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Question about field dressing game
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11/24/16 06:20 PM
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alsaenz
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Hello folks,
I usually carry disposable gloves with me when I field dress animals, but this morning, I didn't have any, and went ahead and dressed the deer anyway. Just interested to hear y'alls thoughts about how risky that is (whether whitetail, hog, etc) with regard to potential exposure to blood borne pathogens, etc. Sometimes don't use gloves? Never use gloves? Always use gloves?
Any other "musts" or "nevers" to consider when dressing an animal?
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 06:56 PM
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Big_Ag
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Never use them, even on hogs. Hogs I think is where the greater risk is, but still have never used them on pigs.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 07:05 PM
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Jkd106
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I use them if they are handy on deer, I would probably use them on pigs for sure.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 07:09 PM
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Dalee7892
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Never use to, it was part of field dressing. Pigs always. Now I use them because of not much water around at lease.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 07:23 PM
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scalebuster
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Very risky. I'd quarentine myself until Sunday, and ingest large amounts of alcohol. Just to be safe.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: scalebuster]
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11/24/16 07:28 PM
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alsaenz
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Very risky. I'd quarentine myself until Sunday, and ingest large amounts of alcohol. Just to be safe. Words of wisdom right here.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 07:29 PM
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Nate C.
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I don't usually bother with them. If I start out trying to use them, I usually knock a hole in them before I am finished and end up throwing them away anyhow.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 07:34 PM
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Wilhunt
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I use them if their available.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 07:50 PM
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TexFlip
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Always use on pigs most the time on deer especially if I have a cut on my hand. Keep several boxes of gloves at camp and keep a half dozen pairs in my trauma kit in my truck.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 08:02 PM
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I try to always use gloves. Clean up is easier too.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 08:03 PM
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don k
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Re: Question about field dressing game
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11/24/16 08:09 PM
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I used to never, but usually do know... And only because of ease of clean up. Not worried about anything else.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 08:11 PM
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lunkerm
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 08:21 PM
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I've used them but really not very often...
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 09:25 PM
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Never have used in 30 years. I don't mess with pigs.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 09:28 PM
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Never use gloves always carry baby wipes and hand sanitizer with me in my truck
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/24/16 11:58 PM
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poisonivie
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never use them cause never have them. Just not something I worry about. Probably more danger in some of the skanks I picked up in my younger years.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: don k]
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11/25/16 12:01 AM
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Re: Question about field dressing game
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11/25/16 12:05 AM
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I try to always use gloves. Clean up is easier too.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/25/16 12:48 AM
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I always use them. I buy the heavy duty gloves from Lowes and they're really tough.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/25/16 01:20 AM
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Re: Question about field dressing game
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11/25/16 01:54 AM
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I used to never, but usually do know... And only because of ease of clean up. Not worried about anything else. X2
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: alsaenz]
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11/25/16 02:04 AM
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Creekrunner
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The blue, medical gloves are thicker mil. 'Learned that during my brief foray in selling sewer sucking equipment/trucks. They do make clean up much easier. I work faster without though (that's true in a lot of things), and the baby wipes mentioned above by SapperTitan are extremely useful. If a man that's been in the big sandbox says they're a good thing, I don't care if anyone else thinks they're "nancy".
...and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Gen. 1:28
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: Creekrunner]
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11/25/16 02:10 AM
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SapperTitan
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The blue, medical gloves are thicker mil. 'Learned that during my brief foray in selling sewer sucking equipment/trucks. They do make clean up much easier. I work faster without though (that's true in a lot of things), and the baby wipes mentioned above by SapperTitan are extremely useful. If a man that's been in the big sandbox says they're a good thing, I don't care if anyone else thinks they're "nancy". Haha if you knew how many baby wipe showers I've taken in the last 11 years haha. The baby wipes come in handy for a lot of things from wiping down knives after gutting, cleaning hands when water isn't present, cleaning mud or dust off of a weapon while in the field, wiping your but or like mentioned before taking a baby wipe shower. I personally just don't like using a knife in confined spaces with rubber gloves on.
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Re: Question about field dressing game
[Re: SapperTitan]
#6557789
11/25/16 02:32 AM
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D6Ranch
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The blue, medical gloves are thicker mil. 'Learned that during my brief foray in selling sewer sucking equipment/trucks. They do make clean up much easier. I work faster without though (that's true in a lot of things), and the baby wipes mentioned above by SapperTitan are extremely useful. If a man that's been in the big sandbox says they're a good thing, I don't care if anyone else thinks they're "nancy". Haha if you knew how many baby wipe showers I've taken in the last 11 years haha. The baby wipes come in handy for a lot of things from wiping down knives after gutting, cleaning hands when water isn't present, cleaning mud or dust off of a weapon while in the field, wiping your but or like mentioned before taking a baby wipe shower. I personally just don't like using a knife in confined spaces with rubber gloves on. I almost always use nitrile gloves when working on deer or hogs simply because it makes clean up easier for me. I know guys that can gut a deer and barely get any blood on them, I tend to get bloody. I agree with everything else about the baby wipes. No hot water or toilet at camp and I was just there for six days. Baby wipes got a lot of use.
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