Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Have you ever gutted a deer for a new hunter?

Sort had the opposite... my first year hunting as the FNG of the group I was hunting with as a teenager, I had to gut ALL the deer that got plugged that season. There was no new kid the next few years I hunted with those guys, so I never did get the return end on that one.

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Only directed and helped never did it for them.

bruinruin;
Morning sir, I hope this finds you well.

Thanks for the reply and the Appy story, it does sound very familiar to me for sure!

We first picked up Carly the Appy for my wife, but they never really got along that well somehow.

Early on when we were out together Carly was being a knot head jigging along wanting to run. Being "that guy" at that point in my life I said to my wife that we'd swap horses and I'd take the run out of the Appy...

Well....

As mentioned I'd been on what I'd thought were fast horses before, so when I kicked Carly into overdrive on the side of the rural paved road we live on, we began to pass things faster than I'd thought possible on horseback. Presently the thought came over me of the stupidity of what I was doing and I began to haul her down. It was similar to what you mentioned, certainly not a smooth or sudden stop with Carly Gal.

When she finally stopped, I noticed my legs were shaking and my heart was racing, so I nicely got off and walked her the rest of the way home as I felt that was the most prudent course - you know, all things considered.

I'm a short fellow, but you can sort of see how leggy she is in this photo, but even that doesn't show how fast she really was.



Thanks again for the reply and thanks especially for bringing up some grand memories of long ago.

All the best.

Dwayne

Yes, and several Elk also

Here gutting is a social event. Rio7

Yes! Both of the deer my daughter has shot, were gutted by me. I keep saying, “you’re doing the next one”…but, we’ll see.😎

Doc_Holidude

Dang! What a skinning shed! And I’m proud of my lean to out back.

Yes, a few

Yes, a few, gutted, skinned and deboned

For kids and when we’re running out of daylight.

Ain’t nobody got time for that crap…

SandBilly;
Good morning sir, I trust you and your fine family are well.

Regarding your last sentence, when I read it, this is the voice that spoke it...



Thanks for the morning chuckle and all the very best to you all this week.

Dwayne

Me too on both accounts. Have a buddy who's a paraplegic. We help him gut simply because we'd run out of water hosing him down if we let him do it.

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That’s the exact voice I said it in as I was typing.

My son thinks I’m crazy because I talk to myself. He’s to the point now he stopped asking, “what did you say?” Lol

Enjoyed the story, Dwayne - thanks for sharing! My Dad gutted my first deer for me and I hope to assist my 10 yr old grandson on his first this coming fall.

Nope - you pull the trigger, you roll up your sleeves.

Yep..

All but one of the wife's 10 or so, after 3-4 I refused once as she'd seen it done enough times.
My sons first 2-3.

I don’t gut mine anymore, can load them right on the side by side, haul to camp, pull up on skinning rack.

Good story Dwayne! I've field dressed animals quite a few times for others, including my wife and son. After the first time, my son did his own field dressing, however my wife still asks me to do it. Since she's the cook, I don't complain.