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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Jul 21, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:

> > > When you get time, I would like further instructions, please. The  
> > > next
> > time I see another and feel I want to take the time to do it, I would
> > like to experience this delicacy.
>
> First, have a care around a mud turtle.  They are wicked quick and  
> can give a
> nasty bite.

Thanks. That's a keeper.

Butchering with a hatchet reminds me of my old hillbilly friend, who  
used a small hatchet about as much as his knife for dressing and  
butchering a deer. He was very fast. Probably had only done it a few  
hundred times.