To Gut or Not to Gut

Insider tenderloins are great

unless we are caping a deer, we do not gut them.

once completely cleaned, i lay the deer on it's side, make an incision at the last rib and take out the inside tenderloin, flip the deer over and repeat.

I gut when I clean them not in the woods

You talking about in the field or all together?

We rarely gut ours in the field unless they're waaaay back there. I always gut when cleaning because tenderloins are awesome, and I skin them out and let them hang in the cooler a week or so before cutting them up.

Always gut. I don't mind it at all, and I like the gut meat to be in one piece with no tears.

I've always gutted the deer that i've harvested, the heart is by far the most sacred and meaningful part of the animal.

always

how else am I going to get the heart and liver?

it was always our camp meal after killing a deer

sauteed heart and liver with onions over an open fire

If it is cold enough to hang one a day or so then I will gut, otherwise, no gutting but will go in and get the tenderloins.

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The steam that comes from the heart on a cold morning is pretty magical.

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seen it