I have been hunting for years, but only in the last few years have I started getting really serious about it. I grew up going on drives with friends and family and would always have someone there to help me dress and process the deer. This year I'm going out by myself and would like to do it all the processing myself. I have been doing as much research as possible but I still have some questions.
I don't plan on mounting or hanging the deer. I read on another website that some people don't remove the intestines or the bladder, just the heart, lungs, etc... do you guys think that this would be ok if you weren't going to hang the deer? I don't think that this would interfere with any meat and it would be nice to not have to deal with the pelvis or anus...
I'm thinking about just skinning it as soon as I get home with it, cutting off the legs, cutting out the backstraps and the loin, cutting what I can from the cape and neck, and then putting it all in an ice chest with salt/water/ice for curing and getting rid of the blood that way. What do you guys think?