Quote Originally Posted by 501mooney87 View Post
How do you clean them mean boogers?? :rolleyes:
Use some gloves or a rag to hold his bill. Beat that dude on a tree or telephone pole. Some just hang em up and use a big stick. This make the meat turn loose of the shell. Then chop off head and tail with an axe. I split the belly with a heavy sharp butcher knife. Then pull the body out of the shell, sometimes it may take a little cuttng. After removal of the shell , cut out backstraps with a fillet knife. This is similar to cutting backstraps off of a deer. I then remove any red on the fillets and slice into fry'n sized pieces. Some recipies call for grinding or chopping.