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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 19, 2006 10:15:15 GMT -5
Do you wear gloves while field dressing a deer?
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Oct 19, 2006 10:16:52 GMT -5
I don't ,but I guess I should with all the blood born diseases out there.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 19, 2006 10:30:45 GMT -5
Yes, always.
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Post by Old Ironsights on Oct 19, 2006 10:39:48 GMT -5
I'm not worried about contacting the blood, I just hate how slippery it makes my grip in the knife. Using a Gerber Gator helps some, but good gloves keep you from cutting things you don't want to cut.
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Post by ridgerunner on Oct 19, 2006 10:50:01 GMT -5
No I don't. Not too worried about it....I've gutted countless deer and never had a problem. It's probably no a bad idea, but I like to feel what I'm doing. It really doesn't bother me to get bloody that's part of it. Ridge
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Post by whiteoak on Oct 19, 2006 10:52:07 GMT -5
I try to keep a pair of the yellow Dollar Store cheap dish washing rubber gloves in my fanny pack, but it seems if and when I do need them I have already used them for somthing else and forgot to replace them.
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Post by drs on Oct 19, 2006 10:54:21 GMT -5
ALWAYS! Even when processing my Deer.
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Post by danf on Oct 19, 2006 11:22:49 GMT -5
I checked yes, even though I invariably end up with blood somewhere on my forearm. I guess I'm not *that* worried about contacting the blood, it just makes clean-up a LOT easier. I've been using gloves for many years now, and keep a couple pairs of latex-type gloves in with my gear while afield. They take up very little room and wiegh almost nothing.
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Post by indianahick on Oct 19, 2006 11:37:40 GMT -5
Since most gloves are made for x-large hands and I wear medium sized gloves. Which means I have small hands, I did not vote. I have tried gloves and they slid around so much that I was worried more about cutting my self. This year I found some small-medium sized gloves and will give them a try.
I guess my vote would have to have been no but I have used them. Sometimes maybe.
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Post by Yogi on Oct 19, 2006 11:38:57 GMT -5
Always
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Post by BIGHORN on Oct 19, 2006 11:47:57 GMT -5
I use surgical latex gloves for field dressing and skinning.
Not worried about the blood, just like the feel of my knives a little better.
Keep a couple pairs in my fanny pack and back pack at all times.
Wife is a nurse so I get them real cheap....
Clean-up is easier as well.
Shawn
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Post by hornharvester on Oct 19, 2006 11:48:25 GMT -5
Same here, "always". I carry two pair in my pocket. h.h.
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Post by dec on Oct 19, 2006 11:53:07 GMT -5
Heck no. Just reach in, cut and pull, get blood everywhere. The blood is all part of the fun.
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Post by hunter480 on Oct 19, 2006 11:57:52 GMT -5
Never.
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Post by semisneak on Oct 19, 2006 12:06:25 GMT -5
I keep a ziplock bag full of latex gloves in my pack.
Clean up is alot easier with the gloves. My hands always have nicks and cuts all over them...............better safe then sorry .
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Post by parrothead on Oct 19, 2006 13:52:19 GMT -5
Yes, I do. If not I am picking stuff from under the nails for a week. I also have a pair of gutting pants. I have an old pair of rain pants. The ones with and elastic waste band that if you breathed on them they would tear. From Wal-Mart years ago. Keeps blood off my other clothes. I always have water in the back of the truck and some old rags.
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Post by Decatur on Oct 19, 2006 13:58:06 GMT -5
No, but I should.
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Oct 19, 2006 14:40:00 GMT -5
Yep I do. I remember when I didn't one time. It was warm day and I field dressed in my tee shirt. I didn't have anything to clean up with so I figured I'd stop by Burger King to wash my hands and get lunch. I got some eye opening looks  |
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Post by hoosierhunter9 on Oct 19, 2006 14:43:55 GMT -5
I never used to worry about it,but my neighbor is a nurse and she gives me all of the rubber gloves I want,so why not
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Post by indianahick on Oct 19, 2006 14:47:54 GMT -5
I too bought one of those 10 dollar rain suits to help keep my cloths blood free. I like that. As for clean up. I took one of the wifes detergent bottles after she used up all of the soap to wash cloths, filled it about 1/2 full of water and some diaper wipe thingy's. Use it at the truck and it works great. You could use scent free soap if you wanted but tide works fine and it is at the truck and not in the hunting area. Keeps the stearing wheel clean too, no blood.
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