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Raw Paleo Diet to Suit You => Carnivorous / Zero Carb Approach => Topic started by: a_real_man on September 03, 2017, 11:42:00 pm

Title: Animal brains
Post by: a_real_man on September 03, 2017, 11:42:00 pm

Does anyone have a clever stratrgy for getting past the skull of the animal to its brain? What tools do you use?

I am right now looking at fish but in the future perhaps larger game

Title: Re: Animal brains
Post by: sabertooth on September 03, 2017, 11:57:52 pm

I just chisel out a round circle at the top of the skull and scoop out the brains with a spoon.

Title: Re: Animal brains
Post by: sabertooth on September 03, 2017, 11:58:11 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGjm9KVGkS4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGjm9KVGkS4)

Title: Re: Animal brains
Post by: Projectile Vomit on September 04, 2017, 08:29:42 pm

For larger animals like deer and sheep, I've had good luck using a hatched head to split the skull starting from the nose. This allows me to extract the brain whole if the split goes well. But Derek's method is probably easier.

Title: Re: Animal brains
Post by: sabertooth on September 05, 2017, 01:41:39 am

On larger harder headed Rams with Horns, I have split the skull from underneath, and scoped out the brains through the sinus cavity area.