Gut in the field
Fetch Game cart, return to camp
Hang from a rope around the antlers
Skin
Split sternum with hatchet, spread ribs with a stick for rapid cooling
Bag the next morning, allow a crust to form overnight
Hang bagged until return home
Continue hanging head up in the barn for a week or so, as long as temps allow
Split pelvis with hatchet
Cut, bag, and freeze
Now Pharm, you're doing it ALL wrong man !
Don't you know nuttin.
Man MY way is simpler - quicker - easier - cleaner,
What's not to like?
Whatever works for you and you like is THE answer.
Jerry
Jerry,
I tried a new "my way" this year. It went like this:
Shoot buck
Tell new kid "gut, hang, and skin that deer"
Drink beer and watch to make sure he doesn't [bleep] it up or cut off his fingers
It turned out pretty good. I got the idea from my brother, who told his boy (on his first-ever elk hunt) to drop the guts on the bull I had just shot. Damnedest thing. My brother and his boy showed up at the kill site just as I was done with pictures. Okay, now the work starts. My brother told me to put the knife away, then turned to his boy and said alright, it's your turn.
A guy could get used to that.
P
