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| teanawayslayer:
--- Quote from: Buzz2401 on November 23, 2025, 02:59:51 PM ---Been doing this for years but I still don't do it on every animal. I actually prefer to not do the gutless method unless the situation dictates I use it(lack of time, gut was hit, etc). I prefer not to do gutless because I've found that the quarters come off much more bloody then if you guy and get the blood draining. Just my opinion on the method. I did use it twice this year on elk. --- End quote --- don’t quite understand the blood draining off the quarters. :dunno: Never had a quarter drain blood after the animal is dead. Might be a little more slimy than it would be after it had been hanging for a day. |
| HereDuckyDucky:
I haven’t gutted an animal in a VERY long time. Gutless is too easy and too clean to consider any other way. RW |
| jstone:
I need to try this method |
| Rutnbuxnbulls:
I went gutless a few years ago on a super steep hill. Any difficult pack out goes gutless. Any animal in early season goes gutless for rapid cooling. Drag outs are only case by case, usually flatter terrain and snow. |
| Stein:
--- Quote from: teanawayslayer on November 23, 2025, 04:18:20 PM --- --- Quote from: Buzz2401 on November 23, 2025, 02:59:51 PM ---Been doing this for years but I still don't do it on every animal. I actually prefer to not do the gutless method unless the situation dictates I use it(lack of time, gut was hit, etc). I prefer not to do gutless because I've found that the quarters come off much more bloody then if you guy and get the blood draining. Just my opinion on the method. I did use it twice this year on elk. --- End quote --- don’t quite understand the blood draining off the quarters. :dunno: Never had a quarter drain blood after the animal is dead. Might be a little more slimy than it would be after it had been hanging for a day. --- End quote --- When you hit the femoral, I always get a fair bit of blood. From what I know you can gutless quarter or gutless debone on the animal (same as gutting), only the latter wouldn't involve cutting the femoral until well into the process. I wouldn't lose any sleep either way. For me, I usually don't do gutless as I have to be more careful for a longer period of time to not hit the pouch and getting all the parts I want it's easier for me to just gut them quickly. To each their own, there isn't a wrong way unless you get dirty or contaminated meat or leave a bunch in the field. The larger the animal, worse the final resting place and the less help I had, the more likely I would be to go gutless. |
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