when you do it your way?
Thanks for the video. I usually just step on the wings & keep the breast. But, in my experience the bones make the best broth for soups : ) I have started keeping everything mmmmmm
+Lynn Young I know this is the long way for sure, but I actually like the legs the most even though there isn't much meat, just good flavor. Thanks for watching!
+tilley Schmolph I respectively disagree, the legs do have a lot of tendons but they are the most flavorful, especially if you slow cook it all together. Hunting the king of game birds is a lot of work, cleaning them is easy. Thanks for watching!
The legs do have a lot of tendons, but the meat can be filleted off of the bones, or the legs, back, giblets, and neck can be roasted then boiled to make stock for gravy. It is more work to do all of that, but it adds flavor and doesn't waste any meat.
Those large black feathers on the neck as well as the large dark band on the tail are the key to whether it's a cock or hen, hence the name 'ruffed'. Sometimes the head crest is darker too. Much more difficult and time consuming way to clean a bird than necessary. As mentioned below, with the bird upside down on the ground, spread the wings and step on each up close to the breast. Slowly pull both the legs until the bird completely separates and you will be left with a clean breast with the wings attached for identification if needed or simply chop them off. If you want some of the innards, then dig through the gut pile and get them. Your method is way more complicated than necessary. Thanks for the video tho'.
Steve Mazz I agree, if you commonly drink directly out of creeks and lakes then I would recommend always filtering your water. However if you don't you might drink dead fish, animal feces or your neighbor's old leftovers. You're ahead of the curve anyway so you should be fine with that thinking.
Thanks. I am fifteen and shot my first grouse today. I had no clue how to clean it, but learned everything I needed to know. It was very easy and effective. Thanks for the helpful and informative video.
That is great Maxx, you are in an exclusive club now. Many more are in your future. I'm glad you found the video useful!
just step in the wings close to the body, grab the legs and pull fast easy and rest of meat and organs are easily saved.
@@kpj9028 i was about to say the same thing
@@gregmeir in canada you have to save wings to show species
This was one of the only videos I found that used more than the breast. Thank you for sharing this!
Thanks most don't use the whole bird. It's worth the time. Good luck out there!
This was an excellent tutorial. My wife and were able to clean the grouse we killed immediately after watching your video without the slightest difficulty. We especially appreciated the fact that the video showed us how to keep the leg meat, heart, kidneys, and gizzard, all of which we would have hated wasting.
Subbed!
- Martin
Wow thanks for that great review. I'm so happy you were able to use it on a the most worthy of birds. Thank you.
Well done, this is more my style. Use as much as posible. I often keep the feathers for crafts and flie tying.
More great uses, I wish I fly fished, glad you enjoyed it.
I started going grouse hunting with my dad last year, the first one i got he taught me how to clean it and it was the same process as this except we plucked the feathers and it was indeed a nightmare. Then we got a couple this weekend and we tried the technique of just pulling the breast out and it worked pretty slick. This video was extremly helpful and i will probably be trying this in the future!
i do not hunt, but i was surprised by the very minimal bleeding while dressing. before you started your instruction i was like 'hey dude, where are the nitrile gloves?!' thanks for this very informative visual presentation.
It is minimal on game birds. Big game of course is different. Gloves are not a bad idea. Thanks for the comments.
Hey man, it's funny seeing all the comments talking about how they just shot their first grouse and this video really helped them out. Anyways I just shot my first grouse today and this video is a massive help. ;)
Ha, that is great glad it was useful!
plucking grouse is easy. Pluck before cool down and before making any cuts. I even singe the hair off before gutting. I cook the birds in a rotisserie grill and baste with butter every 15 minutes. Delicious!
Great suggestion, I'll have to give that a try. Thanks!
bro everybody here is hunters. This is a class assignment. BRUUUH
Thanks so much for the informative video. I appreciate that you do not want to use as much of the consumables as possible. It is worth the extra effort to minimize the waste. I saw so many videos of the pull the wings technique, but see no reason to be in such a hurry.
J E Thanks I'm glad you found it useful. I appreciate the feedback.
Thank You for all your feed back it does not look as hard as I thought it would be. Now all I have to do is get one.
Glad you found it useful, this is one of the harder ways to do it, just more complete. Getting the bird we certainly be much more difficult! Good luck to you.
Never thought of the shears for the wings. Gave you a thumbs up for a way to save my blades.
+Will Blake They do work well and are pretty cheap. If I'm feeling fancy I cut the ligements at the joint and leave a nice round knee bone that doesn't poke thru the bag.
Thank you for that i learned more than i thought was even useable on a grouse.
Glad you enjoyed it, good luck this season!
This is awesome! Im soon to take my hunting course and will be out for grouse for sure! Thanks for showing me the ropes! :-)
Welcome to the sport. You will be hooked and good luck on your hinting test!
@@UnderFortyYards Thank you! 👍
in my opinion best video on cleaning yet thank you for the information👍😎
Thanks I appreciate that.
Well done! Thanks for this vid. I really hate the "step on the wing" method as I think it wastes a lot of meat.
Thanks, I agree completely!
Great video. I completely agree with trying to use the whole bird. Well done and very informative.
Noel Slater Thank you I'm glad it was useful.
Thank you for your thoroughness. Hope I do my first grouse justice. 🙂
Thanks I appreciate that. Good luck on your first cleaning, that will be great!
My vision is like gravity legs but your feet on the feathers and then pull a straight up in it this opens up you don't need to pluck the feathers out
i am in the process of getting ready to go out on Sunday missed a few last weekend
Good luck, I head north for the week in the woods this weekend.
this is the easiest method ever! thanks!
I'm glad you found it useful. Maybe not the easiest way, just shows just a more complete way to use the bird.
Step on the wings, pull the legs that takes out guts. Clip the wings off and head and boom
Solid video. It's worth the work. Soup is the most efficient use of the bird.
Thanks, I agree!
I never really tried cleaning the bird like this ill give it a try
So I'm just getting into grouse hunting what's the best round to use
If you shoot a 12ga, I recommend 1 1/4 oz 7 1/2 shot. Something hotter than the game bird loads. I shoot 1330 fps Remington. Some guys like a lighter load but you'll be cutting through some brush and the extra speed will help since they are very quick. I use a skeet choke, no tighter than improved cylinder though. The skeet spread will help since you will be working in the 20 yard range and it won't tear up the woodcock so bad, lighter loads for these are fine but I hunt both at the same time so carrying 2 loads doesn't work for me.
Congrats on getting into the greatest game bird!
We use .22LR for small game birds.
20 ga. #8 TO #6 OR A 12GA.
And or a 22
177.cal pellet game varmit with 3x9x40 scope
Growing up my father taught me to just breast them out. I like this. I want to use the whole bird. I will try this. Thank you.
I think it's worth it. I like the gizzard and hearts but admit I don't always save them. Also the legs are easily separated and saved, rather than saving the entire back and carcus like I show here, often I'll just separate the legs off save them and the breast.
The way i was shown was by stepping either on the legs or wings and pulling one or the other which worked crazy fast but this seems proper
That's what I always did. Lay it on it's back, wings out, step on the wings, grab feet and pull up slow but firmly. Then you have the breast and legs. Rest is pretty easy to get with your thumb and fingers. Rinse and cook.
A small note is why contaminate the water with all that parts leave it for the other animal. Not to mention all that feather down stream. I scoop my water out in an REID collasable bucket clean the same way and dispose waste under a tree stump
There is no chance that this amount of waste has an effect on contamination of a stream. The gut pile and all other waste is consumed by cray fish or other stream organisms.
Thank you👌
this is a very helpful video, I have previously just stepped on the wings and pulled the feet to expose the breast and saved the heart, nothing else. seems rather wasteful now but that's how i learned.
Thanks for the comments. I think it's worth a try this way. It is more work.
UnderFortyYards it can't be too much work if you kill it anther 2 Mims to clean would be worth it rite
How do you like to cook a grouse once you have it dressed like you show in the video?
There's a few options since it's whole. You can roast whole or quarter up, brown in bacon fat and slow simmer then simmer again in cream of mushroom soup. Also tried slow cook in crock which is good also, but I wouldn't win any culinary awards. 🙂
Cut it up fry in a pan with bacon.. slowly.. then boil potatoes carrots and make pot of gravey. Put everything into pot on low for half hour don't over cook before u put it all into the pot
Nice vid also I got the same knife just smaller version
Hard to beat the a Buck Hunter
Did u get that knife at a Ford shop in Manitoba? Because I have the same one
Yep, I was hoping you didn't notice it was missing. :)
Always eat every part of the bird! Don't waste! I agree the legs are the absolute best. Love them
This video really helped me thank you for making it
I'm glad you found it useful. Thanks for watching.
Much better this way if you want to make a little roast, or keep the bits for a stock. One thing to make sure about, no matter if youre a leg puller, or a plucker, a lot of places want at least one wing still attached for the wardens to verify what type of bird you have, until you get home.
That is true, leave a wing to stay legal.
nice video man, I just got into upland bird hunting. This was very helpful.
Thanks, I hope you are hooked on the uplands. We need more sportsman out there.
Good video though. I would keep the tail for a tail mount. Keep em coming.
Very interesting and informative video. Thanks.
Thank you, glad you found it interesting.
I like the way too clean the gizzards that's how I do it too. I love the gizzard. Ducks. Chicken any bird actually
hey man thanks for this video, I keep both parts heart and gizzards but I've never seen it full dressed like this. take care
Nathan Stephens Thanks for the comments.
I've never done a complete clean like this before with any birds. I'm one of them fillet off the breasts and be done already. But, I'm going to try this on some birds. I'm in need of some good recipes too. Thanks for the video.
Why throw everything in the water?
The fish and crawfish need to eat too.
So glad to see someone use the whole bird!!! That's how it should be gone! Don't waste what could be eaten.
I agree completely, thanks for the comments!
Good video. Well done.
Thank you
Thanks!
great video. appreciate it.
+acsidaho Thanks for the nice feedback!
thank you for the video it was very interesting
Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful.
Just shot my first grouse, we’ll see how this goes!
Congrats!
This is the way my grandpa taught me, him and I use this way if the stepping on the wings and pulling method doesn’t work.
Thanks it's also how my father and grandfather taught me.
Try stepping on both wings and pulling both legs, mush easier
Many people do this I realize. I'm trying to show something different and how to use the entire bird.
DALA BEAST He knows that dummy! He was showing a different way!
Very good video. Anyone who would just take the breast of a game bird and throw away the legs and back would be guilty of wanton waste, so thanks for showing folks how easy it is to clean the entire bird and also use the giblets. My only criticism is that I would not rinse the bird in a creek for fear of introducing bacteria.
Thanks for the comments, I agree completely.
You forgot to keep all the feathers for making homemade pillows, and all the guts to take home for organic composting. Lazy wasteful people like you enrage me.
I think it is a male bird. You can almost always tell because of how much black is on the bird's neck.
Jackson Kearney
just did two, wish i'd watched this first...
Can someone do that with tordos ? xD
Nice video
Be better if you didn't throw the remains into the water. Leave it for weasels, mink and such.
Oh you didnt know that you're not supposed to feed wild animals?
Here's how to cook into delicious stew. Works with any gamebird. Even your left over grocery story rotisserie chicken!
www.themetropioneer.com/2012/01/pheasant-soup.html?m=1
This works for any gamebird or chicken. Only thing I do different is fry it up first in bottom of pan to give colour n flavour. Then make your vegetable chicken stock and strain and add nice veggies and noodles. I also put pearl barley in. The apples give soup a kick :)
It’s a waist not to keep the whole bird.
It’s literally easier than that. All you have to do is step in the wings and pull the legs
Lots of people do it that way, and that's fine. This is showing a more complete use of the bird. Do you save the gizzard, heart, and legs when you do it your way?
Thanks for the video. I usually just step on the wings & keep the breast. But, in my experience the bones make the best broth for soups : ) I have started keeping everything mmmmmm
+Lynn Young I know this is the long way for sure, but I actually like the legs the most even though there isn't much meat, just good flavor. Thanks for watching!
Thats way too much work. Step on the wings and pull on the legs. Thats it.
Ericka Johnson He knows that! He was showing a different method that is a more complete cleaning dummy
just step on the wings and pull up and all the meat will comeout it is really not hard
Lazy and wastefull
dede mcintyre That’s how I always clean them.
i use your method as well. its not lazy or wasteful. once the guts are removed the heart,liver and gizzard are easily saved.
way too much work. The legs are full of tendons and no meat on the back. Commendable though
+tilley Schmolph I respectively disagree, the legs do have a lot of tendons but they are the most flavorful, especially if you slow cook it all together. Hunting the king of game birds is a lot of work, cleaning them is easy. Thanks for watching!
The legs do have a lot of tendons, but the meat can be filleted off of the bones, or the legs, back, giblets, and neck can be roasted then boiled to make stock for gravy. It is more work to do all of that, but it adds flavor and doesn't waste any meat.
over complicated.
Those large black feathers on the neck as well as the large dark band on the tail are the key to whether it's a cock or hen, hence the name 'ruffed'. Sometimes the head crest is darker too. Much more difficult and time consuming way to clean a bird than necessary. As mentioned below, with the bird upside down on the ground, spread the wings and step on each up close to the breast. Slowly pull both the legs until the bird completely separates and you will be left with a clean breast with the wings attached for identification if needed or simply chop them off. If you want some of the innards, then dig through the gut pile and get them. Your method is way more complicated than necessary. Thanks for the video tho'.
Here is an example of WHY you need to filter your water... People like this that through dead animals in the water supply.
Steve Mazz I agree, if you commonly drink directly out of creeks and lakes then I would recommend always filtering your water. However if you don't you might drink dead fish, animal feces or your neighbor's old leftovers. You're ahead of the curve anyway so you should be fine with that thinking.
Steve Mazz “throw” my boy...the word you wanted was throw.
What do you think happens when fish die ? Lmao
Tyler McCollum lol got heeem