[Vaquero]

for decades I gutted deer in the woods without protection and without any ill affect.

around 20 years ago I started using long shank latex gloves to do the field dressing, not so much for protection but there is often no water to clean off in in the field and it is nice to be able to put ones cold weather gear back on, on a cold day, (I often strip down to my shirt or t-shirt, weather permitting, when gutting a deer....

I am more afraid of tick borne illnesses from the deer.

I watch the DECs area hot spot lists for diseases and know the deer I shoot and the area I hunt in is pretty much disease free.

[TYVets]

I am more afraid of tick borne illnesses from the deer.

As a doctor friend says:

Ticks are the most dangerous animals in the state of Missouri.