RE: field dressin question
by myself i start at the sternum pull up the hide make a cut to get the knife into the cavity dont cut the stomach.
second i slice down to the penis if it has one have the blade facing up and if you want use two fingers on both sides of the blade to help as a depth gauge.stand over its chest facing the boys.
3. grab the cock and balls and cut around it should be easy to do.i cut it all the way off but watch the yellow thing under the skin dont cut it so ive been told.
4.slice to the anis, cut around it about 1 1/2"away all the way around.pull at it as you are cutting around it but not too hard.take the knife and insert stay along the inside of the pelvic bone.knife blade should face the bone and stay along the bone .go around the bone. for this part i use a narrow but long blade pocket knife.
5.i cut the sternum and rib plate as far up as possible, dont have to but i do and dont cut toward yourself my friend stabbed his thigh.use a serrated knife. gerber gator (i think)for me.reach up to to throat and grab the wind pipe reach up there with the knife and cut it, pull it toward you and pull all the upper organs out.
6.cut the diapham it seperated the stomach from the top organs.cut on both sides of the chest.
7.now pull the stomach and intestines out you may need to cut alittle along the spine dont cut the stomach.you can turn the deer over to get started on this step or on its side.
8.with almost everything out pull the anis through to the inside and out with the guts they should come out as one.
with a buddy do all your cuts and then have buddy sit the deer up on its butt and he holds it like this and let gravity work for you,just cut what needs to be cut.