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Offline Outdoors Junkie

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Does each person gut their own?  Do you have a person who guts them for you?  Is it a group effort?

What's the rules in your hunting party on gutting the deer?
« Last Edit: November 11/04/09, 06:19:28 AM by Dennis Servaty »
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Dad use to gut them.  Now I do.  Unless he gut shots it, then I will hold the front legs up wind for him. :puke:
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You shoot it, you gut it.  And then you drag it while I carry your gear.  The only exception is if it's their first deer, a veteran hunter shows them how to gut.
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For a number of years my Dad would always gut any deer shot (by choice) but over the years the rest of our group has been jumping in and taking their turns doing the dirty work also.

Dad is not sure how many more years he is going to keep deer hunting he told me last week. The sitting in the cold weather is bothering him more and more as a result of injuries from a bad motorcycle accident and years of wear on his body from work on the Street Dept crew. So, I would imagine that we'll all be doing our own deer from this point out.

Sounds like I turned Dad from a deer hunter to a turkey hunter with our successful hunt a couple weeks ago, plus the weather should not be as much of a factor for him with the Spring or Fall turkey hunts.
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When I first started hunting, my grandpa gutted everyone's deer.  After he passed away I took over that duty.  If we get multiple deer at one time, we have a few others that will jump in.
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Dad is not sure how many more years he is going to keep deer hunting he told me last week. The sitting in the cold weather is bothering him more and more as a result of injuries from a bad motorcycle accident and years of wear on his body from work on the Street Dept crew. So, I would imagine that we'll all be doing our own deer from this point out.

Scott,

Sounds a lot like my situation.  Last year was the first year my Dad and I didn't hunt together in 35 years.  This year however, he has a disabled person permit which allows him to shoot from a stationary vehicle.  Perhaps this doesn't sound like hunting to some, but I'm tickled to death he can get out and try for a deer this year and he's excited as all get out.  It sure beats him sitting in his recliner watching the outdoors channel.:happy1:

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Scott,

Sounds a lot like my situation.  Last year was the first year my Dad and I didn't hunt together in 35 years.  This year however, he has a disabled person permit which allows him to shoot from a stationary vehicle.  Perhaps this doesn't sound like hunting to some, but I'm tickled to death he can get out and try for a deer this year and he's excited as all get out.  It sure beats him sitting in his recliner watching the outdoors channel.:happy1:

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That's awesome that your Dad is still able to get out and hunt thanks to this permit. I'm sure that being able to get out in the woods and hunt has a very positive influence on his state of mind and outlook as well Joe! Thanks for sharing that, and good luck in the woods with your Dad!  :happy1:
 
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You shoot you gut! Thats how we work it.

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I've always done it. The rule this year is I will gut anything that is shot in the evining Due to the fact that I am fast and proficent. If someone else shoots one in the morning - they are 27 31 and 39 years old - It's time to learn! I dont mind doing it but they are going to have to know how some day. (a side note - I am 25 years old and have gutted every deer we have shot for over 10 years - that is somewhere arround 25-30 deer - it's somone else's turn!)
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Ditto BIGGA! :happy1:

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you shoot it you gut it..

 but in the past we used to mess with my oldest brother (who introduced us to hunting) and fumble with the knife and hold it wrong..until he would take it from us and gut it.. once he found out we were messing with him and I had a better technique from my buddies uncle he won't fall for it anymore I tried last year.
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you shoot it you gut it. unless its your first then you get help but your still getting blood on your hands.

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Me and my younger brother do most of the gutting.  We are the fastest and do the best job.  My mother will never gut a deer because she is the cook and we are the gut and draggers.  Dad can't bend his knees at all and it is just to painful to watch.

My daughter said that she will gut hers if she gets one.  Mom has the camera ready.
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I enjoy the butchering. Almost more than catchin or eatin. But the way it works in my world if you cannot stomach the gutting and I have to do it for you you forfeit the meat. The sad sacks that cannot do for themselves won't come back for another hunt anyway.
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I guess I don’t understand the whole concept of you shoot it, you gut it.  Gutting a deer out is my favorite part of hunting right next to the rapid heartbeat right before you shoot.  If anyone from my group needs help or wants someone to gut out there deer I am more than happy to help no matter what time of day it is.  The only problem I have is that there is another guy in my group that feels the same way so sometimes I have to race him to the deer so I can gut it.

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As in most cases, either I do it, or you do it yourself.  If you want help, just get out of my way and I will show you.
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My Dad hit a big doe with his brand new 2010 Toyota Rav4 tonight on his way home. A friend and I went out and met him and i gutted the deer out for him and we brought her back to my place and hung her in the garage after he received a car/deer accident possession tag from the county sheriff. Not quite how i envisioned this wknd starting out when I woke up this morning....
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I usually hunt deer alone, but have at times hunted with some 'farm boys'  NW MN way.  Whenever a deer was bagged, I never saw men scatter so fast in my life.   They all had an excuse to go a do something on the farm.  Move cattle, check calves, empty a manue pit, those bastards found a way to get away from the so-called 'dirty work' of gutting an animal.  They would stand in cowsh!t all day, or bury their arm in a cows azz to turn a calf, but I would end up gutting their deer.  I could never figure that out.