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Klenchblaize said:
If undertaking a full in-the-field suspended gralloch, I like to carefully rip through the sternham prior to opening up the stomach. This allows everything to be drawn down and into one of those large flexible buckets in one go, prior to inspection.

As stated you do need to be careful not to puncher the stomach when getting your ripping saw in, and guide the balloon away from jagged rib bone.

A nice wide flat headed skinning knife is a big help in getting a recalcitrant pelt off:
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I have a different method (as you would expect) with anything beyond a deer I can't sheer the ribs with a tripe knife.
Being a person who makes precise cut in his day to day work I have learnt for past experience trying to cut a straight line on a large warm animal is close to impossible made worse in the dark. Also to be honest the breast bone/ribs is not used by Game Dealers as that area is discarded by the tons (see game dealer waste bins full to the brim with them)
So I strip a line off the breast bone and use a blade I modified with a V close to the end and rounded the end off, that starts off at the breast plate cartridge finishing at the end of the ribs following the line I have stripped back.
Same in many country's when the split a pig or cattle.

Works a treat as the gut is held back by the diaphragm as if you release it then you have a pillow case of greens wanting to roll out. Tie off the long poop tube and it will roll out onto the ground with very little knife work.
 
Tim.243 said:
Did you reply to the other people in the thread as I am sure they will love to see what you can pass on..
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This was for the benefit of the newbies.

I know nothing , I rely on your great wisdom to educate me 👍

How do you tell the difference between a buck and a doe ?
 
Tim.243 said:
Also to be honest the breast bone/ribs is not used by Game Dealers as that area is discarded by the tons (see game dealer waste bins full to the brim with them).
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I think that has a lot to do with many chest shot beasts, where often due to the angle of shot and bullet expansion you may as well bin the front end below the fillet.

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Klenchblaize said:
I think that has a lot to do with many chest shot beasts, where often due to the angle of shot and bullet expansion you may as well bin the front end below the fillet.

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What I am is talking about reds/fallow as I made kit to get them off the ground and load them so use that height to work on them.
Splitting the chest with my nock V tool starting at the breast cartilage down to the chin with a head/chest shot keeps the big stomach from rolling towards me as I want to release it when the chest is split. I have to get them up in the air to load so make use of the height.
Also with the head "off" the edge of the tailgate then cutting it off starting from underneath gravity is working for me again.
Yes I bin a number of MJ front ends but with a neck shot the lot is saved.
People get it "done" just in different ways.
 
Tim think your way would be more easy for me.
The video is not as quick as you are at skinning big deer.
And guys i used some of Tims modified knives and they work really well.
 
Wow a thread on stalking issues on a stalking site! what a brilliant thread it's like the first gasp of fresh air has the SD been reborn.
 
Haven't seen one so informative for a while It's just nice to see. Most have been about the government BLa Bla or some other none related 🤔
Or guys, just trying to score points off each other.
Surely if there is a problem with the information within a post would it not be better to Educate!
We all could do with something some time.
Like not seeing or knowing about this node eating it and it tastes like crap .

It would be nice if 2025 was more like it used to be guys sharing their outings or rifle problems but also informing us of the outcome after all something even small may just be the help another stalker is looking for.
 
Again for the New Stalkers a good time to take a Muntjac doe as I could see she was pregnant also the results after she was shot.
I don't often open the sack up but a good opportunity to see the workings of a pregnant doe so you will be aware what was moving and why.


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