Originally Posted by
clydeNY
Gutting a deer is just part of proper butchery. I can understand the desire to skip it, just skin and butcher, but...I dunno, that deer died for you, the least you can do is give it a proper gutting.
My father and law and the couple of guys he hunts with just do enough skinning to remove the backstraps (which is very little) and then leave the whole deer, minus straps, virtually intact, laying in the woods. To me, this seems both wasteful and disrespectful.
I agree with you. In WI I would categorize that practice as "carelessly wasting game", which is illegal. Maybe talk to him and have him give you (or someone) the rest of the deer. Heck, I even salvage the meat around the ribs - you can use just about anything (that is not spoiled), when mixed with some beef, for hamburger.