A. If the deer is a buck there are musk glands on the legs{ Near his elbows.
}.kind of like a circle of hard skin..cut these off.
If you aren't going to keep the tarsals.....why do this? If it isn't rut time.....what difference does it make if it's a buck or a doe? Or...even if it IS a doe....what difference does it make (sometimes
).
I find this step "unnecessary".