Post by: gfaherty3 on July 28, 2008, 02:13:10 PM
I did read Shadow Cat's post on field dressing an elk (actually printed it out) but I have a question. When you field dress an animal, do you need to pack out the entrails and the organs? I don't know the rules or the etiquette.
thanks.
Post by: saylean on July 28, 2008, 02:17:37 PM
Entrails/lungs etc...no, you can toss em...
Welcome to the site man, enjoy.
Post by: robodad on July 28, 2008, 02:28:00 PM
Post by: bow4elk on July 28, 2008, 09:41:06 PM
Read the regulations and call the WDFW if you have specific questions. The number one rule of thumb for early season bowhunting is getting that meat cooled as quickly as possible. Send me your phone number and I'll gladly share my techniques with you over the phone...too much to write down at the moment but maybe I will for another post later.
Enjoy the site and all the great info!
Post by: MountainWalk on July 28, 2008, 09:44:55 PM
. it is legal to hunt over a carcass for bears and cats;
Isn't that baiting?
Post by: saylean on July 29, 2008, 08:12:10 PM
however, it is not illegal to bait for kitties...which is a fact.
Post by: huntnphool on July 29, 2008, 08:18:15 PM
this has been discussed on here before...i think the opinion was it was illegal for bears to sit over a carcass...
Is this only true for the person that harvested the animal? Are you telling me that if you came upon a elk rib cage in the field with a bear eating on it, you couldn't harvest it?
Post by: saylean on July 29, 2008, 08:21:35 PM
I will try to find the link to it..
In my opinion, sitting over a gut pile is no different than sitting over a berry patch.
Post by: billythekidrock on July 29, 2008, 08:24:50 PM
Post by: huntnphool on July 29, 2008, 08:25:16 PM
In my opinion, sitting over a gut pile is no different than sitting over a berry patch.
Well let them try and prosecute me for that, if I happen upon a bear eating on someone elses old harvest its going down. :hunter:
Post by: saylean on July 29, 2008, 08:25:40 PM
here was the link i was referring too...looks like we didnt quite come to a consensus.
Im with you on that huntnphool
Post by: billythekidrock on July 29, 2008, 08:27:32 PM
In my opinion, sitting over a gut pile is no different than sitting over a berry patch.
Yea, but the berry patch grew there. They could argue that the gutpile was "placed" there. :dunno:
Post by: saylean on July 29, 2008, 08:30:11 PM
I will stop now.. ;)
Post by: billythekidrock on July 29, 2008, 08:32:48 PM
Post by: sirfunkeybut on September 08, 2009, 01:56:08 PM
. it is legal to hunt over a carcass for bears and cats;
Isn't that baiting?
I stopped and talked to a fish cop one time and he said it was alright to use hay for deer and elk. but i didn't think it was legal to bait bears.
Post by: robb92 on September 09, 2009, 12:49:57 PM
Here is what I do, bow season opens here on the 15th and as an average the temps have been in the mid 80's on opening day.
Take the meat and leave the guts minus the heart, and liver if you want to keep them. During the early part of the season with the temp so high here I take three coolers with me and fill the smaller of the three full of ice and then I get some clear unscented garbage bags and will skin and gut the deer and 1/4 it up and place the meat into clear bags and leave it loose enough so the heat will escape the bags, take and place a layer of ice on the bottom of the empty cooler and then make a layer of meat and then more ice and do this until the cooler is full or the meat is all in the cooler, leave the drain plug out so the water will run out, nothing worse that trying to cut up meat when it is soaked in water. Add ice as needed to keep the cooler topped off until you want to cut the meat up.