we never cut the throat. i will field dress him at the spot he fell usually, getting all the guts, lungs, heart, and other stuff out. i then reach up into the chest where the wind pipe etc is and cut what i can reach out. i then pick up the deer enough to let all blood inside the cavity run out and thats all you can do. its going to get the same amount of blood out as cutting the throat and you dont ruin your trophy bucks cape if you wanna mount him.

a few years agoa t the checking station a guy brought his grandson in with his first buck...a dandy looking 9pt that they were talking about getting mounted. the grandfather using his old time tactics cut the throat to bleed him out and the taxidermist told him on the spot that he would do his best but cant guarantee how the neck will look. and he told us this is not necessary to do when the animals are shot thru the vitals. they only cut the throats on livestock because most are killed with a heavy hammer blow to the head, thus they need to be bled out.