Hunting Care of Harvested Game

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Hunting Care of Harvested Game

• By
• Brandy Porter
• David Ridley

Provided by Dr. James Corbett, Agriculture
Teacher, Lowndes Co. High School Modified by
Georgia Agriculture Education Curriculum
Office To accompany Georgia Agriculture Education
Curriculum Lesson 03452-4 July 2002
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Objectives

• Students will learn
• Gear needed to properly dress a deer.
• How to field dress a deer.
• Learn to identify the different cuts of meat.

• Unfamiliar terms

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Unfamiliar terms

• Field dressing- Removal of the entrails and skin
  from game to prevent its meat from spoilage.
• Entrails- Intestines and internal organs.
• Whetstone- a stone used to sharpen knives.

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Basic Dressing Gear

• Pocket knife
• Whetstone or similar tool
• For big game
• Light belt axe or folding saw
• 10 15 ft of sturdy rope
• Cloth game bags
• small- for heart and liver
• large- for entrails
• (if required)

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Field Dressing

• Place the animal on its back, front elevated,
  spread hind legs.
• Cut along midline of belly from breastbone to
  anus.
• Avoid cutting the bladder and intestines.
• Cut the windpipe and esophagus at the upper neck
  and tie them off.

• Slice thru the meat b/t the hind legs cut the
  pelvic bone.
• Cut around the anus and tie it off to keep
  droppings from spilling into the cavity.
• Reach into chest cavity and pull esophagus and
  windpipe out.

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Field Dressing cont.

• Pull the lungs, heart, and guts out of the
  animal.
• Some people consider the heart and liver to be
  excellent eating.

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Did you know???

• Air temperature affects the quality of the game.
• Sprinkling black pepper onto the meat will
  protect it from insects.
• You should NEVER transport a large animal on the
  hood of a vehicle (it can be offensive, plus the
  engine heat will spoil the meat)
• Three major causes of spoilage dirt, heat and
  moisture.

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Cutting Diagram
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Review

• Name 2 pieces of equipment needed to field dress
  a deer.
• A knife and cloth game bags.
• What do you do with the entrails after you field
  dress the animal?
• Place in game bags and discard properly.
• What is a whetstone used for?
• Sharpening a knife.

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Review

• What are the three major causes of spoilage?
• Dirt, heat, and moisture.
• What is the purpose of sprinkling black pepper
  onto the meat?
• To protect it from insects.

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The End