re: Field dressing your deer

Do it a number of different ways. Sometimes I'll field dress em, sometimes not. Killed some does in Tx last week and never did gut em. Hung them and cleaned them with the guts in them. I know people that pick their deer up and take them to the processor with out ever putting a knife to them. I have no problem with them doing it, but it's just not me. Been on trips where the guides did all the cleaning and I just feel very uncomfortable with it.

I've deboned a few with the guts in them as well at the place I hunt that has no electricity or running water. Works ou pretty nicely. We're lucky enough to have a walk in cooler though, which is the most awesome thing on the whole earth.

Question for those that field dress deer. Do you just keep rags or a bunch of napkins and a water bottle or something in your bag for after you gut them to clean off some after?

There's no point. Long drag ahead. Dip my hands in the swamp, wipe em off on a tree, latch on, and get to dragging

You end up with it all over your whole self anyway. If you don't hunt in balls deep water, cold water out of a bottle and a piece of an old tshirt would do fine.

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We're lucky enough to have a walk in cooler though, which is the most awesome thing on the whole earth.

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Yes. Yes they are!

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I have never had to field dress a deer. Throw that bitch on the 4 wheeler and bring it to the skinning shed.

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That's what we did for years, but in certain situations it's nice not to have to deal with guts when you get where you are going.

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Paying someone to take care of your work is selling yourself short.

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You would be surprised by how many "hunters" don't have a clue how to clean their deer, much less process them. I take care of mine from the time they hit the ground until they hit the freezer.

Pops always told us that the work starts when you pull the trigger and ends when you wipe your arse He always let us kill and keep what we wanted, but we had to deal with it.

I'm glad he did that. I quarter my deer up after a few days in the cooler, bring it in the camp, and cut/wrap it all on the bar while consuming beers and bullshittin.

I grew up processing every inch myself. I now usually skin, cut out straps and tenderloins and farm it out.

But I gutted every deer I ever killed in the woods, except as a guest in some clubs, sure feels awkward gutting them while hanging. I still want to pull the guts out while on the ground.

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I've seen people cape bucks and throw the whole damn thing away

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Some real sportsman there

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That's disgusting. Shouldn't be allowed to hunt IMO.

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There were things said. A defense was presented. More things were said. Silence followed.

fricking disgusting and anyone that pulls that shite deserves a swift arse kicking.