Gutless method?

[PolarBear]

I do it on every elk but not deer as well.

[washingtonmuley]

I have used this method on several animals ranging from Sitka Blacktail to Mountain Goat. I get the tenderloins by going through the ribs.If you can back your truck up to your animal and then hang it to skin then I personally would prefer that instead. I learned the gutless method in Alaska when I was on back pack hunts.
Good Luck

[cohoho]

The only way to go for me on Caribou and larger game. But dig around the ribs for the tenderloins.... If you just bone off the meat from the ribs.  Never will leave those tasty morsels.............. Quick, less mess and gets meat cooled off quickly...  We once did a Moose in 45 minutes between two abled bodies.  Alaskan had serious Wanton and Waste laws, so you better be picking it clean if you go up there for a hunt.  Leave nothing in regards to meat on the carcass.   Sorry, but the picture is vary graphic of what is left on buffalo carcass after a 1 hour meat harvest...  The mess comes after you take the last rib cage off, if you take it off whole, as we could..   

[JoeVon]

Cool Pic, pretty impressive.

[Michelle_Nelson]

I have 1/4 out deer using the gutless method a couple dozen times.  Never had a problem removing the tenderloins.  You don't have to completely gut the animal to get at them.  You do loose rib meat. 

[Opportunist]

I just don't see the advantage of not gutting. It only takes me 10 minutes to rip the guts out of an elk. I gut out the elk, skin one side of the elk on the ground, pull off the front shoulder and ham, start at the neck deboning the neck, flank meat and backstrap in one continuous chunk, dice out the rib meat, pull out the tenderloins roll him over and repeat. If I've got one of my hunting partners with me we'll be done and loading up in an hour. Pulling out the guts makes it easier to get to the tenderloins and cut off the belly burger meat plus easier to roll over and handle.

I know my uncle has a helluva time not puking when he guts out an animal so I suppose if a guy gets squeamish I get it, but otherwise I don't see an advantage and I've tried it. I usually leave the guts in the gut pile (heart,liver) so gettin'  to them is only to see how much damage my broadhead did, unless I'm close to the road and someone I know wants the guts to eat.

[PacificNWhunter]

The only time I have used or seen the gutless method was when I was hunting moose in AK. My grandpa shot a small bull that ran out onto a silt bed and got stuck, we had to get some of the meat off in order to lighten it up and be able to pull the bull out with the quads. Worked well, but have not used it since.

[alecvg]

Shane, i tried it on my deer this year, and so did dad, didnt we tell you about it?

[shanevg]

Shane, i tried it on my deer this year, and so did dad, didnt we tell you about it?

If you had tried the gutless method I wouldn't have had to drag your deer out for you.

[dreamingbig]

The advantage to the gutless method is you don't have to gut it before you start taking the quarters off.  We did it on my spike last year and it was really easy.  The trick is to skin one side first and to use the hide as workspace for the quarters.   We took two quarters off and boned them out, then took off the backstraps and rib meat, then flippped it over and did the same on the other side.  It was really pretty simple for two of us to do.  Then we packed him out in one trip on our backs, something we would not have been able to do if we hadn't boned it out.

I suggest giving it a try.

DB

[Red Dawg]

i dont think there is much of a advantage but it will save you a few minutes. Just enough time to get home on time for supper so momma doesn't make you sleep on the couch.

[MountainWalk]

most every guy i work with including myself, leaves the guts alone. some hunters want the ribs and neck, some dont. then on deer, i just normally unzip and empty it out.

[BLUEBULLS]

i usually start with the gutless method to keep things clean, when i'm done quartering i'll gut them and get the t-loins, heart and liver.
my wife wouldn't let me back in the house if i left the heart and liver and t-loins are definitely worth the effort.

[spin05]

I  havnt tried it yet but would like too.  Here is a step by step with pics on an elk i found somewere,maybe even got it off this site.

http://home.att.net/%7Esajackson/guttless1.html

[Gobble]

I do it like Opportunist does, it doesn't take very long and the hide is used like a tarp.