Boning out a buck- How much weight is saved?

[BULLBLASTER]

Heck even with 3 guys working on my moose we managed to get some dirt on each quarter. Just trim it off when butchering. Not a big deal.

Game Wastage!!!  AHHHHHHHHHH!!!      You got dirt on meat in the field and then trimmed it?

"Hello WDFW?  Transfer me to reinforcement..."

  I'm guessing Wdfw wouldn't have much jurisdiction on this one tho. So no 10 points for you.  better luck next time

[Jonathan_S]

Err...wait, transfer me to IDFG...standby. 

I agree though seriously, it's impossible to keep all bugs/hair/dirt leaves/pine needles off of exposed meat in the field.

[BULLBLASTER]

I agree with Cory. What about a calf bull elk that you bone out to pack out in a antler less only area. You leave the nuts attached and leave the head at kill site. Would they assume you shot a antlered bull? The red don't say the animal has to be a male. Just that it has antlers with at least 3 points (mule deer regs for example) can there not ever be a denial animal (no nuts) that has a 3 point rack? I'll take my chances ant I always take a cell phone pic anyways.

As for keeping everything absolutely perfectly clean some people must be better Than I am. I have never quartered or boned out an animal in the field and kept it 100% clean. There is always at least some hair or dirt on some of it. Heck even with 3 guys working on my moose we managed to get some dirt on each quarter. Just trim it off when butchering. Not a big deal.

the year we both got tickets in Idaho for no proof of sex, we had the elk on video dead before we cut it up. We showed the warden but he said sorry but it's still a ticket.  I really didn't care about the ticket, it was my best bull.

at that point I would consider it a cost of doing business.  it Would suck. But oh well.

[trophyhunt]

Yup, I didn't mind. He was doing his job and I broke the rules, still love Idaho !


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[CoryTDF]

Yup, I didn't mind. He was doing his job and I broke the rules, still love Idaho !


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That is some cheesy crap right there man. A little discretion goes a long way in my book. I have worked in corrections for nearly 9 years and trust me if I wrote up every person/offender for every petty little thing I would never leave the computer. There are times that common sense and understanding will do more in the long run then being a hard A.  You obviously could prove it was a bull that was harvested. That is just flat out a guy being an A-Hole.

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

When boning out the meat, what do you do for proof of sex?

Leave a portion of the sex organ attached to the hind quarter. 

[trophyhunt]

Yup, I didn't mind. He was doing his job and I broke the rules, still love Idaho !


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That is some cheesy crap right there man. A little discretion goes a long way in my book. I have worked in corrections for nearly 9 years and trust me if I wrote up every person/offender for every petty little thing I would never leave the computer. There are times that common sense and understanding will do more in the long run then being a hard A.  You obviously could prove it was a bull that was harvested. That is just flat out a guy being an A-Hole.

it was cheesy but he was such a nice guy and it was my biggest bull so I really didn't care much.


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[tjthebest]

How much weight is saved when you have to pack out an average muley buck but bone it out first? In other words, how much do the bones of a quartered out buck weigh on average.

As you know, i have boned out a few animals and after carrying your muley out with it only quartered, i much prefer to de-bone it.

We will try it out with the next buck we shoot. see how you like it.

[mazama]

After watching the gutless elk method I think it is cleaner-and definitely lighter,there was somebody on this site who butchered they should have agood idea weight is saved.

[jdb]

Yup, I didn't mind. He was doing his job and I broke the rules, still love Idaho !


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That is some cheesy crap right there man. A little discretion goes a long way in my book. I have worked in corrections for nearly 9 years and trust me if I wrote up every person/offender for every petty little thing I would never leave the computer. There are times that common sense and understanding will do more in the long run then being a hard A.  You obviously could prove it was a bull that was harvested. That is just flat out a guy being an A-Hole.

i wish we had more like you in Leo!!

[The scout]

any time I need to pack out an animal it's going to get de-boned, a deer takes about 15 minutes by myself. I always carry a survival blanket in my pack serves many purposes one of them being de-boning meat on, I don't no why just seems like a no brainer to me it is a process you will have to do any way's why not carry less weight 

[JimmyHoffa]

I'm mostly for deboning.  It helps maximize the space in the pack, but when just quartered the meat sets a little better in the pack.  When deboned it shifts around more while packing out, you can start out comfortable and then have to rearrange it again a few miles down the trail.  I try to stuff random things in between the game bags to keep meat from sliding too much, but sometimes a few things move.

[raydog]

I aint packing out any nuts but my own. 

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I aint packing out any nuts but my own. 

Just the last inch would be enough for the gamies...

[CoryTDF]

Yup, I didn't mind. He was doing his job and I broke the rules, still love Idaho !


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That is some cheesy crap right there man. A little discretion goes a long way in my book. I have worked in corrections for nearly 9 years and trust me if I wrote up every person/offender for every petty little thing I would never leave the computer. There are times that common sense and understanding will do more in the long run then being a hard A.  You obviously could prove it was a bull that was harvested. That is just flat out a guy being an A-Hole.

i wish we had more like you in Leo!!

Thanks. I'm no push over by any means but sometimes I will have better results with a warning rather than a stiff punishment. If a guy honestly didn't even know he was doing wrong and you cut him a break, and trust me you can tell if they are BS-ing you, that guy might actually learn from his mistake and not do it again. If you crack down on a guy for something so small and petty it might turn him sour to not only you but other officers he may encounter in the future. Like I said I'm not a push over and if you got it coming I will oblige. But the old saying "You get more bees with honey" can be beneficial as long as you know when to follow it.

Back to the topic at hand and the OP. If you have a pack FRAME and it's not to much trouble to go get it leave the bones in and take out quarters whole. They will hang nicer in a cooler and stay cleaner. If you are down in the bottom of hell leave them bones for the devils dogs to chew on.