Living in Montana since '99 I don't have the opportunity to hang deer much any more, as Montana is Indian for land with no trees, but when I lived in Georgia I preferred to gut hanging head down, was much cleaner for me.Had a buddy that insisted on doing vertical dress. We gutted a few deer together and he hit the sh** sack every time. I can handle some pretty heavy stink and that one would gag a billy goat. Definitely cleaner and easier if done correctly though.
Cut completely around anus while still on ground before hoisting, like you would do for a horizontal field dress, or maybe try using one of those orange butt plug things. When vertical and stomach and lungs are out you can reach inside pelvic bone and extract anus canal. Doesn't matter if vertical or horizontal, cut the sh** sack or cut into the urethra and it's a stinky affair and you spoil meat as well. I think vertical is also easier to save heart and liver since you can spill stomach and lungs one direction and turn deer away from spoils pile to complete dressing in a cleaner environment.Had a buddy that insisted on doing vertical dress. We gutted a few deer together and he hit the sh** sack every time. I can handle some pretty heavy stink and that one would gag a billy goat. Definitely cleaner and easier if done correctly though.
I was referring to the stomach. God awful stink!
Not to sound like a jerk, but how do you know it was your corn? There is corn all around my farm and I can't tell one kernel from another.
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Black tail and mule deer @ 162.00 per lb . Guess thats why I prefer chicken . About a dollar a lb already rotisserie roasted and ready to eat ! I can lift one all by myself !
