Field Butcher vid

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I was searching for quartering a deer, on youtube, and found this footage of a guy expertly wielding a knife maximize the amount of meat he saved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUArHhWj3rY
 
Very cool. Perfect for in the field dressing. I do it a little different. I just take a super dull blade and hack away until chunks fall off. Maybe I'll try this next time.


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Drewski2324 said:
Very cool. Perfect for in the field dressing. I do it a little different. I just take a super dull blade and hack away until chunks fall off. Maybe I'll try this next time.


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That was very impressive skill with a knife, and with anatomy. That video was essentially unedited! He sets a high standard of efficiency and thoroughness.
One point to remember for those of us in the States, though: in cervids (deer, antelope, elk): don't cut across the spinal chord if you're planning to use that knife again on meat without washing it first. Chronic wasting disease can be spread by contamination with brain or spinal chord. My two cents. Apparently CWD is not a thing down under. Hope it stays that way.
 
In reality if you are field dressing you don't need to sever the spine, you can remove back legs etc and only still leave a small amount of meat on carcass. Only when we are home and hang up a sambar do we cut through spine at the second spine joint as it's a soft one to remove back legs
 

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