magnatecsteve Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Just wondering who all plucks their birds or who skins? I tried pluckin my first...made a heck of a mess and still ended up skinnin it. Anyone have any tips on bird cleaning?? I've heard of the dippin in parafin trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkeygirl Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I tried plucking one time... it is so much easier to just pull the skin and feathers off at the same time and the skin rips easily when you try to pluck anyway so that's what I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambuscher Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? skin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrud Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? Take a 1" cut on the breat bone, tear it open and take out the breast meat. With removing the fan and beard also, it's about a 10 minute total process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuntnMa Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? i pluck one and then i skin one, if i get two, this year it was skinning.....if you can get a container big enough for you to put your bird in, boil the water and dip it, just for a minute or so, those feathers come off real easy....then you take some fire to lil feathers that are left, unless you want them, to me, it's not too bad, they come off in the fryer anyhow ,lol.......but if you need to get it perfect, the fire works well too..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borch Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I've plucked all but one that I've shot. If you want to pluck one dip the bird in hot water(150-180 degrees) then pluck. The hot water loosens the pores so the feathers pull easier. Plus, wetting them down keeps the feathers from flying everywhere. I like to deep fry mine so I pluck them. Borch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rutnroy Posted May 8, 2005 Report Share Posted May 8, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? just skin out the breast , much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo_hunter Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? [ QUOTE ] Take a 1" cut on the breat bone, tear it open and take out the breast meat. With removing the fan and beard also, it's about a 10 minute total process. [/ QUOTE ] same here but I also remove the legs and keep the spurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bow Hunter Derek Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I've tried the plucking route and no thanks. I skin them pretty much complete. Then I cut out the breast meat and the thighs. Even my dog won't touch the legs, so those go in the trash. I find if you skin them complete, it is much easier to get all the good meat from the bird. If I just open up the breast and pull the meat out, I end up doing a sloppy job and leave some good meat in there. Skinning it also lets you get those two good chunks of white meat up on the high back area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I plucked my 1st bird. The 2nd got skinned and breated out. Its not a butterball from the grocery store so why bother. LOL Marinate and grill the breat meat. Yummy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut_Buster Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I take the breast I've plucked before... wow... lol.. they got alot of them feathers lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? Personally I pluck and put them whole on the smoker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I just skin and fillet out the breast meat, then grill it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maytom Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? Skin out and filet the breast meat off as well!! Then cut up meat into strips, dip in egg/floor, brown in oil, and have some great turkey fingers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaCoyote Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Re: Pluck or skin...?? I havent had any probs plucking them. Just do it right away and you shouldn't have any probs. Plucking is easy. Don't grab too many feathers at once pluck it fresh and they should come right out. I can do a bird in 15 minutes or so then plop it in the deep fryer. Tried the fillet method. I'd rather eat my boots. You guys really don't know what your missing! Turkeys are a LOT easier than ducks or geese and the limit is only a couple a year so why cut corners? Pluck it, deep fry it, and you can thank me later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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