[Bramblecot]

Well done, I wish I could manage that    PM's on people, no problem, but I never looked on them as food 

[nic99]

Just eaten him for dinner, very tasty too!

[Plantoid]

I always found it better to pluck and draw them whilst warm , that way  you don't have your hand in a cold clammy bird  .
 
 After the bird has been dead for 1/2 or so it still plucks fairly easily and if it is a tough old sod you can always skin it entirely then cut the breasts and legs off and use the carcass for a fantastic  stock if slow cooked with onions , carrots and celery plus garlic etc. if you feel like that sort of stuff .

[Sylvia]

I found an old Burco boiler being given away and dip my poultry in this prior to plucking, the feathers just rub out. Then I, as said, put them in the fridge for 3 or 4 days, depending on age, before eating or freezing.