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Old 09-06-2010, 10:50 AM
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Where do you field dress your deer?
In the spot where you recover it or do you take it away from your hunting area to dress it out?
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Old 09-06-2010, 11:06 AM
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I take it to the house to gut and clean the animal there, that's if I can. Its good to have the hose ready to wash the inside out and plus its much cleaner. Otherwise if I can't drag or get to the animal to the four wheeler or truck, I gut the animal in the closest field or opening. I have seen pic's of does licking a gut pile before. I don't think its ruins anything. I just prefer to clean the animal at the house and dispose of the gut pile
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Old 09-06-2010, 11:18 AM
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Normaly I only drag my deer to a different spot to feild dress , if it is nasty uneven or wet ect

IMO a gut pile dosn't bother deer

As at least around where I live
After a night or 2
There isn't anything left , as the scavengers clean it up

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Old 09-06-2010, 11:36 AM
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Gut it where it lays after it dies. Harms nothing. Easier drag out.
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Old 09-06-2010, 12:26 PM
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I have done it both ways. I have gutted them where the fall, and I have taken them back to the house and hung them from a tree, and gutted them while they were hanging.
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Old 09-06-2010, 12:27 PM
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Where it lays...less weight to drag. I carry a 2-quart canteen so I have some water to was the inside if needed...otherwise I hose out the inside when I get it home.
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Old 09-06-2010, 03:53 PM
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I haven't gut a deer in years! Six years ago, someone showed me how to quarter a deer taking all four quarters, the backstraps, and even the tenderloins with-out gutting. The only mess I deal with is the anus / bladder when splitting the pelvic bone.

It's very easy and only takes me 15-20 minutes on an average deer (once its hung)- about half that with two people.
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Old 09-06-2010, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by A11en
I haven't gut a deer in years! Six years ago, someone showed me how to quarter a deer taking all four quarters, the backstraps, and even the tenderloins with-out gutting. The only mess I deal with is the anus / bladder when splitting the pelvic bone.

It's very easy and only takes me 15-20 minutes on an average deer (once its hung)- about half that with two people.
+1 We do the same thing. Drag it to the nearest oak tree & clean it this way. Leave the carcass for the yotes & buzzards. Do hogs the same way.
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Old 09-06-2010, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by A11en
I haven't gut a deer in years! Six years ago, someone showed me how to quarter a deer taking all four quarters, the backstraps, and even the tenderloins with-out gutting. The only mess I deal with is the anus / bladder when splitting the pelvic bone.

It's very easy and only takes me 15-20 minutes on an average deer (once its hung)- about half that with two people.
Great idea

But here in Ohio
You need to take the whole deer ( feild dressed ) to be checked in
It isn't legal to bone it out or quarter before checking it

That will change next year , as we are going to a call in or internet chek in system

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Old 09-06-2010, 06:20 PM
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A11en: I would love to learn that. Do you have a link to a video or instructions onh how to do that?
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