Eating grouse on backcountry hunts

KMT

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I see then all the time when hunting for deer and elk in Colorado. I finally shot one a few years ago. It may just be grouse in the area where I hunt, but that bad boy was nasty. Now I just let them live to see another day.
 
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It's more work than you usually want to do to feather them after elk hunting all day, but leaving the skin on keeps them juicy and adds the fat.

One incredible way to do them is to defeather, rub with a spice rub, roast over fire on a stick. In a pan, 1/2 Nalgene of huckleberries, whiskey, and dehydrated drink mix.

Mash the berries and reduce the berries over a fire till it's the consistency of syrup.

Dip meat in huckleberry reduction and enjoy.

It was a lot of work, but one of the best meals I've ever had...
 
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I mainly hunt during the archery season, however, during the rifle season grouse is my quarry with my 10/22.

I like to cook mine in a crock pot at home, in the woods I've done it over a fire and in a pot of boiling water.

I've never de-feathered a bird yet, at least not the traditional way. Usually I'll chop the head off then stand on each wing and pull with the legs. Everything comes right off, except the wings, I'll have to cut those off. This process takes about 30 seconds.
 

2ski

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I mainly hunt during the archery season, however, during the rifle season grouse is my quarry with my 10/22.

I like to cook mine in a crock pot at home, in the woods I've done it over a fire and in a pot of boiling water.

I've never de-feathered a bird yet, at least not the traditional way. Usually I'll chop the head off then stand on each wing and pull with the legs. Everything comes right off, except the wings, I'll have to cut those off. This process takes about 30 seconds.

This. Except I don't chop the heads off. In my experience, if you just pull the feet and stand on the wings, everything else comes off.
 

charvey9

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I don't carry much in the way of seasoning, so its usually an experiement of adding it to some mountain house or other food I have in my pack. I usually just breast out and roast over the fire if possible, or boil in jetboil. Its pretty good in just about any MH meal, and really good if you have some of the dehydrated mashed potatoes. Also, its really good to add in with ramen...either beef or chicken flavor.
 
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