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You've heard it before: you should never gut a deer near your treestand. At least, that is a popular theory. As the saying goes, if you gut a deer near your stand, it will scare all the deer that frequent the area away. However, are there any facts to back up this claim, or debunks it? Well, yes. Here's what was found. After quite a bit of research into this topic, I was able to find this study done by Dr. James C. Kroll, who replicated gut piles all over the woods and placed trail cams right on top of...

When it comes time to field dress your deer, I hope you handle it better than these folks. I don’t want to rag on these hunters. Trust me, that is not the purpose of this post. However, I am sure we all have friends that get a little queasy when it comes time to field dress a kill. Yes, those people are out there, and sometimes the camera is rolling when it happens! Watch these hunters do everything they can to not vomit while cutting into this deer. Their reactions are classic! See it here.

Don't like dealing with the guts on your deer? Let’s face it: gutting a deer is probably the worst part of hunting. Maybe your harvest has fallen in a location you won't be able to drag it out. Or, you're over 400 yards away from your truck. A little know how of what to cut and avoiding the guts. How many of you out there use the gutless field dressing? If you're one of the newbies see the video to see how its done.

This video highlights a hunter not being careful while dressing this bull elk. Tip is, always guide the blade with your fingers so as to push the gut bag away, and make sure that the knife point isn't close to the bag. Anyone have this problem or accident before? Watch the video here.