I lay em on back slightly uphill to open em, then on side to do one side of diaphragm, then roll and do the other.
Cut the esophagus and pull it all out.
The meat at pelvis cut to bone.
Cut around anus and pull through.
Done.
My back doesn't work as well as it used to, that and blabbing to my bud holding the front legs.....took me 8 minutes.
No blood on clothes, none past wrists.
Buds and fam have killed plenty of deer.
They still struggle with it, every season. More mess, takes longer and sometimes an oops.
I don't get it.
Seriously. Its a deer. Things are big and easy to get ahold of.
I think they are easier than rabbits or squirrels.
Your first can be intimidating.
Your second is lesser.
By the 3rd you're a pro and its no big deal.
IMNSHO doing a nice job shows respect for the critter.
Have seen horrible stuff at the check ins/ processors.
SMDH
My buds just shake their heads when I do mine, they call it "speed surgery".
Guess is my blades a bit sharper than theirs
Got a new Behring Pro EDC for my next deer, if I zip one w my new Blackwidow PSA2.
Seeing as I didn't see a buck this yr (bad season, weather and medical).......that poor knife might be stuck in the safe and never used LOL
Ran a home built for decades but switched to a local Bladesmith (shot bows with him)
Bush knife. Its a bit big but its spooky sharp and while the handle shape is a little too straight for my hand, its cool somebody I know made it, and it zings through a deer.
So run it, til I do a P&Y from the Widow, w the Behring.