Quartering a big game animal/gutless method.

[H&Hhunter]

This exactly how I field dress just about anything from a hog to a deer, elk, moose, cape buffalo. You name it. One I learned how to field prepare an animal this way I almost never use the standard old gutting method anymore.

When I am in practice I can, by myself, take a full grown, mature bull elk apart in less than 30 minutes using this method.

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[H&Hhunter]

Make sure and watch the next video to see the removal of the back straps. One the back strap is off it is very simple to remove the ribs. Once that is done the only thing that on the ground is left is the spine and pelvis and head.

 

[Patocazador]

I don't think that guy can do it in 30 minutes.

 

[jmr40]

Thanks for posting. I've never done this, but under the right circumstances I'm sure it is by far the best way.

 

[CraigC]

I started doing this a few years ago, haven't gutted one since and don't miss it in the least!

 

[red rick]

He is leaving the best part , the inner tenderloins . That is why I gut a deer .

 

[rondog]

Great videos, but I'm torn. I've only killed one deer in my life, so my frugal side sees all the good burger/sausage/jerky meat left for the buzzards. I also have to think about getting all those quarters and other chunks out vs. just getting the whole critter out. Seein's how I'm a solo hunter anyway with no hunting buddies, horses, 4wd, or ATV, either way would be tough.

But great instructional videos nonetheless, thanks for posting!

 

[stiab]

He is leaving the best part , the inner tenderloins . That is why I gut a deer .

I agree. Cannot watch the video because my old coal fired computer hates 'em, but I know some guys who clean them this way, and it seems wasteful to me. What a shame to throw out the "sweat meat" with the carcass.

 

[H&Hhunter]

That is a common misconception. I never leave the inside tenders. It is very simple to get to them after taking off the quarters.

 

[stiab]

That is a common misconception. I never leave the inside tenders. It is very simple to get to them after taking off the quarters.

How? I need to tell my friends so they don't waste it.

 

[H&Hhunter]

You cut the muscle that holds the gut together pull the gut aside and extract your rear tenders. The fronts are way simple after you split the ribs at the sternum and cut them away from the spine they are sitting right there in the open. Simply remove them.

I always take the ribs and as I said before when I'm done the only thing left is a meatless spine, pelvis bone and head, unless I take the head. There is absolutely no wasted meat.

 

[stiab]

I see what you are saying for how you do it, but some people leave the guts intact, which prevents access to the sweat meat. The whole advantage they tell me in using this method is not having to handle/deal with the organs.

 

[H&Hhunter]

I see what you are saying for how you do it, but some people leave the guts intact, which prevents access to the sweat meat. The whole advantage they tell me in using this method is not having to handle/deal with the organs.

Well if you want the inside tenders you have to deal with the guts just a little bit. It is still much cleaner than the classic field dressing method.

 

[EIB0879]

Yup, that is the way i was taught way back when to dress WT. Not as messy, IMO. We also hang them with the head up like a noose. On public draw hunts here in Texas, i have always had to gut them before they would weigh them.

 

[buck460XVR]

Around here until a coupla years ago, the DNR required you to keep the deer intact(other than field dressing) until it was registered. I once removed the lower legs(cut off at the hocks) from a large buck I shot while bowhunting a mile from the road in a attempt to make the drag a tad easier and got hassled for it at the registration station. Now, while you can quarter or field butcher your deer in up to five separate pieces, the head must still be attached to one of them. You must also, remove all parts of the deer, other than the entrails from the field. This in itself makes for why most folks still drag the whole deer(other than the entrails) out.

 

[gspn]

That is a common misconception. I never leave the inside tenders. It is very simple to get to them after taking off the quarters.

I agree. We did an elk this way this year, very simple to get the tenderloin out, and you don't have to deal with the guts.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Around here until a coupla years ago, the DNR required you to keep the deer intact(other than field dressing) until it was registered. I once removed the lower legs(cut off at the hocks) from a large buck I shot while bowhunting a mile from the road in a attempt to make the drag a tad easier and got hassled for it at the registration station. Now, while you can quarter or field butcher your deer in up to five separate pieces, the head must still be attached to one of them. You must also, remove all parts of the deer, other than the entrails from the field. This in itself makes for why most folks still drag the whole deer(other than the entrails) out.

I've run into that in a couple of states. What a pain in the butt!!

 

[redneck]

Ohio switched to an online game check system maybe 5 years ago or so, which has been nice. Prior to that you were required to take the animal to a check station, to be issued a permanent tag. It could be gutted, but as I remember the rules you had to leave enough intact to identify the sex so you if you got a button buck you even had to keep the nutsack attached for evidence, no way they would accept a quartered skinless carcass. I doubt most folks checked em that close as most check stations were also minimart/drivethrus etc. and the folks working them weren't that interested in doing it. Either way its a lot nicer just to get online and tag out rather than hauling stuff somewhere.

 

[Robert]

H&H, you are going to have to teach me this.

 

[Newtosavage]

Been going "gutless" for a few years now. Works especially well when hunting public land by myself. When bowhunting and carrying my stand in/out, after finding and tagging the animal, I carry out my regular stand and pack, then go back in with a pack frame, game bags and tools. Then quarter the deer, take the backstraps and loins and pack it out, leaving the skin, guts, spine, ribs and neck. We're required to take the head with us, so that comes out in the pack.

All the quarters and meat go in an ice chest which gets a bag of ice on my way home. Then, I can leave it on ice for a few days until I have time to bone out the quarters which is really nice after a long hunt.

After doing this a few times, I'm not sure why I ever drug one out before. Way more work than the gutless quarter method.

 

[cowpoke]

My son showed me this 15 years ago ben doing it every since . Very quick.

 

[buck460XVR]

I've run into that in a couple of states. What a pain in the butt!!

Part of the reasoning behind removing everything from the field besides the entrails has to do with the incidence of CWD here. Seems the Prions responsible for the disease are mainly in the brain and spinal column and they can survive for many years in the soil. Thus, leaving them in the wild potentially exposes other healthy animals to them. Pain in the butt? Kinda depends. Most of us have been dragging deer out of the woods for years. We know nothing different. Many of us have developed techniques for doing so that make it easier. On private land many of us use ATVs/UTVs or farm tractors. It's just another part of the hunt.

 

[Nature Boy]

H&H, I've done it this way for a few years now. I believe it's called the Pod method. I prefer it to the traditional gutting method. Much less messy.

 

[jim in Anchorage]

I see what you are saying for how you do it, but some people leave the guts intact, which prevents access to the sweat meat. The whole advantage they tell me in using this method is not having to handle/deal with the organs.

The whole advantage? Ever try dragging out a whole moose? Or for that matter holding up a leg with one arm while dressing it?
The vidio missed a step. When the quarters are off, I split the sternum with a axe and lift up hard on the ribs. They break off at the spine. Now you can just roll the guts out to get at the loins.

1/2 Hour huh H&H? You can hunt with me anytime. Takes the better part of a day for me to do a moose.

 

[H&Hhunter]

It took me the better part of two hours to do my moose. Between the increased weight and the thick patch of willow brush he decided to die in, it was a bit of a struggle. Several years ago I killed a big bodied cape buffalo bull way off the trail down in a steep gully. The guys had no idea how we were going to recover the meat. I showed them this very same method and had the bull dissembled in under an hour with the help of 4 guys.

A moose is just enough bigger than a elk that it takes substantially longer when solo to disassemble one. And of course a Yukon moose is substantially bigger than a Shiras. A big Yukon isn't very much smaller than a big cape buffalo bull.