John.
I have noticed that on the loin and back straps when doing the no gut method. I have kind'a figured that out thru the years, but CPW pushes the no gut method because of CWD. They don't like to see the spine split or cut and not going up the neck very far to the lymp glands.. Hunting solo it would be tough for me going back to the old way.
Would this mean that I need to split the pelvis up to the end and keep it with the hind quarter as one piece like we use to do when quartering and splitting the spine?
This of course would mean gutting the animal I guess. I assumed, wrongly then, that having those muscles attached to the leg bone helped.
What I have done is fillet the meat starting at the top front of the pelvis at the end of the loin and strip it off the pelvis. Then work it down to the hip socket. All of it coming off in one piece with the leg bone still in it
What do you mean that you leave the meat on the quarters.
That moose I got, we didn't have choice. No pack animals permitted and we had to get it off the RFW ranch that day. Just me and another old fellow to do it.
This is all hindsight now though. A stroke grounded me in July and I had to turned my elk tag in.
Thanks for helping me understand this better though.
Last edited by saddlesore; 09/24/22.
