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To gut or not to gut...

RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭
edited December 2013 in General Discussion
...that is the question.

December 16th, 2013 I am getting a STAR ankle replacement (Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement)

I bought a deer cart so I can hunt further in the woods instead of just the edge.

The question is should I gut the deer after tagging it or wait until I get back in the woods with the cart?

I'm thinking about critters, hunters stealing my harvest and the hour or so it would take me to walk to my vehicle to get the deer cart and back again.
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    RobOzRobOz Member Posts: 9,523 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If they are going to steal or eat it, having the guts still in it ain't going to stop them.
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    skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    Take the cart in with you when you start the hunt.
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    Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Guts need to come out immediately, no ifs ands or buts. Some folks here disagree but you need to open it up and get the guts out to aid in cooling ASAP. Worrying about other hunters, dude that's PA and it is sad that the woods are full of people like that who would steal a down animal. 90% of my bad experiences with hunters in that state has come from hunters on the east side of I-81. There is nothing you can do that will prevent them from stealing it and coyotes, well they eat guts so maybe a fresh gut pile will keep them busy till you get back.
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    ChrisInTempeChrisInTempe Member Posts: 15,562
    edited November -1
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    That's a pretty cool development. When my feet had to be rebuilt back in 1997, they said if it didn't work they'd have just glue all the bones together as there was no good and lasting way to rebuild the ankles at that time.

    Technology Marches On! [:D]


    Next decade, we add the servo motors! [:0]
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    bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by skicat
    Take the cart in with you when you start the hunt.



    Makes sense to me. Unless you're thinking it would make a lot of noise? Or are you stalking? That would make it tough.
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    booter_onebooter_one Member Posts: 2,345
    edited November -1
    BSR is right on, gut and let the cooling process start. Not sure about the rest of your question. Possibly cut off one ear and take it with you if concerned about theft. Not too many one eared animals out there, and you can claim its yours if stolen since you have an ear in your possession??????

    A hunting buddy should be considered also.

    Good Luck!![:)]
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    take a rope with you and string it up while you get your cart
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    bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    take a rope with you and string it up while you get your cart


    Damn. You guys hunt tough.

    In my neck of the woods, we shoot 'em.

    Lynching a deer would never have occurred to me.
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    skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    take a rope with you and string it up while you get your cart


    Damn. You guys hunt tough.

    In my neck of the woods, we shoot 'em.

    Lynching a deer would never have occurred to me.



    [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]I'm still laughing.[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
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    skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    take a rope with you and string it up while you get your cart


    Damn. You guys hunt tough.

    In my neck of the woods, we shoot 'em.

    Lynching a deer would never have occurred to me.



    [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]I'm still laughing.[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
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    skicatskicat Member Posts: 14,431
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    take a rope with you and string it up while you get your cart


    Damn. You guys hunt tough.

    In my neck of the woods, we shoot 'em.

    Lynching a deer would never have occurred to me.



    [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]I'm still laughing.[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
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    woodshed87woodshed87 Member Posts: 25,785
    edited November -1
    [:D][:D][:D]quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
    take a rope with you and string it up while you get your cart


    Damn. You guys hunt tough.

    In my neck of the woods, we shoot 'em.

    Lynching a deer would never have occurred to me.
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    RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,637 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll be going in the woods on a narrow trail and coming out of the woods by the way of cut down fields.
    The trails are way to narrow for the cart.
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    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
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    shilowarshilowar Member Posts: 38,815 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by ChrisInTempe
    inbonetotalankle.jpg
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    That's a pretty cool development. When my feet had to be rebuilt back in 1997, they said if it didn't work they'd have just glue all the bones together as there was no good and lasting way to rebuild the ankles at that time.

    Technology Marches On! [:D]


    Next decade, we add the servo motors! [:0]


    air ride or MacPherson strut? [:D]
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    FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My deer size game hauler ...

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    I always field dress as soon as I tag it.
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    JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have let them lay in 90*+ weather, for 1/2hr or more. It doesn't hurt anything, unless you are a less than decent shot, and you have punctured the gut bag, then you will need to get that out asap.

    Can't you borrow a quad? simply run back to the animal, load it up, and drive it out.

    If not, I would place the cart inside the woods line, where you enter, rather than leave it back at the truck. Shorter walk that way.

    I too have an old lineman's safety harness. Tie a line to the animal, then the back of the harness, and start walking out with your deer in tow.
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    allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,240 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gut it immediately. The deer needs to start cooling down at once.
    Take a plastic bag along and put the heart and liver in there. Even if you don't want to eat heart or liver it is the best dog food in the world.
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    fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    Also,always drag your deer head first.If not,the fur makes it real hard to do because it digs in.
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    Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,294 ******
    edited November -1
    gut then drag.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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    FEENIXFEENIX Member Posts: 10,559 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Mr. Perfect
    gut then drag.


    ... yes but make sure the deer is dead before field dressing! [}:)]
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    Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Screw the cart, get a mono-wheel haul truck
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    The even make a UNION version
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