Field Dressing of Game, contd.

Learning to Field Dress

• The best way to learn to field dress big game is to help an experienced hunter with an animal.
• Before the hunt, review the steps of field dressing.
• If you have never field dressed a large-bodied game animal, purchase a copy of
  Field Care of Big Game, an instructional video published by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. This video shows you, step-by-step, how to field dress a moose, elk, or caribou no matter how or where the animal has fallen. Contact the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Anchorage to order the video.

Field Dressing Larger Game

Here are some additional tips for dressing large game:

• Because it’s harder to move larger animals, you may need to skin and quarter the animal to pack it out, particularly in a remote area.
• If you’re unable to hang the animal for skinning, begin by making a lengthwise cut and removing one side of the hide. Then turn the animal onto the skinned hide and skin the other side.
• To keep dirt off the meat, use the inside of the removed hide as a protective mat as you quarter the animal.
• Put each quarter in a game sack and attach the sacks to a backpack frame for the hike out.