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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/16/15 06:35 PM
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txbobcat
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I got almost everyone I kill in the field or where they drop. I can move the gut pile away if needed, but vultures are on it quick or coyotes depending on the time of day. I have always gutted deer on the ground and have gotten really quick at it with the right tools. I use a gut hook, knife and tree loppers. On does I can gut one in a minute more or less depending on how many I have had practice on that season. Bucks that someone is wanting to have shoulder mounted I will take a bit more time on. It's all that time/experience spent hunting the long lease!
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Erathkid]
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08/16/15 06:39 PM
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cameron00
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I usually don't at this point. Almost anywhere I'd shoot a deer, I can pick it up in my truck and drive it to the cleaning station. Then I take backstraps, quarters, and drag the remainder about 30 yards to the woods surrounding the creek. There won't be a track of it the next day.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/16/15 09:54 PM
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sig226fan (Rguns.com)
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Depends on weather, if I am by myself, etc... I prefer to do it where they lay, and definitely if I have to load myself... If I have help, not too hot, we'll do it at camp, then use the guts for coyote bait over the hill from camp
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/17/15 02:51 AM
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tlk
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Where they drop. I have gutted so many deer it is a game to me to see how fast I can get it gutted and loaded. Sharp knife ? 5 minutes tops. Guts are gone in south texas within a few hours from coyotes
You can't fix stupid
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Erathkid]
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08/17/15 03:53 PM
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DeadRooster
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Camp. Cleaning station, water, gambrel, pandora, libations, and a couple of extra hands. It's a no brainer for me. This is exactly it. Plue, back at camp there tends to be a few youngsters milling around and this is a great opportunity to teach them how to clean and quarter a deer.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/17/15 04:00 PM
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jmh004
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I clean mine pretty close to where I shoot it. I'll drag it away from the feeder, or road, or whatever, but I'll do it right out in the field.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/17/15 04:12 PM
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redchevy
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We gut them in camp.
Even though we gut them in camp, I still gut them on the ground, hate gutting hanging deer swinging around etc. On the ground it stays where you want it till you move it.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/17/15 04:32 PM
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Navasot
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/17/15 05:57 PM
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Ghost-cfd
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i always do it back at camp as well since there is a cleaning station and a fire near by if my hands get cold
No one had a gun in our hands and we just watched it go. One guy threw his beer can at it.. just in really good shape and also hopefully flip the switch a little faster on my wife.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Navasot]
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08/17/15 06:31 PM
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SniperRAB
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep and if Clyde's there I will HimHaw around and he will have it skinned and quartered by the time I get my Knife out
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/17/15 10:39 PM
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swmays
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There's a tree in my front pasture that I use. I've left a chain around a limb to hang the gambrel from.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Navasot]
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08/18/15 02:03 AM
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therancher
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal.
Crotchety old bastidge
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/18/15 02:14 AM
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passthru
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In the field dressing room of course. Don't want the other deer to be peeping.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: therancher]
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08/18/15 12:44 PM
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redchevy
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal. I was raised to use as much of it as I could. I have also hunted on leases where if you cut and threw the ribcage away with the guts and didn't get the flank/inbetween rib meat out you were done and not coming back. Different strokes for different folks.
It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: stxranchman]
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08/18/15 01:29 PM
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PMK
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I got almost everyone I kill in the field or where they drop. I can move the gut pile away if needed, but vultures are on it quick or coyotes depending on the time of day. I have always gutted deer on the ground and have gotten really quick at it with the right tools. I use a gut hook, knife and tree loppers. On does I can gut one in a minute more or less depending on how many I have had practice on that season. Bucks that someone is wanting to have shoulder mounted I will take a bit more time on. this for me too but I don't use a gut hook and rarely use lops unless I have difficulty hitting the cartilage of the pelvis.
"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: txbobcat]
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08/18/15 05:38 PM
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Lipan Creep
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I absolutely will not field dress a deer unless I absolutely have to. I want to make sure that I have it skinned and washed before I even gut the animal. I want my meat clean clean clean. When I shoot my deer I'll take it back to camp and hang it, skin it, wash it, gut it, wash it, quarter it, and wash it again. Then put it in the vault to cool for 4-6 days. Then I will process it.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: therancher]
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08/18/15 06:04 PM
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skinnerback
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal. Because some of us want the ribs.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: therancher]
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08/18/15 06:23 PM
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cyberpyrot
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal. Duh so you can ware the entrails like a zombie and sneak up on your fellow hunters in the dark
I'm a terrible shot but I follow up with a grenade!
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: skinnerback]
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08/18/15 06:26 PM
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Navasot
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal. Because some of us want the ribs. For the bones or something?
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/18/15 06:28 PM
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soonersorlaters
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We are MLD so all deer come back to camp before being field dressed to be weighed.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Navasot]
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08/18/15 06:39 PM
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skinnerback
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal. Because some of us want the ribs. For the bones or something? 9 times out of 10 I keep the ribs. They either get de-boned and go in with the sausage grind, or cut in half/seasoned heavy and put on the smoker until they are jerky snacks, (goes great with beer), or they get cut in half long ways/deep fried in peanut oil and seasoned good as soon as they come out of the pot (kinda like cracklins/goes great with beer). After I/we're done with them then the dogs eat the bones. Sometimes I cook the ribs just for my dogs, they love em. If someone gut shoots a deer, then I normally don't keep them.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: Tru2lifetaxidermy]
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08/18/15 09:34 PM
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DeadRooster
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"Sometimes I cook the ribs just for my dogs, they love em."
No need to cook 'em then. Dogs would prefer (and are genetically predisposed) to eating raw, meaty bones.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: DeadRooster]
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08/18/15 10:04 PM
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skinnerback
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"Sometimes I cook the ribs just for my dogs, they love em."
No need to cook 'em then. Dogs would prefer (and are genetically predisposed) to eating raw, meaty bones. Yes you are correct, I feed them a lot of raw as well. Only reason I cook them on occasion for the dogs is to just give them something different. Give'em something a little smokey/salty/seasoned. I'm a firm believer in feeding raw though and they love it.
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Re: Where do you field dress your deer
[Re: therancher]
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08/18/15 10:06 PM
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stxranchman
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Wait till I get back to clean it and do it all then.. when I clean the deer the guts never leave the rib cage so quick and easy no hassle... cut off straps, shoulders, pull down flanks to get to tenders, then make one easy cut in-between a vertebra pop goes the ribs and guts into your bucket then debone or sawzaw the hams and your done Yep. I have no clue why anyone would want to gut an animal. Clue- the info one can gain from what you inside as you clean a deer. I check several things as I gut a deer. Herd health, rut timing, etc can be seen at a quick glance.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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