Thread: field butchering

Thing is @Tahr probably shoots more deer in a year than most folks on here would shoot in a lifetime

Pillow cases are good (avoid plastic bags)
Baling twine (or similar) is handy for tying of the esophagus and the poop tube.
+1 for opening up any ball joints that contain fluid
beware the bladder - it always amazes me how you get all the guts out and still leave the bladder in there.

Watch as many vids as you can of people cutting up deer. There are some interesting ways of doing it without gutting the deer. The Graff boys one about boning it out in the field is very good. The cooler the meat, the easier it is to separate muscle groups.