Great video on processing, but this thread is about field dressing. That video starts with a deer that is already field dressed, right?

 

Nope...starts with a recently harvested, non-field dressed doe, and takes it all the way to the freezer.

Nope...starts with a recently harvested, non-field dressed doe, and takes it all the way to the freezer.

I've only seen it on KY Afield TV show. Assuming they broke it down into more than one episode, I must have only seen the 2nd half of it where they skin and process a deer.

 

In that video, during field dressing, how did they handle the pelvic bone issue?

I've only seen it on KY Afield TV show. Assuming they broke it down into more than one episode, I must have only seen the 2nd half of it where they skin and process a deer.

 

In that video, during field dressing, how did they handle the pelvic bone issue?

 

 

They don't split it.

Jack Brittingham has a great field dressing / deer processing video. He used a a Do-All Buck Buster to break it.

I've only seen it on KY Afield TV show. Assuming they broke it down into more than one episode, I must have only seen the 2nd half of it where they skin and process a deer.

 

In that video, during field dressing, how did they handle the pelvic bone issue?

That is correct. The show is different from the vid.

I've only seen it on KY Afield TV show. Assuming they broke it down into more than one episode, I must have only seen the 2nd half of it where they skin and process a deer.

 

In that video, during field dressing, how did they handle the pelvic bone issue?

Straddle the doe or buck after field dressed and push both legs down exposing the top/bottom rounds of meat. Take your knife and cut right down the middle in the seam to separate the two cuts, hang it and start taking off your cuts of meat. No bone to cut.

Straddle the doe or buck after field dressed and push both legs down exposing the top/bottom rounds of meat. Take your knife and cut right down the middle in the seam to separate the two cuts' date=' hang it and start taking off your cuts of meat. No bone to cut.[/quote']

 

I don't think we are speaking the same language. I'm not talking about removing cuts of meat, that is what I term processing. I'm not talking about anything that happens after field dressing is done.

 

I'm talking about DURING field dressing, in order to get the rectum/anus out of the deer without splitting the pelvic bone.

I don't think we are speaking the same language. I'm not talking about removing cuts of meat, that is what I term processing. I'm not talking about anything that happens after field dressing is done.

 

I'm talking about DURING field dressing, in order to get the rectum/anus out of the deer without splitting the pelvic bone.

by after field dressed I mean when the guts are removed. So yes, after the guts are removed you can split the bone apart by pushing down on the legs and taking the knife and cutting in between the top/bottom rounds. then you can pull out the intestine after cutting around the anus.

by after field dressed I mean when the guts are removed. So yes' date=' after the guts are removed you can split the bone apart by pushing down on the legs and taking the knife and cutting in between the top/bottom rounds. then you can pull out the intestine after cutting around the anus.[/quote']I'm still not understanding you. If you have already removed the guts, then how do you go back and pull out the intestines? Those are the guts.

 

Anyway, I do it like the guy in the video and I dont have to split the pelvic bone at all. It works for well for me.

I'm still not understanding you. If you have already removed the guts, then how do you go back and pull out the intestines? Those are the guts.

 

Anyway, I do it like the guy in the video and I dont have to split the pelvic bone at all. It works for well for me.

 

I"ll have to send you a video of me doing it.. lol Sorry, I tried.

I split the pelvic using my buck knife like a hatchet if I'm a long way from home and it will be a while before I quarter the deer. I do this so I can completely spread the legs, allowing plenty of air and avoid secretions on the meat. If I'm close to home, I usually leave the pelvic in tact and avoid the extra work... Not sayin it's right, just personal choice.