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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #15 on: July 26, 2016, 11:07:01 AM »
I'm a big fan of the gutless method
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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #16 on: July 26, 2016, 11:19:35 AM »
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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #17 on: July 26, 2016, 07:40:21 PM »
Thanks for the replies everyone! They were very helpful. I am gonna rewatch those videos and have some thinking to do for how I want to pursue this. I really have to consider what I want to bring back in addition to the meat.

I'm considering hunting gmu 407 just because I am more familiar with a lot of that region than most of the others. Any advice on good knives/brands for field dressing?

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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #18 on: July 26, 2016, 08:07:04 PM »
Havolon knives are awesome. They have multiple blades you change once they go dull. Super sharp check them out.

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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #19 on: July 26, 2016, 08:45:06 PM »
I have a wyoming knife and a 4" fixed blade knife that I always have with me.
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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #20 on: July 26, 2016, 09:11:48 PM »
http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?topic=37569.0
I do it similar but different. Have a sheet for a clean surface. Skin a hind leg, cut meat off the bone. Skin front leg on same side, cut meat off the bone. Remove the back strap and accessible neck meat from that side. Roll him over and repeat. Then cut a slit in front of the hip to get loins & heart.
Takes me 45 minutes to get one all packed up.
Having rope or cord is handy if you're alone. The leg you're working on can be tied to a tree to hold it up.

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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #21 on: July 26, 2016, 09:32:49 PM »
Here are two videos on the gutless method. One for elk, one for deer. Good videos.



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I also like this for gutless:




And this if you plan to gut it first, then skin and break it down yourself (in the field or at home):



With a tarp or sheet and some game bags, and assuming a short drag will get you to flat ground, you can keep it nice and clean via the gutless method. The meat cools quickly and you will only carry what you're going to eat.

Don't be intimidated. I learned everything I know from youtube and it went pretty well when I carried out my first deer. Bring a very sharp knife and a way to sharpen it. In case things go wrong, have a second knife. I picked up a Havalon Edge after my experience last year.


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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2016, 09:38:43 PM »
I absolutwly DO NOT recommend this method!!!!!!



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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2016, 10:06:23 PM »
I absolutwly DO NOT recommend this method!!!!!!




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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2016, 09:00:35 AM »
Try Outdoor Edge knives. There really sharp!
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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2016, 09:19:24 AM »
I don't really understand the gutless method.....I just can't believe it is any faster or cleaner.  Did you see how much of a pain it was to get the backstraps tenderloin out?  I prefer gutting the animal and dragging the guts / animal apart so the flies and bees will leave me alone and eat off the guts.   :tup: 


I also cannot believe how much hair these videos show on the meat.  We are very clean and meticulous with out meat.  Hair is nasty stuff when dried to the meat. 
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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2016, 02:20:26 PM »
If you're hunting close to your rig, then by all means, field dress, drag to truck, and skin at home. It would be an impossible feat where I do most of my hunting. And yes they had a lot of hair on the meat, that doesn't have to happen when doing the gutless method. Its pretty easy if you take your time to keep most of the hair off.

What I don't get, and I made a post specific to this a while back, is why guys insist on fighting through the guts to get the tenderloins. Just wait until you've gotten all the other meat off and then spill the guts and get them easy peasy?! Am I seriously the only one that thinks this makes sense?
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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #27 on: July 27, 2016, 02:30:11 PM »
I don't really understand the gutless method.....I just can't believe it is any faster or cleaner.  Did you see how much of a pain it was to get the backstraps out?  I prefer gutting the animal and dragging the guts / animal apart so the flies and bees will leave me alone and eat off the guts.

A pain to get the backstraps? Really? That's the easiest part to get.    :dunno:

I love the gutless method, I only wish I had started doing it that way years ago.

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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #28 on: July 27, 2016, 02:32:18 PM »
I don't really understand the gutless method.....I just can't believe it is any faster or cleaner.  Did you see how much of a pain it was to get the backstraps out?  I prefer gutting the animal and dragging the guts / animal apart so the flies and bees will leave me alone and eat off the guts.

A pain to get the backstraps? Really? That's the easiest part to get.    :dunno:

I love the gutless method, I only wish I had started doing it that way years ago.

I meant tenderloin. 

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Re: Field Dressing
« Reply #29 on: July 27, 2016, 02:46:09 PM »
I have little experience gutting and field dressing deer, but have a fair amount of surgical experience in my history.  When gutting an animal, the hunter should use scissors to sever the esophagus and trachea rather than attempting to blindly cut them with a knife with two hands inside the animal.  This single procedure causes an incredible number of injuries to hunters each year.  Using scissors rather than a knife is entirely safe and just as quick, and the right tool for the job. 
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