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Post by gillgrabber on Mar 26, 2008 15:05:55 GMT -5
Question: Do you wear gloves when you field dress your deer or do you do it bare handed? I've tried gloves in the past, but they're so slick it's hard to work. Makes me wonder how surgeons do it.
Anybody know what diseases (if any) you can catch from a deer if you don't wear gloves?
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Post by Sasquatch on Mar 26, 2008 15:33:09 GMT -5
I use gloves, mainly to ease clean-up so I can drive home without having guts all over the steering wheel. When I take them off, I grab the end of one glove and pull it off while slipping my hand out of the second glove. the second glove comes off inside out, encapsulating the first glove and leaving only the inside of the second glove exposed. The gloves can then be put in a backpack or whatever to be transported cleanly out of the woods. I also like to take some handi-wipes.
In my opinion, the biggest danger in field dressing bare-handed is the infection of injuries already present on the hands. The nicks, scrapes, and abrasions so common on the hands of hard working deer hunters. A fresh cut full of "gut juice" cannot be good.
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Post by huxbux on Mar 26, 2008 17:47:51 GMT -5
I've never worn gloves to field dress a deer. I always have water and a few paper towels with me to wash up afterwards.
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Post by weedhopper on Mar 26, 2008 18:06:04 GMT -5
I wear the latex (EMS) gloves religiously. Why take a chance?  |
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Mar 26, 2008 18:06:13 GMT -5
I always wear gloves primarily because of clean up. Lyme disease can be contracted thru the deers blood into yours.
I've also read where the Center of Disease Control strongly encourages the use of gloves where CWD is known to exist.
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Post by dbd870 on Mar 26, 2008 18:39:51 GMT -5
I've tried them, I just can't work in them. I just have a hand towel and a few wipes with me and wash up best I can. At home it's not an issue, but there's a gas station/convenience store in KY that has been used to clean up in more than once! (the breakfast sandwiches aren't bad either)
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Post by omegahunter on Mar 26, 2008 18:54:07 GMT -5
I use latex gloves inside the clear plastic shoulder-length gauntlets. It was a stipulation at the last "club" that I hunted with and it has just become habit now. I mainly continue for the same reasons as everyone else, cleanup. I started wearing the latex inside the gauntlets when the quality of the gauntlets got so bad that you could count on the seams not being sealed and getting blood on your hands even when wearing them. In the past I always had a stream to clean up in, but not since the "club" ground was mined and I have had to resort to a small woodlot to hunt. I would sure be glad that I had the gloves on if I popped open a deer and found something that didn't look right!
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Post by den57 on Mar 26, 2008 18:54:58 GMT -5
I use them. They can be tricky, but after awhile, you get the hang of it. I use them for the ease of clean up afterwards as well.
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Post by jajwrigh on Mar 26, 2008 18:55:03 GMT -5
Bare hands for me then I clean up in a pond nearby. Once I get back to my vehicle i throw some Purell on my hands.
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Post by deerman on Mar 26, 2008 20:13:52 GMT -5
I used gloves this year for the first time and will never go back to doing it without them.
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Post by tenring on Mar 26, 2008 20:25:41 GMT -5
Started putting several pair [1 pair at a time] into ziploc sandwich bags which go into a fanny bag. Have Goop and clean rags in truck, back to the house with clean hands.
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Post by jackc99 on Mar 26, 2008 20:29:06 GMT -5
I use latex gloves inside the clear plastic shoulder-length gauntlets. Just the opposite...I wear the smaller latex gloves on the outside of the shoulder length gauntlets. After 20 years of working in a chemistry lab I was pretty used to wearing gloves on a daily basis so little impact on me. I also have an unlimited access to gloves. Jack |
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Mar 27, 2008 6:21:46 GMT -5
I always glove-up before field dressing.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Mar 27, 2008 9:44:28 GMT -5
I also wear the smaller latex gloves on the outside of the shoulder length ones. Virtually no mess on me when I am finished.
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Post by mudstrider on Mar 27, 2008 11:23:33 GMT -5
I guess since I butcher my deer bare-handed, I don't see the need to field dress with gloves, unless of course, you have a gut-shot... which has only happened once to me.
Here is a trick I use to clean the blood off my hands while in the woods and no water is present... and it works like a charm.
Use moist soil. Scrub your hands and arms with loose sandy soil as long as the ground isn't frozen solid. The soil absorbs and dries the blood and it just falls off your skin.
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Post by indianahick on Mar 27, 2008 12:37:25 GMT -5
Tried gloves, both Dr. type and those with gauntlets. The gauntleted ones were pebbled I believe so that they worked better. Usually no gloves,have an old box of diaper wipes (they dry up after so long) and a Tide bottle (after the wife is done with it) half filled with water. The water is still soapy enough to clean hands well. Since I am so messy at cleaning a deer it doesn't matter about getting some on my clothes they have to go into the washer and be washed anyway.
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Post by steiny on Mar 27, 2008 17:08:39 GMT -5
No gloves for me, a little blood on your hands aint gonna hurt you.
It washes right off.
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Post by hunter480 on Mar 28, 2008 16:15:21 GMT -5
No gloves here-field dressing isn`t the most pleasant chore in the world, but it is part of the hunt. I deal with whatever is there, and I do it the way I think it`s intended to be-hands on............  |
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Post by handgun357 on Mar 28, 2008 17:16:43 GMT -5
I used gloves at first, but they always seem to tear...
I hunt near a county ditch that almost always has water to clean up...
So far so good, but I probably should wear some kind of gloves...
Keep the faith...
Rock on fellow hunters...
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Post by hardwickbv on Mar 30, 2008 10:39:20 GMT -5
If I have them in my pack and remember them I will use them.
If their not in the pack or I forget about them I don't no big deal.
Another tip
Carry a clear diet soda (7up or Sprite) for clean up the carbonation seems to help and it isn't sticky because there is not sugar. And if you don't use it all you have something to drink.
Bob
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