Way to chase that dream lackster!! One heck of a building, setup and start to the season! How in the world are you able to keep up with working a full time job, have a few folks cutting for ya?
I've seen guys not paying attention when dragging deer out and end up with the entire stomach cavity coated in leaves and other woods debris. I have noticed that if I split the pelvis when field dressing I get more dirt on the rear quarters when dragging. So I only use that technique in short drags or when the sxs can get close.Never understood the whole debris concern because I spray mine out before doing anything with them. From first incision to cleaned out, it took me 5 minutes to gut Kaydence's deer. For me, it's easy but I get that it's not for others. Especially the ones with wimpy stomachs like @giles
It would probably take me 30-40 min or so and I'd be almost guaranteed to bust the piss sack. Lol.Never understood the whole debris concern because I spray mine out before doing anything with them. From first incision to cleaned out, it took me 5 minutes to gut Kaydence's deer. For me, it's easy but I get that it's not for others. Especially the ones with wimpy stomachs like @giles
Did you ever order that “Life Alert”?It would probably take me 30-40 min or so and I'd be almost guaranteed to bust the piss sack. Lol.
I've never hunted anyplace that has running water or a hose. Usually just a tree limb and a rope/gambrel.
One things for damn sure. If I had to hunt in the canyons and peaks out at strouds, I wouldn't haul anything out I didn't have to! I barely escaped with my life last time!!
Did you ever order that “Life Alert”?
Well, I came home to cut meat full time. My wife is working from home, and homeschooling our daughter. I want to be home with them and do what I love! It's been awesome so far.Way to chase that dream lackster!! One heck of a building, setup and start to the season! How in the world are you able to keep up with working a full time job, have a few folks cutting for ya?
Remember this?FEEL GOOD MOMENT:
Put a blind on Marketplace for parts. 2 different guys did not show up. Guy comes over for it and say's you know Madd Maxx? (Sign at our driveway) I laughed and told him Maxx was inside. He was fixing a blind so his boy 6 yrs old could go hunting with him. I said your boy have a bow? And then went inside to retrieve an older crossbow that would be great for a kid to learn fundamentals (125# recurve crossbow). When we opened the hatch the boy was inside and GOT ALL EXCITED ABOUT DADS NEW BOW! When we told him it was his, he couldn't even talk.... for real is all he could say. PRICELESS!
When we were closing the hatch, we heard him saying "Mom can I please shoot that when I get home?" That's when the allergies kicked in a little..... Maxx Dogg has new fiends too....
Well, I came home to cut meat full time. My wife is working from home, and homeschooling our daughter. I want to be home with them and do what I love! It's been awesome so far.
Well of course you don't have to field dress an animal, but it speeds up the cooling process just like getting the hide off. The issue with leaving the guts in really only matters when you are hunting in very warm weather, like it is down south right now. Cooling down the meat as quickly as possible is paramount if you care about how it tastes, and that is why I always remove the guts immediately unless it is freezing cold outside. I have butchered a mule deer on the ground just like he did in the video, and it is a pain in the ass compared to butchering while you are standing up, but if you have to carry the meat and horns on your back for many miles in the mountains, you don't have a choice. I don't think you can harvest the heart without opening up the chest. I always like to see what the deer I shoot have been eating recently, so I always cut open the stomach and rummage to see what is in there after I get the guts out and away from the carcass.Ive never field dressed a deer in my life. Of course I've never had to pack one out either. I will drag it out to where the ATV can get it. Haul it back to the skinning rack and skin it. Will pull the straps, tenderloins, front shoulders, rib meat and neck meat. Then drop the ribcage into a recycle tote with the guts still inside. Split the pelvis and drop the hams into the cooler. From what I can tell, its never caused any issue in terms of quality. Why mess with the guts if you don't have to?
FWIW, the deer in NC are, in general, smaller than the ones up here and are easier to drag out.