RE: How Long(Feild Dress)???
you got one reply on how to gut a deer ,it sounded right but to hard to understand.If its bad hot you need to gut the deer as quick as you can,if you have to drag the deer through a swamp or a lot of mud such as a field wait till you get close to the truck or your atv.When your ready Roll the deer on it back and get straddle of it .Find with your finger where the ribbs end at the belly and stick the knife in a little maybe a half inch (right now if you have a gutting tool use it just stick it in the hole and open it up all the way down)if not and your using a knife,get your finger up under the skin and cut the skin and the muscle open but be very carefull or you will ripp the guts open then you got a real mess to deal with, cut all the way down to the pecker if its a buck and stop.Then go back up to the ribbs and cut them open ,if you are going to get the deer mounted do not rip the ribbs open all the way to the end but stop about 6 inches from the end of the rib cage if you are not going to mount rip it open all the way to the neck.When you get the deer open you will see on each side the muscle that seperates the guts from the lungs and heart,take you knife and cut this muscle on both sides all the way around down towards the backbone then go up to the windpipe and cut this into,let the deer lay on its side and drain some of the blood out ,then grab the windpipe and pull the whole package out,you will need to cut it as you go down by the kidney's and then just cut lower intestine where it goes into the hips,a few turds will come out but they an't going to hurt nothing.I always leave the piss sack alone if it's full that a plus it's free deer lure it an't going to bust so don't worry about that. When you get the deer skined out cut around the but and up on the inside around the piss sack and pull the whole department out in one piece and drain the urine into a old cup or bottle.ALWAYS WEAR PLASTIC GLOVES IF YOU CAN AND IF YOU HAVE A CUT ON YOUR HAND OR LOWER ARM YOU NEED TO WEAR GLOVES AND WATCH OUT FOR THE RIBS THEY WILL CUT YOU. I KNOW THIS PROCESS SOUNDS LONG BUT AFTER YOU DO IT FOR YOURSELF A FEW TIMES YOU WILL BE A PRO,IF NOT RUN IT BY MY HOUSE I WILL DO IT FOR $10. EACH ALL DAY LONG