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BIRD DOG · #1 10-16-2009, 01:08 AM

Anybody ever cleaned a turtle?I have never done it and would like some tips or advice.Do you just skin and start cuttin off meat?Are there any bad parts?etc?Dang things still alive right now till I figure somthin out.

gasdad · #2 10-16-2009, 05:51 AM

Take a coat hanger, bent the end into a "J". Put the J in the turtles mouth, pull until you extend the neck out and cut the head off. Let turtle expire. Once dead flip turtle onto its back. Take a small ax or machette and whack the shell between the four legs. This will separate the top and bottom shell. With turtle upside down, run a knife along the bottom part of the shell to detach this part of the shell. Then take your knife and run it along the four legs and neck to detach this from the top part of the shell. Take some skinning pliars and skin the legs, also cut of the claws off. Legs and neck are the only edible parts. If the turtle has eggs you can try cooking these also but it's not for me.

speck-chaser · #3 10-16-2009, 08:26 AM

It will take a good while for that sucker to expire. My mom has cooked some before,and the pieces would still move when she would drop them in the skillet to brown. Kinda freaky.

datcajunman · #4 10-16-2009, 08:47 AM

You have to watch this crazy guy and his turtle hunting,,,do they just crawl out from under a rug? The man,, not the turtle
http://vidbunker.com/snapping_turtle_hunting

adamsfence · #5 10-16-2009, 10:00 AM

man cleaning a turtle sucks I wish I would have asked like you did it was horrible doing it when you don't know how

longsidelandry · #6 10-16-2009, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by datcajunman

You have to watch this crazy guy and his turtle hunting,,,do they just crawl out from under a rug? The man,, not the turtle
http://vidbunker.com/snapping_turtle_hunting

That guy is nuts! lol

datcajunman · #7 10-16-2009, 10:41 AM

my wife just found this web site that had some great pictures of step by step cleaning of a turtle....
http://www.thunderbucks.com/cgi-bin/...?m-1151696126/

BIRD DOG · #8 10-16-2009, 08:46 PM

Thanks for the info guys.I will give it a try tomorrow and let ya'll know how it goes!

Goatro · #9 10-16-2009, 09:32 PM

Did yall look at any of the other videos. WOW had some nice ****. That dude was nuts.

BIRD DOG · #10 10-17-2009, 01:30 AM

I saw one that was pretty cool the other day.Dont have the exact link but it was on youtube under bayoubucks and they were catchin turtles.

Ray · #11 10-17-2009, 05:15 PM

If you skin the turtle, it will not taste as good when you cook it.
Chunk the turtle in a hot pot of water. It will die real quick and it's legs, tail and head
will extend out pretty far. Pull it out and rub the outer skin off of the turtle with your
hands. Cut the head off and throw away.
Cut along the sides of the shell between the front and rear legs and then cut the
bottom plate off. Then cut all the legs off the shell as well as the tail and neck.
The skin makes the gravy a lot better. More brown, more flavor.

BIRD DOG · #12 10-17-2009, 06:45 PM

My wife wanted to eat that sucker so bad she wouldnt wait on me!She just cut the head off and then boiled it.Thanks for all the info.

quote=Ray;62965]If you skin the turtle, it will not taste as good when you cook it.
Chunk the turtle in a hot pot of water. It will die real quick and it's legs, tail and head
will extend out pretty far. Pull it out and rub the outer skin off of the turtle with your
hands. Cut the head off and throw away.
Cut along the sides of the shell between the front and rear legs and then cut the
bottom plate off. Then cut all the legs off the shell as well as the tail and neck.
The skin makes the gravy a lot better. More brown, more flavor.[/quote]

scatv · #13 10-17-2009, 07:52 PM

I dip mine in boiling water like Ray but I cut the head off first.

cordgrass · #14 10-18-2009, 08:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ray

If you skin the turtle, it will not taste as good when you cook it.
Chunk the turtle in a hot pot of water. It will die real quick and it's legs, tail and head
will extend out pretty far. Pull it out and rub the outer skin off of the turtle with your
hands. Cut the head off and throw away.
Cut along the sides of the shell between the front and rear legs and then cut the
bottom plate off. Then cut all the legs off the shell as well as the tail and neck.
The skin makes the gravy a lot better. More brown, more flavor.

correct.