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Post by Deleted on Oct 18, 2019 17:21:39 GMT -5
Was just looking at some field dressing videos on YouTube since I`m finally going out hunting tomorrow. I always like to prime myself just in case I`m blessed to take a deer, with how to properly field dress. I don`t follow this exact process, but I do start with reaming around the rectum, then I go up to the sternum and make an incision down towards the back end. Anyway, pretty good video nevertheless. My only question for you all is, if you do kill a doe that has the milk sack, how do you remove that during field dressing so as not to taint the meat? www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFGUNpgfcBc&t=111s |
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Post by drfleck on Oct 18, 2019 17:40:38 GMT -5
Usually just pull it away from the stomach and cut around the perimeter with knife blade held flat to stomach. Cuts away real easily.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 19, 2019 13:36:08 GMT -5
Dadgum that was quick!
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 19, 2019 15:17:33 GMT -5
I ordered that folding saw after watching the video. It's going in my field bag.
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Post by Russ Koon on Oct 20, 2019 12:44:33 GMT -5
Haven't used a saw on a deer in thirty years, except to remove the lower legs when they are hanging and I am ready to skin them. Probably wouldn't then except the deer is by that time hanging inside my garage and the jigsaw is right there handy.
Just slice around the anus, pull the freed part out of the body far enough to tie the tube off with a short piece of cord, then cut off the part behind the cord. The rest will pull back through the opening into the interior and come out with the rest of the intestines without contaminating anything. Then cut the skin and paunch up as far as the sternum and cut the diaphragm free as shown without further opening the rib cage. Not hard to reach up into the chest cavity to cut the trachea and esophagus as far as you can reach, and everything comes out with one pull. I always take the heart and liver at that point and they can usually ride safely inside the cavity in a couple of large zip-lock bags while the deer is on my cart going back to the truck.
The knives he's pushing do look good, and my B-I-N and nephew kill a lot of deer and both use them. I still get by with my trusty old Buck 110 folder. It may not be the best in a field-dressing race, but it's a darn good do-everything knife and I'm used to it after using it these last forty-some years.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2019 12:57:02 GMT -5
Haven't used a saw on a deer in thirty years, except to remove the lower legs when they are hanging and I am ready to skin them. Probably wouldn't then except the deer is by that time hanging inside my garage and the jigsaw is right there handy. Just slice around the anus, pull the freed part out of the body far enough to tie the tube off with a short piece of cord, then cut off the part behind the cord. The rest will pull back through the opening into the interior and come out with the rest of the intestines without contaminating anything. Then cut the skin and paunch up as far as the sternum and cut the diaphragm free as shown without further opening the rib cage. Not hard to reach up into the chest cavity to cut the trachea and esophagus as far as you can reach, and everything comes out with one pull. I always take the heart and liver at that point and they can usually ride safely inside the cavity in a couple of large zip-lock bags while the deer is on my cart going back to the truck. The knives he's pushing do look good, and my B-I-N and nephew kill a lot of deer and both use them. I still get by with my trusty old Buck 110 folder. It may not be the best in a field-dressing race, but it's a darn good do-everything knife and I'm used to it after using it these last forty-some years. Unless it`s a buck that I`m intending to have mounted, I always go ahead and use a saw to open the animal up the ribs and to the throat. I have big hands, and am on blood thinners, and cannot risk reaching up into that small opening with both hands and a knife in one. I cut the esophagus way up there, and all is well. I do ream the animal as you described, and pull everything back out from the inside, but still, on occasion will go ahead a saw open the pelvis if I feel like I was unable to get everything out of there. I posted the video more for entertainment purposes than anything else. I like the Drury`s, and thought it was pretty incredible how fast he dressed out that doe. |
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Post by ncmountainman on Oct 20, 2019 17:48:11 GMT -5
Everyone I hunt with get the deer back to the barn, skin, and de-bone the meat No gutting necessary. Throw the skeleton with a stomach away. Stiff sharp filet knife works wonders
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 20, 2019 18:01:01 GMT -5
I dressed mine out s little differently before but, I tried Mark's method last night. I was done in just a few minutes. I'm happy with the knife I use but, I'd like that flip in zip saw he used.
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Post by elmucho277 on Oct 20, 2019 18:32:03 GMT -5
I dressed mine out s little differently before but, I tried Mark's method last night. I was done in just a few minutes. I'm happy with the knife I use but, I'd like that flip in zip saw he used. I bought one on eBay last night after watching that video, looks like a quicker and cleaner way of doing things. We'll see..... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2019 18:39:21 GMT -5
I dressed mine out s little differently before but, I tried Mark's method last night. I was done in just a few minutes. I'm happy with the knife I use but, I'd like that flip in zip saw he used. I bought one on eBay last night after watching that video, looks like a quicker and cleaner way of doing things. We'll see..... If you get to use it this season, let us know what you think. |
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Post by beermaker on Oct 21, 2019 4:40:59 GMT -5
I ordered that folding saw after watching the video. It's going in my field bag. I've had one for a few years and really like it. The blaze orange handle is a great feature. |
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Post by featherduster on Oct 21, 2019 5:19:25 GMT -5
Buy a folding camp saw it's just a little bit larger but that little extra length gives you more grip which means more power when sawing.
I have a saw that I bought in the 80's that I took to the Boundary Waters for over a decade and it's been sawing deer for even longer.
If your going to buy a new knife or saw buy it with a bright colored handle,makes it easier to find in the grass and at night.
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Post by chewbacca on Oct 21, 2019 7:34:05 GMT -5
I've used just about every method under the sun. This is my favorite, quickest, cleanest way to do it. I am sure you could use the folding saw in place of the loppers since the saw would be easier to carry. The loppers ride in my truck with me the entire season.
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Post by genesis273 on Oct 21, 2019 11:09:01 GMT -5
I ordered that folding saw after watching the video. It's going in my field bag. I've had one for a few years and really like it. The blaze orange handle is a great feature. My Remington game cleaning set has black handles. Took me a minute to find my knife in all the oak leaves. The orange definitely is a nice feature. |
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Post by beermaker on Oct 21, 2019 15:51:51 GMT -5
I've had one for a few years and really like it. The blaze orange handle is a great feature. My Remington game cleaning set has black handles. Took me a minute to find my knife in all the oak leaves. The orange definitely is a nice feature. There is a very nice black handled Gerber knife under some leaves in Martin Co. If anyone has found one there in the last ten years, please message me. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2019 16:23:10 GMT -5
I've had one for a few years and really like it. The blaze orange handle is a great feature. My Remington game cleaning set has black handles. Took me a minute to find my knife in all the oak leaves. The orange definitely is a nice feature. I have a couple of the Cutco Drop Point Hunting Knifes with the Hunter Orange handles. I ship them back to Cutco every other season, and they sharpen them to the place where, it makes all the cuts, even reaming, like a hot knife through butter. The Hunter Orange handles ensure I always find them when I`m done field dressing. |
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Post by elmucho277 on Oct 21, 2019 20:25:55 GMT -5
I bought one on eBay last night after watching that video, looks like a quicker and cleaner way of doing things. We'll see..... If you get to use it this season, let us know what you think. I will, actually just received in the mail today. I think if I take my time on the pelvic bone, unlike he did in that video, I can avoid the crap explosion he had. I've got several folding saws, but I could definitely see myself overstroking that cut with one making even more of a mess than he did. Plus, this has a rounded tip which hopefully will help to avoid that. Time will tell...... |
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Post by scrub-buster on Oct 21, 2019 22:12:24 GMT -5
I got my flip n zip saw delivered today. My first impression is that it is thin. I'd say it is definitely a pull only action with it. Maybe I'll get to try it out tomorrow evening on a doe. Gerber gator for scale  |
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Post by steiny on Oct 23, 2019 10:21:17 GMT -5
Very good video. I've been doing them that way for years.
Just don't split too far up the sternum if it's a buck you intend to mount.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 23, 2019 10:59:49 GMT -5
I have never split the pelvis of any deer I’ve killed. A simple reaming out around the anus allows it to be pulled right through the pelvis.
My Alcas Hunting knife is more than enough knife to cut ribs to get at the windpipe.
I had one of the “flip knives” but found that the metal quality was lacking.. it’s in one of my junk boxes somewhere and the Alcas is back in my day pack.,
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