Anyone shocked when someone can't gut a deer?

[Drewski]

I used to always gut mine because that's how my grandpa and dad showed me. Now I just let the entrails drop with the chest cavity after I yank the tenderloins.

Although as a kid, I never thought the gutting part was the worst. To me, it was cutting around the anus haha. Actually, that's still the grossest part.

[Texar]

Only when I have to drag.

This^^^ Which is every time I kill a deer or pig.
Public land hunting requires a little walking to get away from "Walkers"

Plus its always a challenge between my friends and I to see who can do it the fastest without cutting yourself or the paunch!!

[rjet]

I have an extremely weak stomach. I hate to gut a deer but I do it. Guess that makes me a pansy to some. Oh well.

Weak stomach here also but get the job done. Have a hard time around crap, vomit and gut shot animals, makes me start gagging. I just stuff tissue up my nose when dealing with those things and get after it.
Not sure how it happened but somewhere in 20s it happened. Wish I could get back to the days where it didnt bother me.

[Jmh05]

If you are new, I will do the first one. If you are a newbie, you can help. After about 3, it's all you, unless it's a group effort. Usually I can do it quicker by myself.

Now somebody just not wanting to take care of their own animals? Not acceptable.

[Limbwalker]

I've yet to meet the person who came out of the womb with a gutting knife, knowing what to do. IOW, we all had to learn at some point. Some folks wait until they need to.

I didn't gut a deer until my first one, so if it's a person's first deer, IMO they get a pass. Now if they have killed a few and still don't know what to do, then shame on them.

[denimdeerslayer]

Skin it with legs up, cut off shoulders, backstraps, neck, trim meat off ribs and brisket, then small cut to reach in and pull out tenderloins. Then I split the hip bone, cut off ea hindquarter and then cut my hip roast off. No gutting!

[EastTxTracking]

I don't gut either... Not because I cant, just because there is no need in it. As stated before I can get the tenderloins without having to gut

[Tx.Fisher]

Takes me about three minutes to gut one. Never thought much about it. But we have to have a field dressed weight.

[cj7zrcool]

We used to have a well-to-do city boy friend that started hunting later in life because me & my buddy did. He had the finest equipment & gear, but was a terrible shot. We were hunting pronghorns in Wyoming about 10 years ago on a self guided deal and he told the ranch hand he'd give him $100 to field dress his gut-shot goat. My buddy and I told him we'd give him $100 not to.

[jerp]

I am assuming you guys that use the "no gut" method are processing your own? I gut mine because I'm just going to put it in the truck and take it to town ASAP to get it in the processors walk-in.

[Huntin]

I learned to clean them hanging from back legs and gutting many years ago. I would clean all the deer at camp and got very good at it.
I got a doe last weekend and did not have to clean it. My stepson and son cleaned it for me while I cooked dinner. One of the finer things to past down to your sons.

[nathank]

I gut one a year now and when my boy starts in a few years I should be down to 0 a year![/QUOTE]

Yes sir this is my goal in life....Kinda like mowing the yard......

[TexasHunter83]

I'm not the greatest at gutting or skinning, but I can get it done. It's always miserable doing it in front of someone who can gut and skin the thing in 5 minutes. Gutting an skinning is like riding a bike, but if you don't do it but once a year, you're always kind of wobbly...

[Japeatr]

we have a walk-in cooler at our camp... so I just hang and skin it at camp

[oldag1986]

My aggie degree is in wildlife biology. You can tell a lot about health if you know what you're looking at. I always do..