MudderChuck

I made a five-gallon plastic gas-type container with a faucet at the bottom. I've never gut-shot a Deer. My main malfunction is piercing the bladder. I've never worried about some random Deer berries. All my meat gets cooked well.
I'm not all that good at gutting, but I fail to see how somebody could screw it up that badly and leave guts in there. I always carry a little twine with me, tie off the esophagus high up in the neck.
The shape of the tip of the knife makes the process a lot easier, drop point works best. The tip on say a Buck knife 110 digs in. I gut on the ground. I've never hung one to gut. Grass actually works pretty well for cleaning the cavity out until you can get to some water to rinse.
I personally worry a lot more about parasites than I do random body waste.

C. Davis

If you are careful on a nasty field dress, the worst thing that is affected are the tenderloins on the inside. I have never done much with the ribs and the flanks. The skin should protect the rests if you leave it covering the inside of the hind quarters. I quarter my deer at our camp, and have the meat on ice for several days.
Between a nasty gut job, and skinning, wash hands, or change rubber gloves.
Most all of the meat can stay segregated from anything that might worry you

C. Davis

deerhuntinglife

Guys, do you know how long can a gut shot deer live?

Bocajnala

​​​​​​A Long time.

-Jake

Oldtimr

A long painful time!

HuntingGearDeals

If legal in your area, hire a tracking dog. Definitely worth the investment.

Oldtimr

A tracking dog will not do a thing to help him field dress a deer that he already found unless the dog is trained in the art of field dressing!

Bocajnala

Where can I get that dog

Oldtimr

JamesSperry

A gut shot is a term used to describe the practice of using a sharp object (usually a knife) to cut open the stomach cavity of a live animal. This is done to remove the internal organs and then clean them out.