I can't even imagine not taking the tenderloins. After a successful day, they are pulled out and eaten for dinner that night. Tenderloins and Onions, mmmmmm... During gun season after opening day when we hopefully have 3 or 4 deer hanging, you better believe we're pulling those "Gut muscles" out and having a tastey dinner. They may not be the biggest piece on a deer, but I say that even a medium size deer you can get a meal out of them. Im not wasting any meat, especially the tenderloins, because I don't want to gut a deer, that just doesn't make sense to me.