gutting the deer on a tailgate

bigtim6656 · 10-05-2008, 07:19 AM

hey guys a local hunter told me he does this to gut his deer.

He said he takes the deer back to the truck sits it on the tailgate of his truck and gut it on the tailgate. He said it is quicker and easyer on his back.
Now do to a wrestling issue when i was a kid i have a bad back and my weight does not help. Do you think this would work good or is it a dumb idea. At first i thought i would get blood all over the truck nothing a hose would not fix.

Mottz · 10-05-2008, 07:23 AM

Why don't you just carry a rope with ya, toss it over a tree limb and just hoist the deer straight up? Does pretty much the same thing, but also saves cleaning the truck.

Spearchucker · 10-05-2008, 07:24 AM

Worth a shot I guess if your back is that bad......

You don't have any young bucks just learning you can hand the knife over to? seems like that would be even easier!!!

Bowman4440 · 10-05-2008, 07:24 AM

Do what you gotta do brotha. It sounds like it would work to me its just like hrowing it on an autopsy table

bawanajim · 10-05-2008, 07:25 AM

Sounds like work just getting the deer up on the tailgate.

Someone posted a picture with a gambrile mounted in the trailer hitch of a truck,that looked like a handy item.

TeeJay · 10-05-2008, 07:26 AM

I would rather bend over than drag an extra 50 lb back to the truck.

davidmil · 10-05-2008, 07:29 AM

Maybe easier if he was already at the truck but it's a WHOLE lot easier to drag them with the guts out. Me, I find no problem gutting a deer where he falls. It takes what, maybe 3 or 4 minutes. It takes longer to get my knife out, some gloves on and all that than it does to do the deed. I think the guy is whacko. I don't care if it's only 100 yards to the truck. Nothing easy about dragging with the guts in him and getting him up on the tailgate with the guts in him. While he's struggling to get him on the tailgate I've gutted and have him ready to go home. Besides that, when that gut pile and chest cavity blood comes out and falls 3 feet to the ground it's going to be awfully dang messy. I'd rather have him on the ground. If you don't like the ground, pull him up in a tree but even that to me is wasted energy.

nybowhunter · 10-05-2008, 07:34 AM

Gut the deer where he falls. It sounds like way too much work to drag a deer all the way back to your truck.

Happiness is a warm gut pile....

mauser06 · 10-05-2008, 09:29 AM

i agree....dragging the extra weight, and adding to the mess factor just makes it not worth it...like david said, once you know what your doing, you can have it gutted and be ready to go in a couple minutes...mess lays in the woods...not in the truck where its going to get all over your gear and everything else...

have you gutted a deer before?? not that hard....but there sure is a whole lot of blood thats gunna pour out of a heart n lung shot deer...i dont want a gallon of blood dumped in my truck where my gear is....not to mention if you nick the stomach or guts with the knife or arrow, or break the bladder or something.....

442deer · 10-05-2008, 10:30 AM

I have back issues also, and dragging 50lbs of guts doesn't help. Carry a rope with you and hang it in a tree....... sooo much easier. Also, I don't like to keep my deer cart in the truck, but one of those plastic roll up sleds doesn't take much room and they are cheap and lightweight. Makes the drag way easier.