| Good job! You got a deer. Now it's time to | | | | cleaning kit you could also use large plastic |
| talk about how to clean a deer. The first | | | | gloves sold at most sporting goods stores. |
| step is field dressing a deer. | | | | |
| | | | 6) Once initial steps of cleaning a deer are |
| Learning how to field dress a deer properly | | | | complete, I wipe off my deer hunting knives |
| can significantly improve the taste and | | | | with the wet rag or moist towel placing them |
| quality of your venison meat. | | | | into my pack. |
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| The Marty Prokop 9 Steps for How to Field | | | | 7) After I have completed the steps detailed |
| Dress a Deer | | | | here on how to field dress a deer, I use the |
| | | | Ziploc-type bag to carry out the heart and |
| 1) How to clean a deer starts with a good kit | | | | liver. This keeps your clothes free from the |
| to field dress a deer. When I head out for a | | | | blood associated with the process of cleaning |
| day deer hunting I always carry a complete | | | | a deer. |
| deer field dressing kit. | | | | |
| | | | 8) I use the hand sanitizer to clean my |
| 2) Members of my deer hunting community at | | | | hands. I then pack up my deer cleaning kit. |
| often ask, "Marty Prokop, what do you bring | | | | |
| to clean a deer?" | | | | 9) I use the rope as a deer drag. This is a |
| | | | Marty Prokop how to clean a deer "must." |
| Here is what I bring to field dress a deer: | | | | |
| latex gloves, large Ziploc-type bag, hand | | | | Having just completed the steps of how to |
| sanitizer, wet ones or wet rag for washing my | | | | field dress a deer, I want the deer to stay |
| hands, a sharp knife, a "belly zipper" or gut | | | | clean. When I clean a deer and remove it from |
| hook knife and 10 to12 foot of rope. | | | | the field, I never drag the deer by the back |
| | | | legs because this can fill the cavity with |
| 3) Part of how to field dress a deer is | | | | dirt. |
| packing this kit into a large enough | | | | |
| Ziploc-type bag and remembering to place it | | | | If a doe, I cross front legs behind ears and |
| in your deer hunting back pack. The total | | | | tie the rope around the neck and front legs. |
| weight of my kit to clean a deer is only | | | | I place the knot by the chin so, when |
| about 12 to14 ounces. | | | | pulling, the rope lifts the head. If a |
| | | | smaller buck, I drag it like a doe. |
| 4) After a successful deer hunting harvest, | | | | |
| it is time to implement the remaining steps | | | | If a big buck and I might put it on the wall, |
| associated with field dressing a deer. I | | | | I leave the rib cage intact. I call my deer |
| unpack each item from my deer cleaning kit. | | | | hunting partners. We grab the rack and lift |
| | | | it as we remove the buck from the woods. |
| 5) Safety and sanitation are important parts | | | | |
| of cleaning a deer. After the first time I | | | | Great tasting venison starts with mastering |
| learned how to field dress a deer, I decided | | | | how to field dress a deer. Make sure you pack |
| to use latex gloves to protect my hands from | | | | your kit to clean a deer in the field on your |
| bacteria. When you are planning your deer | | | | next deer hunt. |