This is a good question to pose for news guys such as myself, especially since I gun hunted for the first time last year for a few days and didn't get anything, nor the guys I was with. I will go bowhunting for the first time tomorrow morning and am pretty much going to have to learn to field dress by trial and error once I do get my first deer. I have purchased a field dressing video for $6 last year from the local sporting goods store. I found it more helpful than web sites because I acutally got to see close-ups of someone doing the field dressing versus looking at pictures or drawings. In fact, I need to watch that again tonight just in case. It's funny, I am excited about the prospect of getting a deer but nervous about gutting it.

In any case, a guick sidenote. Drove my the woods my stand is in last night with my wife and four week old boy (a great reason I won't get out much this year) and saw four very small does eating in the field nearby. Hopefully there will be some bigger company around, though I'll take any deer without spots for the first one!