Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

I got the field dressing thing down, but i am not sure how to remove the bladder. This was the first time field dressing. It was a buck. Thanks.

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

Very carefully:D:D

Sorry I just had to make a smart a$$ remark before rack did:D

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

Cut around, well...............best way is for someone to show you rather than describe it here!;)

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

You can either cut around the anus (filet knife works best) and pull it all out together or you can split the pelvic bone and saw out a big enough piece to allow you to get everything out together.

BTW , thats not a dumb question! Working at a butcher shop I' ve seen alot of spoiled meat by people doing it wrong because they didn' t ask how!

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

If you cut around the anus it' s all connected well enough to pull out? If you split the pelvic bone where do you saw?

Sorry, haven' t gotten my first deer yet.

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If your cutting around the anus , I like to use a long skinny blade like a filet knife so you push the knife in far enough to watch the blade as you cut around the anus. If you do it correctly everything will pull out together. I do this part after I remove the guts so I can see my blade tip while cutting around the anus.

Some people have trouble doing the anus cut without puncturing the bladder and find it easier to saw the pelvic bone. If you choose to saw the pelvic bone , just spread the legs apart , cut with your knife right down the middle (between the hams) until you hit the pelvic bone. Then use either an axe or pelvic saw (cabelas has them cheap) and make two cuts roughly 3" apart so you can remove that piece of pelvic bone and get at the entire poop chute.

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You don' t need any big fillet knife or any of that stuff. I just use my little Gerber. Cut around the anus working it loose as deep as you can inside the pelvic bones. Once you have it cut good and loose and can pull on the whole works slightly to allow you to free it deeper. Longer:D fingers would help. Honestly, I do most of the free with my bare hands. Then I do the rest of the dressing. I don' t mount so I cut the windpipe loose about halfway up the neck and work around it alittle with my fingers to free it. Then when I cut the cavity open I reach up inside, grab the windpipe in front of the lungs and if you do it right you pull and the whole works lungs, guts, butt and everything will come out in one big piece. You' ll have to do some cutting of the diaphram and the organs along the spine, but it really does all fall out nicely. I work around the anus from the inside with my hands to make sure it free so it won' t bust off. If the bladder doesn' t come you can go in and free around it, pinch it off and pull it out. You' re right.. a lot easier to do than explain.:eek:

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davidmil made a good point...don' t forget to cut the windpipe out. Leaving that will spoil your meat just as bad as leaving the a$$hole in tact. Here' s a site that goes over how to field dress a deer:

http://www.shanepotter.com/fielddressing.htm

Good luck!

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

Thanks. I now have a good idea on what i am doing. Ill see if I can have someone show me how to do it next time.

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

there is a bone that the bladder goes into, reach down in and pinch it and cut it off while still pintching it.

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I don' t want to get too technical, but I work as a surgeon and I think I have a few easy tips. Once you have completely opened the abdominal cavity, your cut should end at the pelvis. You can then take your fingers and gently push the bladder off of the inside of the pelvis. After you have cut the trachea and esophogus up high in the chest you should peel the entire contents of the chest and abdomen down toward the pelvis. It is important to make sure that you have the kidneys peeled off of the muscle. The kidneys are connected to the bladder by the ureters. Once you have the bladder freed up along with the rest of the chest/abdomen contents, you should be able to then cut around the anus without puncturing the bladder. I always do this with one hand inside the pelvis pulling traction on the rectum (this makes cutting easier) and keep the blade of my knife pointed toward the bony wall of the pelvis. Good luck, its not nearly as hard as you might think.

RE: Dumb Question How to remove bladder?
 

This is a comprehensive guide that gives you all the info you need to know from the time you shoot your animal till you eat it.....

http://eesc.orst.edu/AgComWebFile/EdMat/PNW517.pdf

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Tabby you have received a lot of good advice, the only thing I will add is to take your time, the more deer you dress the quicker you will become. Antoher thing I will add is " feel" has a lot to do with freeing up any organs that remain attached to the deer, a lot of times it can just be pulled free, other times you may need to use just the tip of your knife to free it up. The first one is the hardest, and I have to say I would rather dress a buck than a doe, more ueretha with a buck.