Originally Posted by JohnnyLoco
Field dressing a deer is just so stupid, it takes 10- 15min to get all of his best meat into an ice chest or plastic bags with no body cavity contamination, leave the rest for the critters.

This is why I don’t use processing places. Processors tell me they mix everybody’s deer meat and its better to just do it yourself.

Yep this is what I do. However more like 45 minutes for me. I have done an entire elk with 2 havalon blades. Really could have done it with one. That includes a full skin and cape. You guys who refuse to try havalon are missing out. The larger size havalon I do not like. The original is the way to go. Heck my taxidermist uses one for most tasks. Not many folks cutting on animals as much as him.