- Location
- Sudbury, On
Get gloves? I dunno.
I wonder if every hunter is supposed to be good at skinning game.
- Thread starter p226
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- Near Coldwater, Ont
I guess I had it easy, growing up on a farm. We killed our own chickens and pigs. I also worked for one summer in a butcher shop as a trimmer/wrapper. I can't say I was ever bothered by field dressing and butchering, other than its a real pain in the ass when your up to your elbows in blood and your nose gets itchy or you need to open another beer! Seriously though, post where you are hunting and maybe somebody can get together with you for a hunt and show you how its done.
fogducker said:well now your getting your first lesson here...learn to talk back when you know what your talking of..i would highly encourage you to take the offers to help you to clean out some game...pm these guys to pursue the offers..your getting a break here to teach you some tricks...that most of us had to learn the hard way..
were ya from?maybe if i see your willing to learn.. i,ll get you out on a hunt
I am in Scarborough
I really desire for learning.please count me in
I remember when my oldest shot his 1st deer. Look on his face when I said I am only giving instructions.
He got it done, slow, slow, slower, but sure. He is in like a dirty shirt now, great help on the moose we shot together
He got it done, slow, slow, slower, but sure. He is in like a dirty shirt now, great help on the moose we shot together
Goose25 said:you still got a bit of summer left... maybe you can go out fishing and gut a couple fishies. should get you used to getting blood'n guts on your hands
start there and then work your way up....
montreal is far away from me
and I think I can do entrails clean on fishes .
trubluscrew
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
I think the real issue here is;
How do you define hunting? Is it "going out shooting and killing something" or is it more in-depth?
or is the question more towards; "I have never done it and I fear the unknown?"
How do you define hunting? Is it "going out shooting and killing something" or is it more in-depth?
or is the question more towards; "I have never done it and I fear the unknown?"
This the way it is
With animal down it must be properly gutted, skinned, and butchered. You may have to face the stink of a gut shot animal or open an animal with a huge abcess from a previous injuriny that oozes puss all over. Yes processing game is not for the squemish. I've seen guys puke their guts out but they rinsed out their mouths and went back and finished the job. There is no shame in puking or being repulsed but there is great shame in killing an animal and not properly cleaning it. If you can't clean what you shoot don't hunt.
Read, watch videos, or have someone show you how. Take your time when its up to you and you'll get better with practice. There is great satisfaction in providing meal for friends and family when you were the one who brought it from bullet to buffet. Bon apetite
With animal down it must be properly gutted, skinned, and butchered. You may have to face the stink of a gut shot animal or open an animal with a huge abcess from a previous injuriny that oozes puss all over. Yes processing game is not for the squemish. I've seen guys puke their guts out but they rinsed out their mouths and went back and finished the job. There is no shame in puking or being repulsed but there is great shame in killing an animal and not properly cleaning it. If you can't clean what you shoot don't hunt.
Read, watch videos, or have someone show you how. Take your time when its up to you and you'll get better with practice. There is great satisfaction in providing meal for friends and family when you were the one who brought it from bullet to buffet. Bon apetite
trubluscrew
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
A little advice to anyone gutting an stinky animal or in a nasty enviroment. I learned this from a old time medic, who use to do body removals on the side.
Smile, it supresses the gag reflex.
In English,
Smile (with lips closed--you don't want stuff in your mouth) and you won't toss yer cookies. Also, breath in through the mouth and out the nose. ( A little Vicks vapo-rub under the nostrils; helps chase the stinkys away).
Now back on topic
Smile, it supresses the gag reflex.
In English,
Smile (with lips closed--you don't want stuff in your mouth) and you won't toss yer cookies. Also, breath in through the mouth and out the nose. ( A little Vicks vapo-rub under the nostrils; helps chase the stinkys away).
Now back on topic
Hell, for yrs when I went hunting I just made sure I had a gutter with me, but one time I had to do it becuzz the guys I went out with had no clue how to do it.It was no problem as I grew up around butchering and always helped skin livestock, but when it came time to pull the guts out I just preferred to not do it.When the time came, I knew how,just didn't like doin it.
Well, cleaning animals isn't much different than gutting a fish. A great, big honkin' fish mind you, but still it's somewhat similar slime-wise
The smell's not bad usually, and you don't get THAT bloody. I'm sure it's worse in your mind than it is in reality.
Skinning isn't bloody at all really. It's just getting the guts out. And if you do it right, you might get a little blood on you but you won't exactly be covered head to toe. It wipes off pretty easy. You may like to take some of those waterless cleaners mechanics and guys like that use - a little dab and a cloth and you're clean in no time.
Just read up on it, then get someone to show you. Once you've seen it - it's quite simple.
you can also get some of those up to the shoulders field dressing gloves*also marketeted to vet's for birthing of livestock and rectal exams on larger animals* and just put a pair of nitrle gloves on them over the top
It’s normal to be apprehensive your first time field dressing and skinning an animal, but it really is no big deal. The more experience you get doing it the easier (cleaner) it will become. I suggest that you start with rabbits at first because if you can clean a rabbit you can clean a deer. Don't be afraid of a little blood it will wash right off. Trust me.
http://www.huntingnut.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=27
I hear this method works. And this link will give you a REAL good idea what you're in for. WARNING GRAPHIC.
I hear this method works. And this link will give you a REAL good idea what you're in for. WARNING GRAPHIC.
Lazy Ike said:
I gutted my first game I harvested, a blacktail. That was exactly the same situation as shown in your link, and I did it alone guttting, skinning, quartering and even deboning with one knife. After four hours flipping the dead buck up and down, I couldn't feel my back.
But I think I got more blood than the guy in the pictures.beretta boy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Orillia, Ontario
As a "first time" deer hunter 40 years ago, I was quite prepared to dress the first deer I shot, but as luck would have it, one of the experianced fellows I was hunting with said "here, let me show you how to do it right" ... I got right in there, asking questions as he went. Most surprising was the relatively small, but elegant pocket knife he used. ( He was a "ringer" not a "splitter" ).
Twenty minutes later, I felt comfortable doing the next one myself ... which I did, and many others since, including a couple of bear and a few moose., not to mention at least a truck load full of ducks, geese, grouse, quail, doves, pheasant woodcock and, of course, lots of fish. I was fortunate to have a good "guide" who also took the time to show me how. Saved me from potentially making a bigger mess than I might have ... or worse, spoiling some perfectly good game.
We all have to learn, somehow. Do it right, and even with a big animal like a moose, you can keep yourself relativeley clean in the process.
There are a number of good books & how to sources out there,
one of them that comes to mind is I believe titled "Dress 'Em Out"
but I don't recall the author.
Learn to look after the game you shoot properly & promptly, you'll enjoy many a fine meal. It's just all part of the hunting experiance.
Twenty minutes later, I felt comfortable doing the next one myself ... which I did, and many others since, including a couple of bear and a few moose., not to mention at least a truck load full of ducks, geese, grouse, quail, doves, pheasant woodcock and, of course, lots of fish. I was fortunate to have a good "guide" who also took the time to show me how. Saved me from potentially making a bigger mess than I might have ... or worse, spoiling some perfectly good game.
We all have to learn, somehow. Do it right, and even with a big animal like a moose, you can keep yourself relativeley clean in the process.
There are a number of good books & how to sources out there,
one of them that comes to mind is I believe titled "Dress 'Em Out"
but I don't recall the author.
Learn to look after the game you shoot properly & promptly, you'll enjoy many a fine meal. It's just all part of the hunting experiance.
P226, there is no better feeling than harvesting an animal for the winter food supply. Its a great feeling being self sufficient when it comes to harvesting game. Trading rifles as well as friendly banter about what rifles or calibers are the best is great. This is what we all do on this site. But apart from marrying my wife and having our daughter, nothing in life gives me more satisfaction than harvesting my meat for the year. Right from assembling the reload to putting the pepper on the roast. I am thankfull i get to partake in this lifestyle passed down to me from my grandparents and my parents. Go for it you won't be sorry.
.............oh and i also like to partake in the occasional game of Deerhunter as well!!!
Go for it you won't be sorry. .............oh and i also like to partake in the occasional game of Deerhunter as well!!!
