Question For Hunters

[Adamjen15]

This is how I learned. We were blessed to have our Dads show us what to do, and in my case, my Dad made me do it when I shot a deer. Since I was a teenager I haven't given it a second thought. It's just part of it. I can gut one out in less than 5 minutes...Probably less than 2 minutes.

If a guy did not have a Dad or someone else show them, I can understand.

Hahaha. The guy that wanted to drag the deer 3/4 of a mile without gutting it, his dad didn’t know how either. He was there. I told them I wasn’t gonna drag it without it being gutted. So they tried and it looked like two monkeys trying to f*** a football. Lol so I had to finish it

 

[MRH]

Takes 2 minutes after practicing. Both my boys were gutting their own after a year or two. Cools body cavity quickly. I skin, quarter, and process my own. Can make sausage, ground, cubed....etc. And I KNOW how the meat was handled, allowed to blooddrain, and cured. Processors are an assembly line, you may get Bubba deer that was carted on a tailgate for 6 hours with the guts still in. Been hunting a long time. Doing your own is a labor of love....and safety.View attachment 2246270

I like seeing this. With hoists at camps and 4 wheelers doing the dragging for so many these days, I don't see many folks gutting them on the ground. I do appreciate the modern conveniences, and hanging them up is definitely the way to go, when possible, but I can't believe how many guys have watched me gut one on the ground and claim they have never done that. Some have never even seen it!

 

[BIKER13]

problem is disposing of entrails,for $20 the processor handles all that.

 

[Adamjen15]

I like seeing this. With hoists at camps and 4 wheelers doing the dragging for so many these days, I don't see many folks gutting them on the ground. I do appreciate the modern conveniences, and hanging them up is definitely the way to go, when possible, but I can't believe how many guys have watched me gut one on the ground and claim they have never done that. Some have never even seen it!

I don’t know if anybody will know this reference, but I kinda like doing things the Tred Barta way. Lol

 

[Adamjen15]

problem is disposing of entrails,for $20 the processor handles all that.

Kill a deer that morning and come back that night and kill a yote. Lol unless you’re talking about the carcass then I agree

 

[chazehen]

My processor is less than a mile away. I'll pay the extra $15. I've gutted deer. No magic in it for me. I guess I'm just getting old and lazy.

 

[Adamjen15]

My processor is less than a mile away. I'll pay the extra $15. I've gutted deer. No magic in it for me. I guess I'm just getting old and lazy.

That’s my point though, there is a difference in knowing how and choosing not and not knowing at all. These boys just didn’t know at all. Lol

 

[EasyStreet]

I stood at the wma skinning racks and asked lots of questions. I can process an entire deer now start to finish

 

[timbgtm]

People are taking advantage of your kindness. Make them do it themselves. If they're new to hunting help them, but make them do there part. It's not rocket science.

 

[BIKER13]

Kill a deer that morning and come back that night and kill a yote. Lol unless you’re talking about the carcass then I agree

I dont want to encourage the yotes to come around.