The Process in Which to Gut a Deer

            The process by which you gut a deer is quite tedious. First, you have to kill the deer. Besides what you may think, you cannot extract the entrails of a deer if they’re still alive. The next step is very important. You have to find the deer. Contrary to popular belief finding a deer after it has been shot is not easy. It falls down because it is dead & there are tall strands off wheat or bushes strewn all around it making it almost impossible to find if you did not have a companion to see where it fell. When you get to where the deer is slain you must be careful there are no coyotes around to try to snatch up your fresh kill. Even if there are, you have a gun & you can have another fresh kill right there. Anyways, next you have to take off some layers because you’ll be getting dirty. Read very carefully to what I’m about to write, you must know if this deer is a boy or a girl because when cutting you’re going to want to get rid of any excess genitals as soon as possible. Even though the last sentence may have sounded ridiculous, boys & girls may be hard to tell apart. Teenage boys don’t have antlers yet meaning they can count for antler less tags. The incisions you will be making are crucial. If it is a female incisions to the right or to the left too much will cause their breast milk to pour out too much, which is extra fluid that in this case, we don’t want. For males the incision isn’t as restricted. For both cut all the way up to the rib cage & out to the edges. When you cut through the abdominals use the hook side of your knife to cut away the connective tissue & the start pulling out the stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, etc. When the cavity is empty hold the deer up by its head & dump out the excess blood. Make sure you tag your animal & take it back to deer camp.