First year hunting....do i need to field dress any deer I shoot or can I take it to be processed soon after?
I like to put mine in nice evening wear, maybe something a little lacy underneath, not trashy but you know provocative.
OK now that that is out of my system....
This will be my first year too, everything I have read says to field dress it or the meat will be real gamey.
One on my favorites is a 4 inch Rapala fillet knife.
Bucky
I second this. Especially the goodies in the ziploc, nothing better than a heart and liver dinner.Yeah, you want to field dress it right away. If something in there is leaking, you want it out right away. It also makes it lighter to drag out of the woods. Don't forget the heart and liver though, I always save those babies in a zip lock that I always have in my coat. Field dressing isn't really hard as long as you take your time, keep in mind you don't want to nick anything (it really smells worse than you expect) including your hand. I use just a regular Buck folder that I have had for 30 years. Put a good edge on it before you go out. If it is hilly at all, I put butt end downward. Hanging it depends on the weather. If it is warm out, you need to process it right away if you do it yourself. If it is cold out, I let it hang in the garage for a few days. I leave the hide on while it is hanging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECdaKBbmGnU
An issue that is not addressed in this video:
Cutting around and removing the anal canal on deer is a necessary step in field dressing that is difficult and potentially dangerous, often resulting in contaminated meat. I strongly recommend tying off the anal canal before pulling it through the cavity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECdaKBbmGnU
An issue that is not addressed in this video:
Cutting around and removing the anal canal on deer is a necessary step in field dressing that is difficult and potentially dangerous, often resulting in contaminated meat. I strongly recommend tying off the anal canal before pulling it through the cavity.
Yes field dress it as soon as possiabe BUT when you take it to the meet locker and it weighs in say 100 pounds or whatever. when you go pick it up you get 100 pounds of meet ( the way you ordered it of course ) that dosent mean you get the same deer you took in.
at least that is what he meet locker in my area told me
Yes field dress it as soon as possiabe BUT when you take it to the meet locker and it weighs in say 100 pounds or whatever. when you go pick it up you get 100 pounds of meet ( the way you ordered it of course ) that dosent mean you get the same deer you took in.
at least that is what he meet locker in my area told me
Cutting around and removing the anal canal on deer is a necessary step in field dressing...