ORIGINAL: skybuster20ga
ORIGINAL: CamoCop
the only thing you gain by gutting is access to the tenderloins (which aren't worth the trouble on our 100-130 pound deer). so i leave the guts intact with the rib cage and dispose of the carcass.
thats about themost rediculousthing ive ever heard. you throw out the best part of the deer? the heart/liver and tender loins? also they dratg alot easier and cool better. you dont want all that nasty stomach acids getting in the meat
to each his own but don't call someone elses practice rediculous. i have never ate the liver or heart (so i guess anyone who doesn't eat these are less of a hunter and rediculous). also, i see you are in Maine...where your deer are commonly 300 pounds (my grandfather use to be stationed up there and told me stories about the 300 pound deer in Maine). if i shot a 300 pound deer the tenderloins would be worth getting. the tenderloins on a 100 pound deer aren't even big enough to fill a small non zip lock sandwich bag. also i don't drag deer, that's what my game cart is for and there is no nasty stomach acid if you don't gut shoot deer or bust the stomach while field dressing.