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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 1321138" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>My first couple of deer went to a processor as I didn't know how to do it. Finally got with a guy that worked in a butcher shop and he showed me how its done.</p><p></p><p>I'd never cleaned anything bigger than a rabbit when taking the first deer.</p><p>My thoughts were; what the heck am I gonna do now??</p><p>Thought about cleaning rabbits, and put the same field dressing technique to a deer and it worked. </p><p>Not so well the first time, but with every deer it improved.</p><p>10 minute job now.</p><p></p><p>My tips for field dressing deer:</p><p></p><p>Get some plastic gloves that are mid-elbow length. (can be bought at industrial safety places like Granger, welding shops, safety internet sites, etc.</p><p>Some people get grossed out doing the field dressing thing, and this will help.</p><p></p><p>Start at the chest with the deer on its back and make a cut to the breast bone about 2" long.</p><p></p><p>Stick your index and social finger into the cut and made a V with them.</p><p>Take the tip of your knife(must be razor sharp) between your fingers. While pulling up the skin with the "V", slide the knife just under the skin, all the way to the back legs.</p><p></p><p>Then take your knive or saw and split the breast bone from the sternum to the throat.</p><p></p><p>Push it apart and roll the deer to its side, and cut the diaphram away from the side to the back. Roll it to the other side and repeat.</p><p></p><p>Grab the windpipe around the neck and pull it away as far as possible.</p><p>Then cut the windpipe as high toward the head as possible. </p><p>Use it for a handle to pull all of the innards out of the deer onto the ground.</p><p></p><p>The Pee sack and BH will still be attached at the pelvis. </p><p></p><p>Three ways to seperate this.</p><p></p><p>First, use a knife and cut around the BH from the outside, and pull it out.</p><p></p><p>Second, I have a tool that can be bought that uses a stainless wire with rough edges to saw through the pelvic bone, and remove all of that.</p><p></p><p>Or,(I haven't tried this but it had extremely good reviews, is the plastic tool that one pushes into the BH from the outside, and turns it inside out.</p><p></p><p>I'm interested to see how anybody else does it.</p><p>Never too late to learn something new.<img src="/images/smilies/biggrin.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 1321138, member: 5412"] My first couple of deer went to a processor as I didn't know how to do it. Finally got with a guy that worked in a butcher shop and he showed me how its done. I'd never cleaned anything bigger than a rabbit when taking the first deer. My thoughts were; what the heck am I gonna do now?? Thought about cleaning rabbits, and put the same field dressing technique to a deer and it worked. Not so well the first time, but with every deer it improved. 10 minute job now. My tips for field dressing deer: Get some plastic gloves that are mid-elbow length. (can be bought at industrial safety places like Granger, welding shops, safety internet sites, etc. Some people get grossed out doing the field dressing thing, and this will help. Start at the chest with the deer on its back and make a cut to the breast bone about 2" long. Stick your index and social finger into the cut and made a V with them. Take the tip of your knife(must be razor sharp) between your fingers. While pulling up the skin with the "V", slide the knife just under the skin, all the way to the back legs. Then take your knive or saw and split the breast bone from the sternum to the throat. Push it apart and roll the deer to its side, and cut the diaphram away from the side to the back. Roll it to the other side and repeat. Grab the windpipe around the neck and pull it away as far as possible. Then cut the windpipe as high toward the head as possible. Use it for a handle to pull all of the innards out of the deer onto the ground. The Pee sack and BH will still be attached at the pelvis. Three ways to seperate this. First, use a knife and cut around the BH from the outside, and pull it out. Second, I have a tool that can be bought that uses a stainless wire with rough edges to saw through the pelvic bone, and remove all of that. Or,(I haven't tried this but it had extremely good reviews, is the plastic tool that one pushes into the BH from the outside, and turns it inside out. I'm interested to see how anybody else does it. Never too late to learn something new.:D [/QUOTE]
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