Thread: Gutting and cutting your venison, etc.

Just a thought as there are a lot of new members who are only just now looking to shoot their first game animal.
I was lucky in having an elder brother who was a MAF Meat Inspector (MAF now dead and long gone).
He showed me the 'nice' way to gut an animal without getting poos and wees all over the meat.
Bleed the animal first (I always cut the jugular...you may have your own idea). Cut through the underbelly skin carefully to expose the guts, (and do not puncture the bladder). Flop the gut package out.
A nice sharp little knife (I used a Mercator) to jab in and cut all around the poop chute (firstly from the outside), work your fingers in around the poop chute from both inside and outside and cut it free so that the tube will slide outwards a few inches. Don't puncture the tube!
Tie a piece of twine tightly around the exposed end of the poop chute (white twine that we called kite string back in the day).
Now the entire gut package can be slid out with the poos all tied in and nothing gets onto the fresh venison. Yes, you can just cut and hack your way in and get poos and wees all over that meat...but really? Take a bit of care and avoid spoiling that meat.
Any other tips you have that might help a new hunter gatherer?