Get it right: Field dressing a deer

www.greatnorthernoutdoors.net. Deer processor Kenny Glenn of Dunbar Meats in Milan, Michigan, shares
tips about what hunters do right and wrong when they field-dress their
deer.

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[greatnortherndave]

@FieldTorq: As the video states, no need to split the pelvic bone of a deer-sized animal. In fact it's a waste of meat because it exposes more to the air.

[greatnortherndave]

@Junior: It is not necessary to "bleed" the animal. If you make a clean shot to the vital organs (heart, lungs), nearly all the blood will come out during the field-dressing process. It never hurts, though, to flip the animal over (so it's cavity-side-down) or to hang it for a short while to drain out what's left. Thanks for watching!

[greatnortherndave]

Hey, sleepybone321. That is correct: You don't saw through the rib cage, the breast bone or the pelvis. Doing so exposes good meat and allows it to dry out. Cut open the deer from breastbone to pelvis only and leave the fur over the meat everywhere else to protect it. Happy hunting!

greatnortherndave

[JuniorInEville24]

@greatnortherndave when field dressing a deer, at any point is it necessary to "bleed" the animal?

[jahzzynesta]

awesome job most informative yet



[FieldTorq]

Check out the Viscerator by FieldTorq Knives. Take a 10 minute field dressing job down to 3. Never puncture the intestines or bladder. Splits the pelvic bone. Safest knife I've ever used. Videos are on YouTube.

[Pagansdad]

I really appreciate youre making this vid. Also, I applaude your angle of using/preserving as much of the animal as possible, through taking the time to do a god job. The critters deserve the respect of not being wasted says me. Now I also want a bacon wrapped filet and have none, lol.

[jkatk3v]

This is a good video on how to handle your deer. I have been hunting for 40+ years and like to age deer but sometimes do not hang the deer to age them because it is warm and we do not have a cooler for hanging them. If I can not age it by hanging it in a cool space I will bone the deer out and age it in a spare frig at about 34°F and the meat turns out very tender. I usually age deer for about a week in the frig before processing it.

[fsxlover]

I've never hunted, but once you've killed the animal how to you drain it of all the blood. Cut the thoaut like a regular slaughter or do you leave the blood.

[MyLapuLapu]

great tips! Thank you!

[sdalpaca]

@sdalpaca ......have to thaw it and leave it in the fridge for a week and that super tenderized it, so I agree with the hanging process if you have the right conditions and temp to do it. We hang our wild meat for at least 6 days and it's always awesome. I do say a good clean quick kill and cooling it as quick as possible and hanging is the most important of all....and of course, cutting the butthole out as is explained in this video!!