Gutting Deer

[gspsonny03]

razmuz,

If you watch any of the hunting shows on T.V., almost everyone of them will take the whole carcass to camp, or lodge if you will, for processing and as Fabs mentioned, there are times that on a bad hit they will let the animal lay over night and pick it up the next morning. But also as Fabs mentioned it has a lot to do with the outside temperatures. If it is unseasonably warm and you leave the entrails in, you are asking for spoilage, and at the very least, it's not going to taste very good. Now if you intend to give it away like they do in most of these shows, it probably won't matter much to you anyway. I always try to gut the animal right after the kill, now depending on where you're hunting some landowners don't want the 'gutpile' left on there property. I don't know if this helps you much, but it's my 02 cents.