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Tips on How to Field Dress a Deer
Field Dressing Made Easy
Hal, a 43 year old mechanic from Houston, knew good tasting venison roasts begin with proper care in the field. Read on if you want to know how to field dress a deer.|
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Hal says you need to get busy right away so the meat can begin to cool. He recommends using a knife with a four inch blade. Make a SHALLOW cut from just in front of the penis to the base of the breast bone. Lift the belly skin to insure you don't cut too deep. You want to avoid cutting the intestines and having their contents spill out inside the deer. |
Hal then would remove the intestines and stomach. Cut out the diaphragm. Then remove the lungs by reaching your hand inside the chest cavity. sever the windpipe and pull the heart, lungs etc out.
Finally go for the remaining organs including the excretory ones. Again be careful with the bladder so it's contents don't spill inside the deer.
Dry the body cavity to eliminate breeding grounds for bacteria. Use dry grass or moss if available.
One other tip from Hal's instructions on field dressing a deer: Never leave the buck or doe on its side in the field. That keeps body heat from escaping. It's better to position it on its back. Using stakes if need be to keep it that way.
Anyway that covers the basics of how to field dress a deer.
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