Gutless Field Dressing & Boning Out A Deer | Food Production and Preservation | Forums

I use the "gutless method" as shown in this video, and cant recommend it enough. If you solo hunt far from the trail like I do it cannot be beat. In the past I have just hauled quarters bone in, along with the backstrap, loins, and neck meat (mmmm, stew!). I am a terrible butcher, but do the best I can, I prefer to process it myself.... true field to table and I know that mine are the only hands to ever have touched it. Because I suck at it I end up with alot of burger and rough looking roasts, lol, but that's for another thread (the one posted recently is excellent, btw, I watched it the other day and was going to post it here but someone already beat me to it!).

This year I will try to bone out in the field to save back weight and so MrsMedic doesn't have to see a pile of bones (the less it looks like bambi when I get it home, the better). I searched for a few videos on boning out in the field and found this one, which also includes the gutless instruction, so bonus!

Seriously, give the gutless method a try. Its really fast, and cleaner imo. I don't like working near a gut pile and I don't like the unwanted bear attractant.

Enjoy and let me know what you think

-MM

EDIT- This thread http://thehomesteadi.....r-at-home/ has the great video about processing a deer at home, makes a good companion to this post.