[shariedlee658]

i see lots of people wearing rubber gloves in pictures of animals being cleaned what’s up with that !
CWD ?
no water ?
I personally don’t carry any latex gloves and never have anywhere

 

[CPAjeff]

I started using latex gloves back in 2010, and have no reason to quit.

In 2009 I had a couple unit 99 doe antelope tags in Wyoming - this was back when there were leftovers and a person could just log in and buy them . . . there was also a lot more antelope in unit 99 back then, or so it seems.

Anyway, I didn't get all the "goods" off my hands after cleaning the antelope and stopped for a delicious lunch at Don Pedro's in Evanston. Even after washing my hands, there was still a little lingering smell. I took one bite of chips and salsa, got a little whiff of the antelope smell left on my hands, and couldn't take another bite.

Personal preference, but I use them when cleaning any type of bird, animal, or fish.

 

[T-dubs-42]

I started using latex gloves back in 2010, and have no reason to quit.

In 2009 I had a couple unit 99 doe antelope tags in Wyoming - this was back when there were leftovers and a person could just log in and buy them . . . there was also a lot more antelope in unit 99 back then, or so it seems.

Anyway, I didn't get all the "goods" off my hands after cleaning the antelope and stopped for a delicious lunch at Don Pedro's in Evanston. Even after washing my hands, there was still a little lingering smell. I took one bite of chips and salsa, got a little whiff of the antelope smell left on my hands, and couldn't take another bite.

Personal preference, but I use them when cleaning any type of bird, animal, or fish.

Not being able to properly enjoy Don Pedro’s is one of the worst tragedies I’ve come across recently

 

[Bax*]

I’m a fan just because it makes cleanup easier. No other reason.

 

[Critter]

I've cleaned enough animals without them I wouldn't know how to clean one with them.

However I have done a couple of pigs while wearing them

 

[DallanC]

I not only don't use gloves... I cleaned a deer with a IV still in my wrist once. I got discharged from the hospital, ran home, grabbed a gun and headed to the hills... it was the final evening of the ML hunt.

-DallanC

 

[taxidermist]

I not only don't use gloves... I cleaned a deer with a IV still in my wrist once. I got discharged from the hospital, ran home, grabbed a gun and headed to the hills... it was the final evening of the ML hunt.

-DallanC

Oh HELL YA!!! Your now my newest Superhero.

 

[CAExpat]

Rubber gloves on both hands, cut resistant glove on my non-knife hand. As stated above, for no other reason than easy cleanup.

 

[Vanilla]

I always have gloves in my pack. I use them most of the time.

 

[KineKilla]

I didn't in the past but do now. I carry at least a set or two in my kill kit.

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[BPturkeys]

After spending a day or two out hunting I suspect there is more chance of your dirty hands contaminating the meat than the other way around. You know, surgeons wear gloves to protect you, more than themselves. E. coli comes to mind.

 

[pollo70]

I also started using them about 8 yrs ago just like Bax & CPAjeff mentioned it makes it easier to clean up and the lingering smell just hangs around until you get home and hit the tub or shower and scrub it good!

 

[Kevin D]

A lifetime of hunting, trapping, and skinning I've never worn them. I've become "blood" brothers with many a creature after a careless knick or puncture, I can't say I'm any the worse for it...

 

[colorcountrygunner]

I've never used them yet, but will probably start. The lingering smell that's still on your hands next time you eat something mentioned by CPAJeff is a good reason. Heck maybe even those full arm gloves guys wear to preg check a cow would come in handy. I hate when my hairy forearms have a bunch of dried up blood on them that I have to thoroughly scrub out and it takes forever.

 

[Fowlmouth]

The full arm length gloves work good when reaching in to pull everything out. I don’t mind blood on my hands, but I don’t like it on my clothing.

 

[middlefork]

Gloves? That's what kids are for!

Our crowd runs maybe 50/50 with one preferring the full length ones. I never use them.

 

[Airborne]

I use em if I remember to bring them.

Here is a helpful hint to get dried blood, fat, and smell off of your hands: Have a can of diet coke in the truck and pour it slowly over your dirty hands while rubbing them together. For whatever reason diet coke is a release agent for blood. It's the only acceptable use for diet coke!

 

[Lone_Hunter]

Only on large game. I keep 1 pair of surgical gloves in my kill kit, not that they make it through an entire elk. Reason is simply to keep the wife happy. Reason behind that is a few years back we had a family member on her side die of some mystery illness a few days after cleaning a cow elk. I think encephalitis was floated as one possible reason but nobody really knows for sure. That man had been hunting and cleaning elk his whole life. He had quite the collection of elk skins in his basement.

Outside of that, I use my bare hands. I probably should use them while cleaning turkey, but I don't.

 

[DallanC]

...with one preferring the full length ones.

The ones the Vet uses to preg-check a cow? LOL... If I ever saw someone doing that in the field, I'd take a picture and make him famous.

-DallanC

 

[DallanC]

Question:

Just how much blood do you even get on your hands field dressing say a deer or antelope? (lets exclude elk / moose etc from this).

I never split the rib-cage, I dont like how "floppy" the carcass becomes, and I find it gets more dirt / dust in side. I usually only get a single hand with blood on it when dressing out a deer... other hand is the "knife hand" and it stays relatively clean. Until its time to cut off the windpipe / esophagus, I rarely have blood much past the palm.

For the windpipe, I've learned how to get at it hold it and cut it off with 1 hand. That's the only time blood ever gets past my wrist, but rarely much further than that, and usually its the last step.

After that clean up is a breeze, use those dehydrated towel pellets with a cap full of water, clean off then use the rest to splash water inside the carcass then sit down and take 5 minutes to appreciate the view / experience before the drag work begins.

-DallanC