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Bird Hitch "Breasts" Birds In The Field
Bird Hitch takes the work out of cleaning waterfowl ù especially when hunting away from home. Pin the stainless steel unit into a 2-in. receiver hitch to breast birds right in the field.
  Place the bird belly side up and slip the Bird Hitch's double-edged blade into the throat and underneath the breastbone. Pull the bird through. The legs remain on the hitch. Peel the skin off the bird's breast and cut the wings off with the Bird Hitch's serrated bottom edge.
  "You can leave the wings on if your state laws require it for transporting," says Bob Berens of Clark, S. Dak., inventor of the Bird Hitch. The avid waterfowl hunter and guide came up with the idea three years ago, with traveling hunters in mind. Bird Hitch helps them clean birds quickly to get them in a cooler.
  The Bird Hitch works on everything from grouse to Canadian geese, but Berens notes that anything over 8 lbs. is difficult to pull through. Some early season Canadian geese go through okay, but the skin is too tough late in the season. The Bird Hitch is ideal for ducks and snow geese.
  It's also durable.
  "One outfitter has pulled over 5,000 birds through, and he says it works like the day it was built," Berens says.
  Bird Hitch is made in the U.S. and sold through large sporting good stores as well as on Berens' website.
  Bird Hitch sells for $130, plus shipping. An optional 12 to 18-in. riser for $50 brings the Bird Hitch up to tailgate height. Berens also sells a $30 bracket that mounts the Bird Hitch on a trailer with U-bolts.
  Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bob Berens, 211 South Cloud St., Clark, S. Dak. 57225 (ph 651 230-4935; www.waterfowljunkie.com).


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2011 - Volume #35, Issue #1