Anyone shocked when someone can't gut a deer?

[bowhunterchris]

I haven't gut a deer in years. I get 4 quarters, backstrap, and tenderloins (If I want them) all without gutting. What else is there?

[TMC50]

Ill gut them if we are letting them hang. I have had people not know and Ill show them. I normally jump in and do it for people if they are struggling. I do not mind doing it.

[TXHUNT3R]

I never gut a deer. No need to IMO.

I have seen this way done and even done it myself.

You can still get the tenderloins out with out gutting it, everything stays in chest cavity.

You really don't waste much meat at all especially if the clean the neck meat off the neck before you throw the mid section out.

[breederbuck33]

Done it both ways.. Neither way is hard/bad, people are just dramatic.... If you have to gut the deer but cant because its "Stinky" stay at the house

[bowhunterchris]

Where can I find this info on NOT having to gut the deer?

I usually do the whole deer on the tailgate or table. But hanging, skin the dang deer, take the shoulders off and throw them in the cooler. Take the back legs off. If you follow the muscles the back legs will fall right off our of the joints, there are two of them. Then take the membrane off the outside of the straps so you can see them and cut them out. When you took the hams off it gives you perfect access the the tenders just reach back there and rip them out. Or use a small knife.

[TXHUNT3R]

Lets see if I can put it into words correctly

With deer hanging from hind legs.

Skin all the way to base of head.
Cut head off as low as possible
Remove shoulders from each side
Remove back straps
Get as much neck meat as you would like and put in a bag
Cut access to tenderloins in between hind quarters, pull/ cut them out
Follow muscles to joints and pop each hind quarter off.
Saw off all the legs just below meat.

Done

Only little bit of meat left is on ribs and whats left on neck.

[TXHUNT3R]

To add to above, if you dont / cant find the joint in the hind quarters, just use a sawzaw to cut them out.

[popup_menace]

To add to above, if you dont / cant find the joint in the hind quarters, just use a sawzaw to cut them out.

If you don't have a saw, a pair of garden loppers works great for cutting off the legs/joints.

[TXHUNT3R]

If you don't have a saw, a pair of garden loppers works great for cutting off the legs/joints.

HAHA, yes my grandmother calls them Eagle Beaks

I now call them that

[Let's go Brandon!]

You kill it, you clean it.

Same goes for fish.

[Uncle Saggy]

I field dress deer immediately upon recovery

[Geezy Rider]

I've run across new hunters that didn't know how to gut their game. It's real simple to talk them through it.

[sneaky freak]

When someone new on my lease doesn't know how, I have my wife go show them because she will ridicule them the whole time.

that's hilarious

[sneaky freak]

I tell them its no different from cleaning a squirrel or rabbit when you were a kid, and usually just get dumb look as they don't want to admit they never cleaned those either.lol

[coker737]

I always Gut Mine: