Re: Is Field Dressing
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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Lots of guys do the gutless method on deer around here....Ive tried it a few times and find the the meat is alot more bloody the when we field dress em
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Re: Is Field Dressing
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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04/13/21 08:23 PM
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Got sons to help drag and load. Get them home, hang em up and get on with it. Once we get them home, we can them weighed, skinned and gutted and rinsed down in under 15 minutes. We have been timed at having one done in 7 minutes, ready to either hang in a cooler or break down and put on ice.
The only time we field dress is out of state hunts on land where motorized vehicles are not allowed.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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The 2 deer I killed last season I loaded them up brought them home hung them and butchered them Never got Into the guts. I use to do It In the woods not anymore. All the moose and caribou I either shot or helped field dress we never gutted any of those animals. Sure Is a lot less messy. I do the same nowadays lot less mess, and its not necessary if working it up quick.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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around here the only people I have ever met that don't field dress are the Mung
but they don't field dress for a different reason the guy I asked if he needed to borrow a knife as he was dragging out a nice big doe , said no his mom , grandma and sister did that
the men hunt the woman clean the game , you could say they use everything but the squeal the heart , the liver , wash all the intestines out boil the bones for broth ,everything
I have done one no gut , it was road kill and you can't gut on the side of the road.
I would do others no gut if I can get to butchering right away
when we group hunt , I often do all the gutting as I am the fastest and we have more hunting to do , burning daylight by the time you can get the truck I am easily done with 2 deer.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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I gut my deer where they fall, no need in dragging em with guts in. This Elk get disassembled
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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For the last 8 years, I have shot the deer I killed within sight of my house. I just drag them up the hill, cut off the lower legs and head, hang them, skin them, take off the front legs at the shoulders, take out the loins and then gut them to get the tenderloins, heart and liver. It's so quick the guts don't bloat.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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Most are commenting field dressing deer but are you field dressing hogs? Well I'm talking about game in general, bout all I really kill are hogs currently but I end up helping process or drag out deer alot
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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Used to but I’ll take my chances with the guts still in than dirt, leaves, and swamp water all in the meat. Seems much cleaner to do it at the house or let the processor do it. It’s included in most processing fees. Water I can understand though if I have to cross creeks I wont dress the deer until I get to where I dont have to worry about water. I dont have leaves or dirt get into the cavity dragging deer out. Only time I ever had to deal with such was when my dad always insisted on splitting the chest, pelvis and putting a spreader stick in the chest. You almost have to intentionally put leaves into the deer or have a wind storm blow em in as your trying to dress the deer. The cavity lays closed when your dragging it unless your prop it open.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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Used to but I’ll take my chances with the guts still in than dirt, leaves, and swamp water all in the meat. Seems much cleaner to do it at the house or let the processor do it. It’s included in most processing fees. Water I can understand though if I have to cross creeks I wont dress the deer until I get to where I dont have to worry about water. I dont have leaves or dirt get into the cavity dragging deer out. Only time I ever had to deal with such was when my dad always insisted on splitting the chest, pelvis and putting a spreader stick in the chest. You almost have to intentionally put leaves into the deer or have a wind storm blow em in as your trying to dress the deer. The cavity lays closed when your dragging it unless your prop it open. Must be nice to hunt wide open terrain. You drag a deer through some of these places and that joker will be full of everything in the woods, lol. We split from tail to throat. Much easier for me just to attach a rope or if small enough to throw it around my neck and go. At 53, the rope gets used more now.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
[Re: Wolfdog91]
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04/13/21 09:37 PM
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All my deer are killed in oak/hickory woods
Cleaning out the deer cavity is worthless or even harmful in any case unless you gut shot it or busted the stomach in dressing.
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Re: Is Field Dressing
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field dress on the spot they fall. ^^^This^^^
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