Killer243 ; there are some good ways to cook them on the cooking form.
we take the young ones and pan fry them like chicken. (season,flour and fry) real simple.
the old ones we put in the pressure cooker till tender, then fry or make gravey (sorta like roast beef).great eating.

cleaning is easy ; I put mine into a bucket of water,(that makes the hair not stick to the meat.) I then chop off the head tail feet , cut a slit in the middle of the back. stick two fingers into the slit,the two fingers from the other hand into the slit the other way.then just pull till the skin comes off. gut wash , cut up. ready to cook.

as for as bashing you about leaving them by a tree. They are not coyotes,or ground hogs, fox, or even rats. they are game animals,not varmints.that is the main thing.

if you take a game animal you should take it to someone that can use it or eat yourslef.I think what everyone is saying is not to waste food animals.we try not to give the antis any more ammo than we can.all it takes is a little and they go crazy.they will take the smallest thing and blow it to the moon.please don't take it that we are trying to bash you,just inform you as what not to do,so the anti's want have anything to hit us with.
Hope this will help you understand how we all as hunter feel.
As for not wanting to hear it ; then maybe you should not post things that upset hunters.if something like that little statement hurts your feelings or makes you mad,then you may get a real big surprise if you post something big.I hope what I say here doesn't offend you any.just making myslef and some others known as to how we feel.after you have been around a while your skin will get thicker and things like this will roll off and you will go on with life.[&:][]

as the old saying goes "Waste not Want not"

go out and take a few and cook them up and you will see why you were told not to waste them.[8D]