My guts or his...The steps of cleaning him out.

[Wingshooter]

That dead one was violated! "Moooon River...."

[memphismason]

That dead one was violated! "Moooon River...."

I could have sworn I heard banjos playing in the distant background.

Edited August 16, 2009 by memphismason

[Guest GunTroll]

To answer your topic question.........his! Keep yours! Its not that bad. While hunting in CO this last year a couple of GA boys were with me and I got to witness there method......leave em' in! They just used a gambrel and let the guts stay in the cavity. We cut all the meat right off of the bone and discarded the carcass. Different but effective.

[Wingshooter]

To answer your topic question.........his! Keep yours! Its not that bad. While hunting in CO this last year a couple of GA boys were with me and I got to witness there method......leave em' in! They just used a gambrel and let the guts stay in the cavity. We cut all the meat right off of the bone and discarded the carcass. Different but effective.

Interesting. Never seen that done before...

[Guest GunTroll]

Interesting. Never seen that done before...

Thats what I said. This deer was a doe so we weren't going for the head. All the guts just piled up in the upper chest cavity when hung upside down. I have to say I was educated! Of course it was bone ass cold at 10,000 feet where we were camping. We shot it at about 9k and drove up to our site. I wouldn't do it this way down here with the heat and all.

[gregintenn]

Evidence of species or sex of big game animals must not be destroyed prior to a permanent kill tag having been issued at a checking station. Normal field dressing, quartering, and icing down of the meat is permitted.

Aren't the antlers, tarsal glands, etc. also evidence of sex? I have checked in close to 100 deer, do not keep the genitals, and have never had a problem. Several have been checked by TWRA agents, and so far, no problems.

As far as the field dressing, the warm guts feel pretty good to frozen fingers on a cold morning.

[Guest GunTroll]

Refer to the TN playbook for confusion on this matter about evidence/identification of sex! Might be different for each piece of dirt you hunt on.

[Guest logicprevails]

I always cheated. I was in Ny, where theres snow by deer season, and I'm the only one who could get the 4 wheeler up through the woods with snow on the ground, so i always got to say "here dad, gut this, I'll run down and get the 4-wheeler".

What part of NY? I'll be in Western NY for their opening day at a corner of a cherry orchard.

[ShaunM]

To answer your topic question.........his! Keep yours! Its not that bad. While hunting in CO this last year a couple of GA boys were with me and I got to witness there method......leave em' in! They just used a gambrel and let the guts stay in the cavity. We cut all the meat right off of the bone and discarded the carcass. Different but effective.

Thats exactly how I do it. Hell I even take a jar and save the poop and pee and use it.

[ShaunM]

Aren't the antlers, tarsal glands, etc. also evidence of sex? I have checked in close to 100 deer, do not keep the genitals, and have never had a problem. Several have been checked by TWRA agents, and so far, no problems.

As far as the field dressing, the warm guts feel pretty good to frozen fingers on a cold morning.

I would leave them just incase there is that one time you get in trouble.

[Guest GunTroll]

....... Hell I even take a jar and save the poop and pee and use it.

Your a smart and nasty man!

[ShaunM]

Your a smart and nasty man!

Thank you I used to freeze it in my moms deep freezer, until she caught me. Then I would just hide it at the bottom. I cleaned the outside of the jar before I put it in the freezer. I would use canning jars and lids, they make a good air tight fit so nothing leaked out. You know maybe I could use that butt out tool to save the poop that way instead of cutting open the intestines.

Edited August 18, 2009 by Hunting101