and the freshly skint deer hits the ground, attracting every leaf and blade of grass within its vicinity like a super magnet, are there any tips for clean up one should know?

Spray it off with a hose then wipe it down with a dry cloth.

When you fry it, bread it in corn meal. It will disguise the grit.

I use a mixture of about 1/3 white vinegar to about 2/3 water with a rag to get any hair off of a carcass. I would assume it would work on leaves, grass, etc.

Moosetrot

We use a water hose on all our animals, if it is an elk or moose we are taking to the butcher we are always complimented on how clean our meat is. My wife shot a little buck this morning and it has been washed and is hanging now. I have heard water will make meat sour faster but have never seen any sign of that and in 60 years I've processed a lot of animals.

pressure washer problem solved

water hose and then scrape all the junk off with a knife.

Wrap the whole thing in duct tape then rip it off..

This^^^

Seriously, not a bad idea providing you keep proper distance.

Yes, I have heard the same thing repeated over and over. No water, causes bacteria or some crap. Well guess what, so does blood, crud and whatever else is in there from your nephews gut shot spike... Rinse the cavity out and let air circulate. I just can't see how not cleaning it out is any better than hosing it out. I do it and no issues here.

Yep.

On the upside... Congrats on your kill.

Mike

Just let it hang and dry out - you can brush it off.
That said, although it drys pretty quick, in AR it may be way to warm right now to let it hang long enough.

As Hutchy said - I wash the body cavity out on all my deer - never had an issue.

Wash all our deer with cold well water immediately after skinning and gutting. Removes unwanted blood, clots, hair, and feces, but most importantly, it helps chill the carcus qhickly for better quality venison. We let the carcus air dry if weather is not hot, then place it in our walk in cooler to hang.

I like to let my deer hang about a week before grinding it into burger.

I wipe moose and deer with a 50/50 mix of soy sauce and white vinegar when on dry land. If hunting from a boat they get a wash down hosing with sea water.

Vinegar and water, unless you are feeling really flush, then masengill.