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I don’t know anyone that hunts here in BC, I’ve hunted geese, ducks, etc before but haven’t been big game hunting yet.
I got all my gear, guns, truck, licenses and even tags ;)
What I don’t have/know (amongst many other things) is the knowledge of how to field dress a deer or anything past the shot
I know this isn’t Plenty Of Fish but if any experienced hunters out there need a hunting buddy I’d be happy to fill the gap :)
I’m in the lower mainland and don’t mind driving where I need to go.
Look in the hunting buddies classified in the Open Chat forum.
YouTube is an excellent source if you haven’t watched videos already. There are generally 2 methods of field dressing - gut method and gutless method. Look up both and chose your preferred option. I like the gutless method. Then if you don’t have a buddy but have a chance to get out there u still can go. Even if you don’t shoot you will learn a ton just bieng out there and build your confidence. It seems overwhelming field dressing an animal but a lot of it is fairly easy to figure out if u have a basic knowledge of the anatomy.
Thanks, wouldn't have found that section on my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by MichelD
I'm a Youtube specialist at this point, been watching everything I can get my hands on...I guess it's like everything else it's the fear of the unknown and just don't want to spoil the catch if I get lucky.
Field dressing a deer sized animal isn't difficult, and shouldn't be what's holding you back. I think you're right: it's just fear of the unknown. My advice is to pick the method / video that you understand best, and make step-by-step instructions that you can take into the field with you. Here's the instructions I wrote for myself:
Cut back and around the anus-- free up the colon.
Cut up from there up from the scrotum and along one side of the pelvis-- must leave evidence of sex attached
Cut up either side of the urethra and expose one side of the pelvis, and then come back and go up the other side of the pelvis.
Cut around the front of the pelvis, leaving the middle bit attached. DO NOT sever the urethra-- this will spill urine.
Go up to the sternum and cut along the bone. Once you get to above the sternum, be careful not to puncture the guts.
Once the hide is pulled away, carefully puncture the abdominal wall, staying away from the guts.
Reach in with your fingers, and pull up the flesh and cut upwards from there, opening the skin covering the gut sack, leaving the abdominal lining attached.
DO NOT PUNCTURE ANYTHING,
Take a saw, and without cutting the bladder, saw each side of the pelvis bone. Pull the bit out to make a "gate"
Split up center of the sternum
Crack the chest open, reach in, pull the heart out
Reach in, pull up the wind pipe and sever it
Cut the diaphragm on each side.
Grab at wind pipe, pull free of diaphragm, pull the guts down and out the gate in the bottom
Retrieve the liver and kidneys