When doing the gutless method this fall, wife and I started on the legs, worked across the belly, up the neck and then up towards the spine, remove meat, flip repeat.

I've seen several videos where they start opposite, they start at the skull, slice down the spine, skin down towards the stomach.

I can see that being good if you want to mount the head.

which way have you found better?

Just curious as we look back at lessons learned this year (first in WY) and look forward to next year.

For the record, we did this on antelope and a whitetail. Nothing bigger, but hope to add Mulies and elk next year.