Nothing like field dressing a deer when it is 20 degrees! That was last night in Southern Ohio. I shot a big doe at last light on my daughters farm. She and I did the process in 10-15 minutes. I am 74, been doing this all my life. This is a great video for learning.
The coldest one I’ve ever had was -34, it was a 245 lb field dressed 10 pointer i shot tracking on snow after catching up to him with three does. Im in the northernmost part of Maine and it gets pretty brutal here in November, especially towards the end of the month. Needless to say, putting my hands in that warm chest cavity felt good 😂
Heading out tomorrow for my first time alone. Been hunting with my dad for many of years. Just hit 18 and my dad has work tomorrow morning as i have work in the afternoon. So im heading out by myself. Have never gutted a deer as ive never shot one. This helps so much. Im much more confident. Thank you!!
@@mikerowell992 sadly no, can’t really remember how the season went. I know I saw a few but they were right on the property line and a little farther of a shot then I wanted to make.
@@TSoutdoors18 Tough luck. I'm hoping to get out this season for the first time. Would love to take a deer with a longbow, but I know that's hoping for a lot. Just got a new 300blk bolt gun, just in case the bow doesn't work out. Subs are really nice out in the woods!
@@mikerowell992 good luck to ya. Put my drawing in for a Pa elk tag for the first time this year. Hoping to get a rare chance at that. Won’t have much time to hunt deer season in pa as I’ll be on the road down south for work.
Wow! I have never been hunting. Never had the opportunity, but I am married to a woman who is originally from Maine, and her brother hunts as much as possible all-year-round. I have never seen the process of dressing a deer before and that was AMAZING! You were like a surgeon working that carcass. Great work explaining everything and speaking with accurate detail. Two thumbs up.
Did one 20 plus years ago. Since Ive certified myself in the automotive world via RUclips why not recertify myself with dressing a deer. You my friend I was happy to find. I played it twice and jumped in while playing it continuously listening then rewinding to the parts I was still on. Awesome. Made me confident good sir. Thank you. Many thanks.
For some, this may be simple as you you grew in this fantastic environment. But I never hunted and never dress my kill. This was an awesome simple method. Very instructive and calm demeanor. I learned a lot. I wanted to see the cutting too to see how you cut the nice tenderloins and parts. Thank you for this and keep it up.
Best video I've seen so far on this! ETA: Just got one yesterday and this worked sooo much better for me than what I tried on my first one. Everything worked super easy. Taking time to free the colon really makes a difference. Not to mention pinning the legs with sticks like in the video.
This is one of the very best field dressing videos I have ever seen. Excellent footage and you took the time to explain clearly. Also, great tip with staking the legs down with sticks.
I got nervous for your fingers with the hatchet on the sternum part but you're a pro! And when I noticed the sticks holding the legs open through the ligaments.....Mind Blown!! Never thougt of that in all my life of field dressing deer! Thanks for the awesome video.
@lastchance3552 it took me 45 minutes little longer then I expected but I feel it went as smooth as I could make it definitely wasn't able to pull the guts out like he did had to cut it out as I went but besides that I'm happy with how it turned out
Nicely done video! I loved the sticks through the tendons was a very effective way of keeping the deer's legs fixed. But the axe work would have been better with a saw, which you did mention could be used.
@@jumpninthedarkalley Thanks for your comment! Hey, I've. used the BUTT OUT and I still struggle getting it right! You do have to watch out for the bladder for sure! And I didn't fare as well as this guy when I shot my video on my channel: ruclips.net/video/SaoT3eGq8FU/видео.html
@jumpninthedarkalley thank you! Freeing the colon usually makes the bladder come out with everything else. On rare occasions it can get left behind and cause trouble. Maybe I will do a video intentionally leaving it in this year.
Wonderful video! Precise and to-the-point! That's always been the hardest part of butchering deer for us in my family is the cursed butt and bladder gear for bucks. The way I always saw it done was a hack saw to split the pelvoce and pray you didn't hit the colin. Then through sharp bones you gotta get a hold of it and carefully scrape around until it comes out. I got my dad a Butt-Out tool for Christmas one year and it was a game changer! This video is a complete overhaul and I am super grateful! Greetings from Saskatchewan! 😁
Can always learn something new. Use a butt-out myself, with a zip tie, but opening the sternum with a bone saw has saved me much time and headache. Definitely will add the stick trick to my routine! Helps save the lower back.
Great video! The only thing I do different is I don’t split the pelvis, which helps keep the cavity clean while dragging through the woods and limits the amount of waste from the hind quarters. I split every one with a hatchet or saw for about 20 years, but stopped doing it about 8-10 years ago and never looked back.
Zero hunting experience, i was just curious how dressing works A little unusual for my untrained eye but very informative, reminds me of frog dissection labs
This is one of the best field dressing videos I have watched. Excellent footage and great skill demonstrated. Thank you for this. I'll be saving it to review again (and again) before heading into the woods to harvest a deer.
I do everything pretty much the same except the pelvis. I don’t cut around the butt at all. I use a bone saw on the pelvis and pull the guts south through the channel between the hams then pull the and the colon peels out
Well I've carved all my son's & his buddies whitetail, from tenderloins, backstraps but my son has always gutted them. I'm going to try your method young fella this season 👍🦌 74+ 🍁 hunter Yorkshire expat
This beats Steve Rinella's tutorial. Choppin that sternum is a bold move when you've got the guts right there but opening the chest cavity like that seems great to access the diaphragm rather than reaching in deep the way I've been doing it!
May I ask, is there a reason why we can't free up the Colon right before pulling everything out? Seems less sanitary to work around the butt at the beginning. Could be a dumb question, so I'm sorry if this is common knowledge.
Want to try to get a doe this year, but I’ve never done it before.. I’ve butchered plenty of deer meat just never done this part or shot one 😬 Don’t want to look like a total goober so thank you!! This was very informative. Does everyone do the colon part first?
Did would make a good side hustle app for people that are good with doing this. A hunter shoots a deer and they could just tap on the app requesting a person to show up and dress the deer or maybe even skin it. I'm always thinking of ways to make money. If milk is coming out does that mean the deer have young?
Excellent instructional video. i always tell a young hunter when dressed properly this process should not look like a blood bath massacre. You had maybe less than a pint of blood in the cavity when finished. I use a bone saw for sternum and pelvis. Thanks
As a beginner, this video is great. I've done 3 and wished i would've found this video sooner. I've never split the sternum or pelvic bone before, tho. Might have to try it next time. I might have missed it in the other comments but what knife did you use?
Apparently you're better off starting the upper incision just where the ribs start as opposed to the sternum to preserve the brisket as much as possible. Aside from that great video especially loved how you put emphasis on completely detaching the colon, something people neglect a lot and it complicates things later.
Now the big question which organs can you save to eat? I'm assuming heart liver kidneys. Also can you use the intestines as sausage casing? How would I go about cleaning the stomach to idk, make a bag? Can I use the lungs to make venison haggis? These are all legit questions I'd like answers to when your able
We quarter a lot of deer because we hunt deep on public land. We have drug some out that got a little bit on the hams before. Usually temperature control is more important to us because we are in the south.
even if the hams get dirty it won’t get contaminated because it gets washed anyways, right? I live in central California where it’s still 80 degrees in October @@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen.
Not much difference, as long as you free the colon the bladder will come out without issues. If the colon isn’t free the risk of it bursting is way higher.
Most of the time the deer release their bladders when they pass. On occasion, I have seen a full one and had to be careful taking it out. As for the genitalia, never had any issues just cutting it away. A bone saw works well for the pelvis and chest bone. Never tried pruners but I imagine they would work just fine.
Only question I have is how are you getting the vaginal track out. When you pulled everything out at the end was that one of the things you had to cut loose? Or were you hatching at it at the end?
Very well done man , now im gonna admit ive never gutted a deer without using a pair of " gutting gloves " it just keeps the mess down saves yoir sleeves alot of times if your in the woods and not near water you dont have a place to clean up your hands so definitely a pair of long rubber kitchen gloves really help
I would have cut the pelvic bone allowing for easy pass through and the meat to cool faster. Love the stick through the Achilles - Definitely using that idea
I always cut it at the end because I’m afraid to cut the rectum, but your right gotta cool the meat as quickly as possible. The sticks make things a lot easier, hope it works for you!
They usually fall into the canal and then I will pick them out or they will fall out when I pick the deer up to drain it. Never had an issue with them getting into the meat though.
It’s weather dependent but if it’s above 70 you got about 2 hours before it starts to turn. It it’s hot where you hunt I recommend getting game bags and quartering it in the woods/field. That will cool it down a lot faster.
this is the first video of this type of content I was able to watch from beginning to end...granted it wasn't the easiest thing I've done but at least I got through to it. I wanna become self sufficient and I want to get my hunting license too sometime in the next 3 years so I am trying to get more comfortable with seeing and the thought of doing this stuff. I do wonder about her kid since she had milk...did you see it? what happened to it?
Thanks for the feedback! I think the best thing to do is start small. Go hunt some rabbits and squirrels, clean em up and eat em. Then work your way up to the bigger stuff, that’s what I did. A lot of does will have milk left over from “fawning” the spring before, it’s fairly common. I did not see any other deer with her on this hunt.
@@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen Thanks so much for the advice, I'm gonna do that for sure once I start. Really interesting fact about does, didn't know they still had some milk after being done with their fawns. I need to learn more about this stuff. Could you recommend some books on hunting and processing the kills? Videos are great but I would like to also have a written material with pictures ideally that I can revisit since I won't be having access to the internet once I move and it's good to have it just in case anyway.
Freeing the colon is my biggest issue. I dont free it enough and struggle once the guts are laying out the poop shoot is still connected and causes all kinds of problems especially in the dark lol
Another way to open the chest up just in case you forget a saw or axe is with your knife cutting right next to the sternum not recommended though because it does dull your knife
That was a good tutorial. Honestly I'm really impressed at how calm the deer was the whole time. Took it like a champ!
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Bahahaha 😂
The deer is a paid actor
I have watched so many videos on this. From the camera angle, quality picture and your step by step instructions. This was a great video. Thank you.
Of course! Thanks for the feedback.
You a hunter luv?
100% agreed. Did ab excellent job with this video.
@dwightsbeats4274 thank you!
You almost castrate yourself when pulling that knife towards you, great job, but the knife always goes the opposite direction of your body.
Nothing like field dressing a deer when it is 20 degrees! That was last night in Southern Ohio. I shot a big doe at last light on my daughters farm. She and I did the process in 10-15 minutes. I am 74, been doing this all my life. This is a great video for learning.
20 degrees?! That’s cold! Luckily it was around 60 when I did the video. Thanks for the feedback!
The coldest one I’ve ever had was -34, it was a 245 lb field dressed 10 pointer i shot tracking on snow after catching up to him with three does. Im in the northernmost part of Maine and it gets pretty brutal here in November, especially towards the end of the month. Needless to say, putting my hands in that warm chest cavity felt good 😂
Heading out tomorrow for my first time alone. Been hunting with my dad for many of years. Just hit 18 and my dad has work tomorrow morning as i have work in the afternoon. So im heading out by myself. Have never gutted a deer as ive never shot one. This helps so much. Im much more confident. Thank you!!
Glad to help! Good luck this year!
Bro did you get a deer?!
@@mikerowell992 sadly no, can’t really remember how the season went. I know I saw a few but they were right on the property line and a little farther of a shot then I wanted to make.
@@TSoutdoors18 Tough luck. I'm hoping to get out this season for the first time. Would love to take a deer with a longbow, but I know that's hoping for a lot. Just got a new 300blk bolt gun, just in case the bow doesn't work out. Subs are really nice out in the woods!
@@mikerowell992 good luck to ya. Put my drawing in for a Pa elk tag for the first time this year. Hoping to get a rare chance at that. Won’t have much time to hunt deer season in pa as I’ll be on the road down south for work.
Watched 15 of these.
This is the best. Camera, clarity, taking your time for each step, explanation: all very good.
Thank you for the feedback!
I like the sticks trick to keep the hind legs spread...I'm gonna give it a try on my next deer. Thanx for doing the video.
You’re welcome!
Yea, sticks keeping it spread#2 of my take away from this
Brings back the memories. I remember doing this when I was 7. RIP DAD.
Right!lost my dad almost 2 years ago....if only we could go one a few more hunts 😢
Taking my older sons out this season for a couple of deer hunts, hope I can do the same for them. Make some memories while we can!
Man bro that's cool thanks for sharing brother 🙏
Thank you so much. I haven't field dressed a deer in so long and when I asked family to show me they just do it and never explain what their doing
Glad to help!
Wow! I have never been hunting. Never had the opportunity, but I am married to a woman who is originally from Maine, and her brother hunts as much as possible all-year-round. I have never seen the process of dressing a deer before and that was AMAZING! You were like a surgeon working that carcass.
Great work explaining everything and speaking with accurate detail. Two thumbs up.
Thank you!! 🙏
Did one 20 plus years ago. Since Ive certified myself in the automotive world via RUclips why not recertify myself with dressing a deer. You my friend I was happy to find. I played it twice and jumped in while playing it continuously listening then rewinding to the parts I was still on. Awesome. Made me confident good sir. Thank you. Many thanks.
You’re welcome! Thanks for the feedback and good luck this year!
For some, this may be simple as you you grew in this fantastic environment. But I never hunted and never dress my kill. This was an awesome simple method. Very instructive and calm demeanor. I learned a lot. I wanted to see the cutting too to see how you cut the nice tenderloins and parts. Thank you for this and keep it up.
Thanks for the feedback. I will do a video on tenderloins if I get another one this year.
Best video I've seen so far on this!
ETA: Just got one yesterday and this worked sooo much better for me than what I tried on my first one. Everything worked super easy. Taking time to free the colon really makes a difference. Not to mention pinning the legs with sticks like in the video.
Thank you!
This is one of the very best field dressing videos I have ever seen. Excellent footage and you took the time to explain clearly. Also, great tip with staking the legs down with sticks.
I appreciate your feedback!
I got nervous for your fingers with the hatchet on the sternum part but you're a pro! And when I noticed the sticks holding the legs open through the ligaments.....Mind Blown!! Never thougt of that in all my life of field dressing deer! Thanks for the awesome video.
You’re welcome! Thanks for the feedback.
Good video!
I've never gutted anything in my life so this could help me do so
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
Best one I’ve watched seen so many on here. Good camera angle and information great job
Thank ya!
best gutting video i’ve seen. you didn’t miss one second of what needed to be seen, thank you!
You’re welcome, thanks for the feedback!
Wow!!! This is by far the best field dressing videos out there! Thanks a lot from Canada
You’re welcome, thanks for the feedback!
I have seen a lot of videos in this and this is the best one I’ve see. The sticks to hold the legs open was a good idea.
We appreciate your feedback!
Thanks for the help got my first deer today and never seen it done before what an Experience. Definitely a Roller coaster of highs and lows
How did the field dressing go?
Congratulations!! Hope it went ok, it gets easier every time.
@lastchance3552 it took me 45 minutes little longer then I expected but I feel it went as smooth as I could make it definitely wasn't able to pull the guts out like he did had to cut it out as I went but besides that I'm happy with how it turned out
@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen it definitely didn't make it easy but I wouldn't have been able to do it with out your video
Nicely done video! I loved the sticks through the tendons was a very effective way of keeping the deer's legs fixed. But the axe work would have been better with a saw, which you did mention could be used.
Thanks for the feedback! I like to use a saw too, it just seems I always have a hatchet handy in the woods.
Yes finally a perfect video. But how about the urethra and bladder locations? Only thing i saw missed. Well done
@@jumpninthedarkalley Thanks for your comment! Hey, I've. used the BUTT OUT and I still struggle getting it right! You do have to watch out for the bladder for sure! And I didn't fare as well as this guy when I shot my video on my channel: ruclips.net/video/SaoT3eGq8FU/видео.html
@jumpninthedarkalley thank you! Freeing the colon usually makes the bladder come out with everything else. On rare occasions it can get left behind and cause trouble. Maybe I will do a video intentionally leaving it in this year.
Finally someone doing it properly. With no piss or shite everywhere. Thanks for the yearly refresh
You’re welcome, thanks for the feedback!
This was by far, the best how-to field dress I’ve ever seen. Great job and awesome tips
Thank you! 🙏
I have never done this but I think i could thanks sir you are a gentleman and a scholar.
Thanks!!
Wonderful video! Precise and to-the-point!
That's always been the hardest part of butchering deer for us in my family is the cursed butt and bladder gear for bucks.
The way I always saw it done was a hack saw to split the pelvoce and pray you didn't hit the colin. Then through sharp bones you gotta get a hold of it and carefully scrape around until it comes out.
I got my dad a Butt-Out tool for Christmas one year and it was a game changer! This video is a complete overhaul and I am super grateful! Greetings from Saskatchewan! 😁
Yea I’ve seen it done that way too, always a pain. Thanks for the feedback!
Thank you for the clear footage. Taking my friends kids hunting and this video was great for them.
Glad to hear it, good luck out there!!
The sticks through the hind legs to hold it open was genius. The whole video was good, but that little trick might be gold.
Thanks for the feedback!
Awesome stuff man very helpful. Good hunting!
Same to you, thanks for the feedback!
Can always learn something new. Use a butt-out myself, with a zip tie, but opening the sternum with a bone saw has saved me much time and headache. Definitely will add the stick trick to my routine! Helps save the lower back.
Agreed, thanks for the feedback!
Best video , on field dressing a deer, great job thanks
Thanks for the feedback and you’re welcome.
Great video! The only thing I do different is I don’t split the pelvis, which helps keep the cavity clean while dragging through the woods and limits the amount of waste from the hind quarters. I split every one with a hatchet or saw for about 20 years, but stopped doing it about 8-10 years ago and never looked back.
Thanks! That’s a good reason, I don’t like to waste any meat either.
You make it look super easy!
Thanks!
Really good video. Useful, educational.
Thank you!
Zero hunting experience, i was just curious how dressing works
A little unusual for my untrained eye but very informative, reminds me of frog dissection labs
Thanks for watching and for the feedback. We never did frog dissection in school, I kinda feel robbed!
The branch through the tendons is genius.
Thanks! I did it for the video, but I think I’ll be doing it every time now.
AWESOME VIDEO SIR! I'M GONNA SAVE THIS BECAUSE YOU MADE IT EASY!!!!! THANK YOU!!!!
You’re welcome!
This is one of the best field dressing videos I have watched. Excellent footage and great skill demonstrated. Thank you for this. I'll be saving it to review again (and again) before heading into the woods to harvest a deer.
Thank you! Glad you like the video and good luck this year!
Excellent tutorial... Would you consider doing the cut from trachea down the sternum before going around the vent ?
You could do that cut first, yes! I just wouldn’t attempt to pull anything out until the vent is freed up.
I do everything pretty much the same except the pelvis. I don’t cut around the butt at all. I use a bone saw on the pelvis and pull the guts south through the channel between the hams then pull the and the colon peels out
If it works that’s all that matters. Thanks for watching!
Well I've carved all my son's & his buddies whitetail, from tenderloins, backstraps but my son has always gutted them. I'm going to try your method young fella this season 👍🦌 74+ 🍁 hunter Yorkshire expat
That’s awesome!! Good luck this year!
This was a really good video, thanks
You’re welcome!
Best tutorial ever. Thank you. 🔥🔥
Thank you!
Excellent video tutorial brother
Thanks!
This beats Steve Rinella's tutorial. Choppin that sternum is a bold move when you've got the guts right there but opening the chest cavity like that seems great to access the diaphragm rather than reaching in deep the way I've been doing it!
Thank you for the feedback! When I forget a hatchet I do the same thing, reach in deep and get bloody.
Liked the staking of the legs with branches.
Thanks!
bruh hands down best video !!
Thank you!
May I ask, is there a reason why we can't free up the Colon right before pulling everything out?
Seems less sanitary to work around the butt at the beginning.
Could be a dumb question, so I'm sorry if this is common knowledge.
I believe you could do it at the end, I have always done it at the beginning though.
@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen I have yet to see someone do it at the end so yeah I was just curious. Thanks for the response!
Want to try to get a doe this year, but I’ve never done it before.. I’ve butchered plenty of deer meat just never done this part or shot one 😬 Don’t want to look like a total goober so thank you!! This was very informative. Does everyone do the colon part first?
You’re welcome! When I was younger I did not, but I also always had to go back and cut out the meat that the droppings touched.
Very informative. Thank you.
Thanks and you’re welcome.
May I know what Knife you are using?
Outdoor Edge, the one with replaceable blades. Think I got it at Lowe’s.
I watched this even though I know I will not ever ever ever in a quadrillion years need this information
That’s ok, thanks for watching!
@ I’m addicted to this content 🫶
Did would make a good side hustle app for people that are good with doing this. A hunter shoots a deer and they could just tap on the app requesting a person to show up and dress the deer or maybe even skin it. I'm always thinking of ways to make money. If milk is coming out does that mean the deer have young?
Not a bad idea. Depends on the time of the year, the young are usually weaned off by rifle season.
Needed a little reminder before I head out lol
Good luck!
So don’t you have to deal with the bladder? Tie it off to avoid any possible leakage?
Not as long as you free the colon. If you don’t free the colon, you run the risk of a leak or burst when you pull out the guts.
In removing the genitalia you sever the urethra. That doesn’t risk a urine leakage?
Excellent instructional video. i always tell a young hunter when dressed properly this process should not look like a blood bath massacre. You had maybe less than a pint of blood in the cavity when finished. I use a bone saw for sternum and pelvis. Thanks
You’re welcome, thanks for the feedback!
As a beginner, this video is great. I've done 3 and wished i would've found this video sooner. I've never split the sternum or pelvic bone before, tho. Might have to try it next time. I might have missed it in the other comments but what knife did you use?
It’s an “outdoor edge”, one of the ones with replaceable blades. Think I got it at Lowe’s.
Great camera angles!!!
Thank you!
I need a hatchet now 🤔, great video thank you
You’re welcome, thanks for the feedback.
Im 9 years old and i love this
Glad to hear it!
nicely done, clean, efficient...
Thank you!
Nicely done.
Thanks!
Great video,i just get paranoid pulling the knife towards my femur artery so i always cut away from me
True! If you never cut towards your self, ya can’t cut your self.
I didn’t see the end. Did you put it all back together so the deer could home?
Afraid not..
why was there such little blood? anytime ive field dressed im up to blood to my elbows
I’m not really sure. Sometimes it’s the same way for me, this one was just different.
Best video yet
Thank you!
Great video. What about the organs..heart? Kidney, lungs etc.
I always keep the heart for eating, I have never used the liver or lungs though.
So how do you skin it now since it's lighter and hollow, wouldn't it be more difficult to remove its coat now?
I have a video on that too, we always gut before we skin them. This way we don’t have to be as careful when skinning.
@@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen
Thanks
I'll look for it
Does this hurt the doe?
No, it is already deceased.
Apparently you're better off starting the upper incision just where the ribs start as opposed to the sternum to preserve the brisket as much as possible. Aside from that great video especially loved how you put emphasis on completely detaching the colon, something people neglect a lot and it complicates things later.
Thanks for the feedback!
Clean. Well done 👍
Thank you!
Now the big question which organs can you save to eat? I'm assuming heart liver kidneys. Also can you use the intestines as sausage casing? How would I go about cleaning the stomach to idk, make a bag? Can I use the lungs to make venison haggis? These are all legit questions I'd like answers to when your able
We always eat the heart and I’m sure you can eat the liver. Past that I’m really not sure.
I've never dressed an animal. Do you bread the deer first?
No, we do not.
Brilliant video sir
Thank you! 🙏
Wouldn’t dirt get on the hams when you have to drag the deer to your vehicle?
We quarter a lot of deer because we hunt deep on public land. We have drug some out that got a little bit on the hams before. Usually temperature control is more important to us because we are in the south.
even if the hams get dirty it won’t get contaminated because it gets washed anyways, right? I live in central California where it’s still 80 degrees in October @@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen.
@nono559 I will usually cut it out but only about 1/8in deep. It’s 70-80 degrees when we get most of our deer too.
@@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen thank you
Do i need to takr out that part behind there leg?
Yes, I like to remove those first. They are called tarsal glands and I should have a video on how to do that here in a couple weeks.
@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen thank u i just got back from my first trip no luck yet
Keep after it, good things will happen. Good luck this year!
interesting, at what point do you worry about the urine sac I must have missed this, is there much difference with a buck?
Not much difference, as long as you free the colon the bladder will come out without issues. If the colon isn’t free the risk of it bursting is way higher.
Props to the deer for staying still during this demo.
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If you cut off a bucks junk do you not get pee everywhere? Have you ever tried using pruners or loppers to cut the ribs or pelvis?
Most of the time the deer release their bladders when they pass. On occasion, I have seen a full one and had to be careful taking it out. As for the genitalia, never had any issues just cutting it away. A bone saw works well for the pelvis and chest bone. Never tried pruners but I imagine they would work just fine.
Only question I have is how are you getting the vaginal track out. When you pulled everything out at the end was that one of the things you had to cut loose? Or were you hatching at it at the end?
If you free the colon well, all that will come out when the gut pile gets pushed out.
Are you able to eat any of the organs from the deer?
Heart and liver can be eaten. As for the rest, unsure.
Well done and explained
Thank you!
Why don’t you use a gut hook? That way you don’t get into the guts. I have used one for many years. Were the blood? Folding Bone saw works great.
Just never used one before. Try to keep my pack minimal.
Very well done man , now im gonna admit ive never gutted a deer without using a pair of " gutting gloves " it just keeps the mess down saves yoir sleeves alot of times if your in the woods and not near water you dont have a place to clean up your hands so definitely a pair of long rubber kitchen gloves really help
Thanks! Yea that’s actually a really handy thing to have! Might add it to my kit for the days I have to walk out a few miles.
@@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen haha cool
Are butt out tools worth it? I always have one in my pack but always did the knife method
I’ve never used one before. I like the minimalist approach when packing for a hunt.
Out of curiosity, where was the shot placement on this deer. And what was it shot with?
30-30 Hollow point, shot placement was upper neck.
I would have cut the pelvic bone allowing for easy pass through and the meat to cool faster. Love the stick through the Achilles - Definitely using that idea
I always cut it at the end because I’m afraid to cut the rectum, but your right gotta cool the meat as quickly as possible. The sticks make things a lot easier, hope it works for you!
The sticks trick is genius
Thanks!
Great video btw. Just curious do you get bone shards in the meat by using the Hatchet?
They usually fall into the canal and then I will pick them out or they will fall out when I pick the deer up to drain it. Never had an issue with them getting into the meat though.
So when you start the anus just cut 360 degrees and then just let it go or pull it out right away
Just let it go, it will all come out when you pull the guts. As long as you cut all the way around it prior.
They burn 🔥 hot don’t they!? Great method I do like the sticks and 🪓
@peterpoel1019 Yes, thank you for the feedback! That was the first time I used the sticks actually.
how long does it take before you have to ice the deer down? I notice on swamp people they never put ice on the gators.
It’s weather dependent but if it’s above 70 you got about 2 hours before it starts to turn. It it’s hot where you hunt I recommend getting game bags and quartering it in the woods/field. That will cool it down a lot faster.
this is the first video of this type of content I was able to watch from beginning to end...granted it wasn't the easiest thing I've done but at least I got through to it. I wanna become self sufficient and I want to get my hunting license too sometime in the next 3 years so I am trying to get more comfortable with seeing and the thought of doing this stuff. I do wonder about her kid since she had milk...did you see it? what happened to it?
Thanks for the feedback! I think the best thing to do is start small. Go hunt some rabbits and squirrels, clean em up and eat em. Then work your way up to the bigger stuff, that’s what I did. A lot of does will have milk left over from “fawning” the spring before, it’s fairly common. I did not see any other deer with her on this hunt.
@@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen Thanks so much for the advice, I'm gonna do that for sure once I start. Really interesting fact about does, didn't know they still had some milk after being done with their fawns. I need to learn more about this stuff.
Could you recommend some books on hunting and processing the kills? Videos are great but I would like to also have a written material with pictures ideally that I can revisit since I won't be having access to the internet once I move and it's good to have it just in case anyway.
Can do this with sheep?
Yes, I believe it would be exactly the same.
Good job!
Thanks!
Freeing the colon is my biggest issue. I dont free it enough and struggle once the guts are laying out the poop shoot is still connected and causes all kinds of problems especially in the dark lol
Agreed! Then there are always dropping that fall in the cavity and I end up wasting good meat. Thanks for the comment, good luck this year! Semper Fi!
@@TheGreatAmericanOutdoorsmen thank you, you as well. already got a doe 114 lb
Thank you so much 😊
You’re welcome!
Another way to open the chest up just in case you forget a saw or axe is with your knife cutting right next to the sternum not recommended though because it does dull your knife
Yea I imagine that it would, thanks for the feedback!
What knife is that
Outdoor edge, with the replaceable blades.
Woah is the stomach normally so big? Or has it gassed up already?
She was slightly bloated but It’s not unusual.
almost identical to a meat bird, just larger. Thank you for the video.
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching.
As a new hunter thanks so much
You’re welcome!
Great Lesson!!!!!
Thank you!