Disposable gloves

[L.B Deerstalking]

Hi there just wondering how many of you use disposable gloves when graloching ? I have never used them and find it easier not to use them but I have people saying to me that I should be wearing them. As far as I am aware there is no requirement to wear gloves.

 

[finnbear270]

If you are putting into the food chain, It can only help, I use them even for my own food use, if it's a good fitting glove/sized properly it can't be uncomfortable.

 

[Woodsmoke]

No requirement, but I find it makes cleaning up far easier. That's the only reason I use them in the field.

My larder practice is not to wear gloves, but to frequently wash hands and utensils

 

[Selous]

Yes I do both to protect me from the carcass and the carcass from me!!

 

[takbok]

I don't use them.

 

[csl]

Yes I do both to protect me from the carcass and the carcass from me!!

I know 2 guys who are now allergic to the blood of deer through being covered time and time again!

 

[VSS]

I use them. It saves the pickup steering wheel from getting foul and sticky, apart from anything else.
There really is no reason (or excuse) not to wear gloves.

 

[Freeforester]

Arm length veterinary type disposable gloves permit the clean gralloch, separation of offal types ( liver heart kidneys for possible human consumption, in one of them first, tongue, skirt emptied rumen in the other one, first one best taken off the hand you use the knife in ), plus they

a) keep your sleeves clean and

b) give you a chance to get the job done without any ticks getting 'intimate' (knowing several professional stalkers who have suffered from Lymes disease, plus one who died as a result)

About 10p a pop, a "use-once" item with min. two uses and many benefits, some health-related

Been using them 25+ years.

Search results for: 'legacy websites silkies'

www.fearing.co.uk

 

[Sika-Hunter]

Have always used them to help with any cross contamination and makes life easier when no water source close by to clean up.

 

[ashray]

I use them all the time,ticks are a major problem in my area and its a lot easier after you have finish just to turn them inside out and put in a bag to be burnt or binned at home<helps keep inside of vehicle clean as well.

 

[Tim.243]

If I am calling into the mobile chippy on a Thursday or Friday after a successful outing then I use them for the clean out...

I use them for picking up shot foxes so take several pairs with me, it protects me and the dogs...

Tim.243

 

[User00025]

I know 2 guys who are now allergic to the blood of deer through being covered time and time again!

Yes I have problem but only with Roe blood and goodness knows I have settled thousands of them.
No other deer blood affects me but I always wear gloves now.

 

[spiker76]

I think in this day and age disposable gloves are a recommended piece of kit for a stalker as we go about out tasks we come into contact with many object ,Rifle ,Binoculars,mobile phones ,deer ,mud ect all on our hands, which are all transferable to the carcase/Food ,for me i personally use them to prevent cross contamination from my hands to the carcase especially so when you have no hand wash facilities in the middle of nowhere

 

[I. Farticus]

I always use the blue nitrile disposables when gralloching. The box is being raided daily as I'm working for a local charity whilst on furlough, collecting meds and shopping for the vulnerable and isolating in town.

 

[BLUEROLL]

I always use the blue nitrile disposables when gralloching. The box is being raided daily as I'm working for a local charity whilst on furlough, collecting meds and shopping for the vulnerable and isolating in town.

Same here but find the long cuff ones even better as they nearly come up to the elbow.

 

[rem284]

I have been using disposable gloves fro decades when i gralloch and at the larder. I i also use a chainmail glove underneath them. The disposable gloves protects both yourself and the meat.

Chainmail. I sustained a hand injury with a larder knife which resulted in 16 stitches, a 3.5 hour trip to the hand clinic. 3 days in hospital and several weeks off work. I was lucky that there was no tendon damage or it would have been rehab too

 

[25 Sharps]

Arm length veterinary type disposable gloves permit the clean gralloch, separation of offal types ( liver heart kidneys for possible human consumption, in one of them first, tongue, skirt emptied rumen in the other one, first one best taken off the hand you use the knife in ), plus they

a) keep your sleeves clean and

b) give you a chance to get the job done without any ticks getting 'intimate' (knowing several professional stalkers who have suffered from Lymes disease, plus one who died as a result)

About 10p a pop, a "use-once" item with min. two uses and many benefits, some health-related

Been using them 25+ years.

Search results for: 'legacy websites silkies'

www.fearing.co.uk

Pretty much what I do and for the same reasons

 

[The Singing Stalker]

Gloves all the time. for all the reasons previously said.

 

[NickJ]

If you are putting the carcass in to the food chain then we should all use them, if you can't get on with them use an anti-bacterial lotion or wipes (if you can find any in the shops right now of course) you can get wee bottles, packets/sachets that go in your pocket. The cost is negligible so I can;t see a valid excuse not to.

If you were buying food in a shop/cafe etc and there was no hot running water or soap I'm sure it is what you would expect the shopkeeper to do.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Our PH in Scotland used a pair of Marigold kitchen gloves for the gralloch, he took them off by inside outing them and hot washed them when he got back to the larder ready for the next day.