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<blockquote data-quote="GonzoK34" data-source="post: 1584089" data-attributes="member: 8915"><p>On occasion I'm fortunate to kill one within a couple hundred yards from my truck. It's been a very rare moment. But with elk it's usually in deep steep terrain where the only thing that will get close is a mule. I don't own a mule.</p><p>My Dad and Uncles all did it the "Indian Way"! Today it's the Gutless Method.</p><p>As outlined by many here. With deer it doesn't matter if you do it on the ground or from a tree. If I can hang the deer I will. Again its the time of day, terrain and location that dictates to what extent I struggle. I carry a shower curtain and heavy construction trash bags jn my pack. I cut down from the base of the head to the tail. Skinning one side and boning out the meat. Roll it over and do the same on the opposite side. I bone out all the exposed meat. This includes the shank meat. I hang the animal head down. If it's on the ground I try to position the carcass with the head facing up hill. After all the exterior portions are removed. I cut the windpipe out continuing my cut to anus. Split the pelvic bone and rip out the guts. This give's me a clean clear access to the tenderloins. On elk there are two strips of meat that meet at the top inside of the rib cage and neck junction. About the size of a deer tenderloin. These get cooked on the spot over an open fire. Yum</p><p>I look at having an animal on the ground as the completion of the hunt. Now the hard, cold work starts. Build a fire, warm up and get to work, celebrate.</p><p></p><p>Having been in combat I would rather be up to my old butt dressing out an elk, than dragging my dead and wounded off the battle field.</p><p>Remember our Veterans in Harms Way!</p><p>Gonzo</p><p>SEMPER FIDELIS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GonzoK34, post: 1584089, member: 8915"] On occasion I'm fortunate to kill one within a couple hundred yards from my truck. It's been a very rare moment. But with elk it's usually in deep steep terrain where the only thing that will get close is a mule. I don't own a mule. My Dad and Uncles all did it the "Indian Way"! Today it's the Gutless Method. As outlined by many here. With deer it doesn't matter if you do it on the ground or from a tree. If I can hang the deer I will. Again its the time of day, terrain and location that dictates to what extent I struggle. I carry a shower curtain and heavy construction trash bags jn my pack. I cut down from the base of the head to the tail. Skinning one side and boning out the meat. Roll it over and do the same on the opposite side. I bone out all the exposed meat. This includes the shank meat. I hang the animal head down. If it's on the ground I try to position the carcass with the head facing up hill. After all the exterior portions are removed. I cut the windpipe out continuing my cut to anus. Split the pelvic bone and rip out the guts. This give's me a clean clear access to the tenderloins. On elk there are two strips of meat that meet at the top inside of the rib cage and neck junction. About the size of a deer tenderloin. These get cooked on the spot over an open fire. Yum I look at having an animal on the ground as the completion of the hunt. Now the hard, cold work starts. Build a fire, warm up and get to work, celebrate. Having been in combat I would rather be up to my old butt dressing out an elk, than dragging my dead and wounded off the battle field. Remember our Veterans in Harms Way! Gonzo SEMPER FIDELIS [/QUOTE]
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