Cooter cleaning — how to clean a turtle

Turtle hunting is a dying sport. And so is cleaning and cooking them. Get the most meat out of your cooters with these tips

It’s a bit of a dying sport, with dying recipes to go along with it. But cooter hunting is a lot of fun and can lead to great meals. Harkey’s Taxidermy in Vale, N.C. recently held a cooter contest to see who could catch the biggest snapping turtle. Click here to read about the competition.

But what good is catching a cooter if you don’t know how to clean it and cook it? Harkey’s came through there too, with a video that shows just how to get that snapper ready for the stew.