I got my hunting permit recently. I took a course online and they mailed me my permit! I hope to hunt this season some with my dad. Ive never gone deer hunting before, which I plan to do. My dad isn't too excited about it because he doesn't want to field dress it. He and I have never done it before. I think I would be able to handle it, but I am very inexperienced lol. Anyways, I will read up about it and watch some videos.
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Good luck on your first hunt, remember SAFETY comes FIRST.
Do not get discouraged if you dont see deer (up here in the NE wood its tough). Learn as much as you can before you go afield about the game you will hunt especially the dressing of game.
Once your deer is down its gonna be time to use that special knife.
Do not get discouraged if you dont see deer (up here in the NE wood its tough). Learn as much as you can before you go afield about the game you will hunt especially the dressing of game.
Once your deer is down its gonna be time to use that special knife.
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Good luck on your first season. Watching videos about gutting and skinning will help.
Its really not a big deal. There are different ways people do it, and in time you will figure out which way you prefer.
Safety is the most important concern. One mistake can kill or cripple someone, and there are no do overs. It salways good to see young people getting into the sport.
My son is 14, and last year was his first season. He's having a lot of fun, and can't wait for this season.
Hopefully you will have some great pics to share with us
Its really not a big deal. There are different ways people do it, and in time you will figure out which way you prefer.
Safety is the most important concern. One mistake can kill or cripple someone, and there are no do overs. It salways good to see young people getting into the sport.
My son is 14, and last year was his first season. He's having a lot of fun, and can't wait for this season.
Hopefully you will have some great pics to share with us
I have never field dressed anything (i shot one boar but on a paid hunt so they handled it, and the deer are smarter than me). But I'm not nervous about it any more. I have a recommendation, of course with you tube I don't know how necessary, but when i started there weren't videos for this. I called up a local butcher that handled wild game, they were very nice, and asked them for pointers, they ended up inviting me down there to watch them. They killed a cow right there and let me watch the whole process. Of course they butchered it out as well, I just needed to see to the point of it being ready to take to the butcher.
good hunting!!!
Red
good hunting!!!
Red
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Outstanding - hope you fill every deer tag you can this year. Field dressing them is not that big a deal - just a bit yucky. If you are having a butcher process the meat, you can get by with...
* Make an incision from the bottom of the breast bone (you can feel it with your fingers) all the way to the udder / sex organs.
* Cut off the udder / sex ograns.
* Scoop out all the goopy bits (you will have to use your knife to open the diaphragm and again to get at some of the stuff up towards the back.
When you are up to your elbow in stuff, it's nice to have a knife where the blade is about as long as your index finger. That way you can feel around in there and cut stuff you need to cut while *always* knowing exactly where your blade is. For heaven's sake, dont hold something with your weak hand and attempt to cut it with your strong because you might just end up hurting yourself badly.
More importantly - if your objective is just collecting meat, you are probably better off hitting the grocery store. In the end, it's cheaper and much more reliable.
*BUT*
If your objective is to enjoy the process of the hunt, you are about to embark on an exciting and fulfilling adventure. Then it's possible to enjoy a day when all you see is some relatively fresh tracks. You can laugh at yourself at missed shots and blown shot opportunities and spooked game. Making meat is great and feels like a bonus, but compared to the hunt itself, it's a bit of an anti-climax.
Once the game is on the ground, that's when the fun part ends and the hard work begins. Hope you love every second of it.
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Dress out the deer immediately !! The most important thing for quality meat. Butchering isn't all that difficult ,mostly learning anatomy , where the muscles and bones are .It's good practice for using a knife. The basic tools are a 10" butchers knife, a 5-6" boning knife and a saw.
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I'm sure I *could* dress a deer with my BK2 (in fact, I'd like to try it on small game just for the silliness of it all) but really - a smaller blade is much handier. If you are someone that feels the need to crack the pelvis or split the ribcage, I wouldn't hesitate for a second to use the BK2 for that but small is good. Heck, the tiny blade on a Vic Classic is more than enough to field dress a deer - I just wouldn't want to clean it afterwards and IMO using a slip joint 'way up in there' is asking for trouble.
Good call on the bug repellent. My last day of turkey season this year was a skeeter infested party. Didn't see any turkeys - think the skeeters ate them.
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Andrew, good luck with your hunting & enjoy the time with your dad. I have hunted all my life & all types of game. Some of my best memories I have from my childhood are the hunting & fishing trips with my father, my uncle, & my grandpa when I was growing up on our farm. Just remember, always, always, remember safety first no matter what. I carried a .410ga. shotgun from 9 yrs. old until I turned 12 with no ammo before my dad gave me any shotshells for it. Always be aware of your surroundings no matter where you are.
On the dressing issue, you just need to pay attention to detail and watch what you are doing. There are some good instructions on-line to do this. The alternative is to find a butchering shop that will do meat processing for you (we had two in Washington C.H.) & normally their charges are reasonable.
As GingivitisKahn says, the main thing is to enjoy being outdoors, your time with your dad, and if you harvest some game, that's just an additional bonus for you . . . :thumbup:
Be safe.
On the dressing issue, you just need to pay attention to detail and watch what you are doing. There are some good instructions on-line to do this. The alternative is to find a butchering shop that will do meat processing for you (we had two in Washington C.H.) & normally their charges are reasonable.
As GingivitisKahn says, the main thing is to enjoy being outdoors, your time with your dad, and if you harvest some game, that's just an additional bonus for you . . . :thumbup:
Be safe.
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It would rock. Here's my BK11 (essentially the same knife) having recently opened a young doe. It worked perfectly.
Not only would the BK14 perform very well, cleanup is about as easy as it gets. If you can see it, there's lots of tallow on that BK11 - it gets in all the nooks and crannies. A couple of minutes with some warm soapy water and it's pretty as new.
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