{"id":3979,"date":"2018-06-25T11:46:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T11:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rangetoreel.com\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2018-06-25T11:46:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T11:46:48","slug":"my-field-dressing-kit-has-everything-you-need-to-gut-a-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rangetoreel.com\/my-field-dressing-kit-has-everything-you-need-to-gut-a-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"My Field Dressing Kit Has Everything You Need To Gut a Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Store-bought field dressing kits often include a bunch of unnecessary items to jack up the price. You might have to go out and buy the newest and greatest hunting knife, but that’s just about it. Most of the stuff\u00a0you’re going to need is already in your kitchen cabinets. Not only do you already have most of the items, they all fit into a compact gallon size Ziploc bag. With a little bit of prep you won’t be missing anything this hunting season.<\/p>\n

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How to Pack a Field Dressing Kit<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/a>This DIY field dressing Kit should have just about everything you need successfully got it deer. Everything you need should fit inside\u00a0gallon size Ziploc bag and be ready to transport into the woods. Everyone has their own preference on knives so I won’t really get into all that. If you’re looking for a good field dressing knife, you can’t go wrong with the Basic Gerber Field Dress Kit<\/a>.\u00a0You get a great pair of Gerber knives that are both sturdy and come at an affordable price point. Everything else you need should be available in your kit.<\/p>\n

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Everything You Need To Gut a Deer<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0 Deer Drag<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>You’re going to need it deer drag if you want to have any\u00a0chance of pulling your buck out of the woods. There are a few commercial deer drags on the market that take out a lot of the work.\u00a0With the Hunters Specialties Deluxe Deer Drag<\/a> you can use your entire body to pull out the deer, not just your arms.\u00a0The hunters specialties\u00a0deer drag system might make things easier, but you don’t really need it. For centuries hunters have been pulling out deer by their antlers using nothing more than a basic rope.<\/p>\n

Instead of buying it commercial drag system go out to your garage and look for a sturdy rope. All you need is about 8 foot of 9 mm climbing rope to get the job done. Just slip\u00a0a loop around the does neck or the bucks antlers and tie the other end around the stick for a handle. If you start to get tired tie the rope around her waist and drag it using your whole upper body.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Latex Gloves<\/h3>\n

You might be a lifelong hunter, but that doesn’t mean you want to touch all that nasty nest involved in gutting a deer. Surgeons don’t go in barehanded so why should you. Bring along a pair of sturdy latex gloves to keep the blood and guts away from you. Lots of commercial field dressing Kits include gloves to go up all the way to your armpits<\/a>, but that’s probably unnecessary. You aren’t birthing a cow so you probably don’t need more than a basic wrist length glove. They’ll keep blood away from your clothing and any open cuts while maintaining your dexterity. You should have a better feel and grip allowing you to prevent unnecessary accidents.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Butt Out Tool<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>There’s nothing I can really say about the butt out tool<\/a> other than the fact that it really works.\u00a0\u00a0I’ve had one of these tools for years and they really make disconnecting the anal alimentary canal easy. It takes what should be a gross and disgusting project and makes it simple. As the name implies all you have to do is insert this tool into the anal cavity give it a twist and pull it out.\u00a0\u00a0In under a minute you’ll have this gross project behind you.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0 Hand Sanitizer and Paper Towels<\/h3>\n

If you didn’t need hand sanitizer before you definitely did after pulling out the anal cavity. Bring along a small container of Purell and some paper towels will go a long way. Not only will it clean you up, it seriously helps remove all those gross thoughts from your head. Whatever you do don’t forget to bring along some paper towels because no matter how careful you are will probably get a little blood on your clothes.\u00a0 Nobody wants a massive bloodstain on their brand-new hunting jacket the cost an arm and a leg.<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0 Paracord<\/h3>\n

Paracord is like the survivalist duct tape there are so many great uses for it out in the field. I always bring along about a 5 foot length of cord to help me hold stuff out of the way. Tying legs out of the way will definitely save you some sanity on those difficult cuts.<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0 Small First Aid Kit<\/h3>\n

You don’t need to bring along everything from your bathroom medicine cabinet, but a few basic first-aid supplies are always a good idea. I don’t know if it’s just the fact that I’m clumsy or impatient but I always seem to manage to knick myself somehow while gutting a deer. A couple Band-Aids and a small Ziploc of ibuprofen go a long way out in the field.<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 ZipLock Bags<\/h3>\n

Bring along at least three extra gallon size Ziploc bags. One of the bags is going to be used a haul out all your field dressing supplies and the other two will hold the heart and liver.<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Gut Hook<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Gut hooks aren’t always necessary depending on what kind of hunting knife your using. Knives like in the Gerber Field Dressing Kit<\/a> listed above are already going to have a gut hook attached. That being said, using a knife based gut hook is going to be a lot harder than a purpose built gut hook.\u00a0 For the past couple years I’ve been using one of the Buck Knives purpose built gut hooks<\/a> and there’s no going back.\u00a0 You can get a lot more torque on the knife without having to worry about cutting your hand.\u00a0 It gives you a lot of piece of mind when your adrenaline is pumping from taking that monster buck.<\/p>\n

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What Else Do You Need in Your Field Dressing Kit?<\/h2>\n

If there’s one thing that hunting teaches you\u00a0is that you only ever learn from experience.\u00a0I’m sure that there’s a ton of gear that\u00a0you will decide you can’t live without. Normally I pack my truck\u00a0with just about everything else under the sun. Anything that I\u00a0could possibly need in the field I store in one of those giant Tupperware containers in the back of my truck. Every year I add a little bit of gear to the container and know exactly where it is come hunting season. At your truck make sure you stash a 5 gallon jug of water for rinsing out the body cavity and a hatchet if you want to open up the pelvis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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