TERRY M YOU HAVE NO CLUE!!!!when i hunted ( no one will probably tell you) you were allowed to cut up (hide still on the meat) and take the 4 quarters and the back strap and i also tookthe neck roast.i did mine in front of the game wardens which heard me shoot and came over for a look. i didnt have to gut at all. it fits nicely on the hitch hauler and roof racks better than a whole animal. we were told not to eat the heart or liver do to some kind of contamination( i think mercury). i just kept my antlers and didnt get my trophy mounted but if your getting one mounted then you would have to gut and cape the game out preferably in the first half hour do to bloating from the exteme cold.i went on my trip with thinking it would mostly be a meat hunt( as told to me by the camp) because the nice racks are harder to get in december. i did have one hide tanned . although it was beautiful as a throw rug it slips and looses a little too much hair. take my word on the northern caribou adventures and donat asselin. to me it was like hunting out of a sardine can. you get all crammed up with other hunters in a old cheesey construction trailer with stinky kerosene heat NO SHOWERS and i think till this year just added hot water. you have no clue how bitter things can get up there if the caribou are no where to be found.if you go before or around thanksgiving there are no guarantees. every hunter who goes up there during the peak of caribou migration will have a great time no matter where you stay but unless you have been up there hunting for days all couped up in a tin can trailer with no caribou in the area you have no idea what your talking about. id like to hear the reports when everyone gets back. the MIRAGE is no super fancy place either i dont know what people are thinking but at least they have showers hot food and a better overall set up makes for a great hunt.