One of my first mentors in deer skinning use to hang his deer by the head, then rinse out the gut cavity with a hose before skinning and deboning.

Some time after I heard that doing this actually spreads bacteria and is not good or necessary.

I don't know about that, but for me, the meat is in the neck, shoulders, legs and backstraps... all outside the gut cavity.

Do you rinse out the cavity?

Do you feel it's necessary or not?

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