“Field dressing’s bloody, messy business…”

My Grandpa always said, "If you get blood on more than your fingers when field dressing a deer, you are doing it wrong".  He showed me how it was done and it has served me well ever since. Back in the day I was driving to work and another worker hit a deer on the roads out between the runways. The only knife I had on me was a Buck 305, little folder with a 1-3/4" blade. The guys said I couldn't dress that deer with that knife and I told them not only would I do it, I wouldn't get a drop of blood above my wrist. 5 minutes later there was a gutted buck, not a drop of blood on my work clothes and a bunch of guys scratching their heads wondering how I did it without a knife with a 5 inch blade.

I was bow hunting once in Montana and forgot my knife in the truck and shot a mule deer. I field dressed it with a partly assembled broadhead though I must admit I splattered some blood on me doing it.