Gut and quarter in less than an hour

[Hogmauler]

Folks, I’m late I’m in the fourth quarter of my life now and things don’t work as well as they used to. My question for yall is can you gut, skin, and quarter a deer by yourself in less than an hour?
I’ve always gutted my deer on the ground. Is that a mistake? Should I use my game hoist and leave the guts in the rib cage or stay on the ground with it. Even with our special needs son I have to tell him what and when to do it. There’s no anticipation of what dad needs and when.
My knees are shot, my back is shot, and I’m still having some breathing issues I’m in for yalls tricks and tips. I’m planning on going hunting by myself this Tuesday-Thursday if possible.
I also saw a guy bring in a quartered deer with the sling on it. It was dry like it hadn’t been on ice but was cold. And it looked very neatly done. I’ve only seen this once in my life that I can remember. Thanks in advance

[TXcazador91]

I leave guts in. Hang, skin, quarter, and drop the guts at the end to access the tenderloins. I can do it by myself in less than a hour. I see a lot of guys just field dressing and taking the whole deer straight to the processor. I think they’ll charge an extra fee for skinning but I’m sure it’s pretty convenient as long as you're fairly close to a processor.

[RWB]

Leave the guts in the rib cage. No need to do all that work bent over in the field.

[Paycheck]

I also like to leave the guts in. I can remove the tenderloins by a small cut by the last rib. I prefer to gut on the ground if I need to gut.

[twosixteens]

Take the guts out I aint wasting the rib's and all the other good meat a lot of folks leave behind. Did a very large Missouri doe last night in less than an hour from the time I got her in the bucket of the tractor to the time she was in the cooler on ice (heart and liver in there as well)

[glen]

I hang by neck. Use carpet knife to cut about 5-6 slits down deer and make sure I get all legs and cut legs off. Takes about 5 minutes. Peel deer like a banana- takes about 2-3 minutes. Then I cut front quarters and neck neat and trimmings and back straps. Cut the hindquarters at ball joint. Takes well less than an hour

[GA Bowhunter]

I gut in the field. I ain't dragging the extra weight (no atvs to retrieve deer on public land around here).

Hang by the neck, peel the skin by pulling it off with a rope tied to the truck.

Cut up the deer and put it in the cooler.

Never timed it, but it should around 30-45 minutes.

[Aggiehunter08]

The easiest physical solution is just take to processor.

[meathunter]

Gut, Skin, Quarter, and bone in less than an hour if I have my knives sharp and a pair of loppers with me. If it is dark and I am on the side of the road it takes about 5 minutes to gut a deer. LOL

[Low Fence]

I hang by feet and leave in ribs. I fillet meat off ribs with each shoulder and get tenderloin. Also all neck meat. I bet I don’t loose 1-2 pounds tops of rib meat that ain’t that good anyway. Also the skirt I get.

with just a knife and no loppers or saw I can do a doe in cooler done in under 20 minutes. If buck. And caping probably closer to 45 minutes

[Atfulldraw]

We pretty much gut everything

Sometimes I’ll quarter it while hanging without gutting, but gutting is so fast, that it just makes it easy to get the guts out of the way and into a gut bucket.

to answer your question… Yes, you’re doing it the hard way

we use an electric hoist, a cleaning cradle for gutting, and then hang it back up to quarter it.

My wife can teach you how to do the whole thing in less than 30 minutes.
I’m faster but not as good of a teacher

and learn how to disarticulate joints with a knife — loppers are for tree limbs!

[Bisch]

Gutless method while hanging head down on a gambrel for me. I can get a deer quartered in under an hour if it’s not getting mounted. It’ll take me a bit longer if I have to be careful caping one out.

Bisch

[Hogmauler]

I usually cut around the joints with a knife and the use my trusty sawzall

[TexaRican]

I’m old school but so is my low back so I gut wherever the deer is laying. Makes lifting on to the tailgate much easier. I’m always alone it seems.
I even do the whole deal to cut around the anus, pull some out and tie off. Then if I can hang the deer, I prefer neck up. Limb loppers to take the feet off and you can just pull the skin off with a truck or winch as someone above said. I’ve done many on the tailgate start to fishing. Do it like an elk. It’s really not hard if your tailgate is a good working height. Do one side then roll the deer back on to its hide to keep clean and work the other side.
Last one did take about an hour cause I was way out of practice!

[Hogmauler]

I’m old school but so is my low back so I gut wherever the deer is laying. Makes lifting on to the tailgate much easier. I’m always alone it seems.
I even do the whole deal to cut around the anus, pull some out and tie off. Then if I can hang the deer, I prefer neck up. Limb loppers to take the feet off and you can just pull the skin off with a truck or winch as someone above said. I’ve done many on the tailgate start to fishing. Do it like an elk. It’s really not hard if your tailgate is a good working height. Do one side then roll the deer back on to its hide to keep clean and work the other side.
Last one did take about an hour cause I was way out of practice!

The game hoist helps me a lot. If I can drive up to it I can hoist it right up. Gonna try it with guts in this time unless I can’t get to it with the truck