Cay4,

I'm a very visual learner, so watching videos really helped make it make sense for me. I love to read, but for something like this, it's great to actually watch somebody demonstrate. Check out all of the variousField Dressing/Game Processingtitles we have at HuntFlix. I learned something from all of them, but I completely changed my method after watching Deer Processing 101. I've actually known guys to take this DVD with them on hunting trips.

The things you want to be most careful about cutting, off the top of my head, are the gut sack, the bladder, and the cape up where the taxidermist will working. I open the chest at the top, away from the gut sack, then I can get my gut hook (or gizmo like the Gerber ducsauce mentioned) in to open the animal up. I like using a Steel Stick surgical chest spreader to open up the chest cavity so I don't have to reach up blind to cut the windpipe. You'd be amazed how roomy it can feel in there!



You may also be able to find some good video clips on the internet that will show how to empty a deer and take it apart.

-- FLIX