EatWild - How to Debone an Elk Using the Gutless Method - Solo 

Cameron Davis good luck on your solo hunt!

Hahahaha. I’ll look forward to it.

John Dea thanks for the note. I always left the head and antlers on so I have some leverage to roll it. But maybe I’ll try and take the head off next time.

@@EatWildDylan I know what you mean, especially if you're gutting an animal. If you can get the animal on it's back with the antlers against the ground it will keep the legs up in the air, you can loosen up the guts, then you can twist the antlers to roll the animal over and dump everything out. Again, really enjoy your videos! Cheers!

I'll hang meat for up to two weeks in ideal conditions. Ideal conditions are less than 6 degrees celsius, dry, with good air circulation

These are victorinox knives. They are a quality and affordable butchering knife.

The taxidermists that I've dealt with have all told me the same thing, just make sure you give them enough hide to work with, making sure they have more than enough is better than not enough. My first elk, I came up short and they had to use hide off of a different animal, something to keep in mind.

I alway harvest the heart and the liver. I love roasting the heart. The liver can be more or a commitment, but I find a way to use everything.

B R I agree with the importance of storing meat in proper game bags. The plastic bags are a temporary measure to keep it clean while you are packing it out. From the field, into the pack, into the boat or truck creates lots of opportunity for the meat to get contaminated. Once we get it back to camp and on to the meat pole then we swap over to cotton game bags to keep the meat from spoiling. The system has worked well for us. The key is get the meat from the field to the meat pole quickly. Usually takes us 4-6 hours from the elk going down to being hung with game bags.

@@EatWildDylan just use game bags bromacho

He gets at them about 25:30

It’s always a challenge to manage the environmental conditions when dealing with an animal. In this case I am working by myself, in a dusty burn, and on a extremely steep slope. All of which make for a more challenging job. The other consideration is the time it takes to break an animal down. Where we are hunting there a many grizzly bears and it is warm out so it is important to move fast to get the animal out of the woods and cooling down. So I move fast if I can. Making the movie slowed me down a bit.