I field dressed the last deer I killed.......waited probably an hour......then butchered him.....inside my utility building. I don't recall a DROP of blood while I was butchering.....and I know I didn't cut his throat.

VERY minimal blood with my first '06 deer, too......done the same way (and I hang mine by the rear legs to butcher).

I'm not taking a side.....just noting that I don't cut the throat, either.

But I have to ask.....why does it matter?

Jeff