Once you have done a few animals it gets to where you can do it with your eyes closed. I have used the gutless method on most animals out west for the last few years since all are being broken down and backpacked out to the truck or camp anyway. I did or helped on 2 bulls and 2 cows along with 3 antelope in Wyoming and a mulie buck in NM this year and didn't get any blood past my wrists, which is a normal thing most of the time after cleaning big game for some 50 years now.