This reminds so much of the many years that I hunted elk in Colorado with my dad. We dressed out our elk basically the same way. This brings back many wonderful memories. I can remember filling the game bags and hauling the meat and antlers several miles to a road. Unfortunately dad has gotten old and his memory is gone. Still we will always have those moments on in the mountains.
If you wait to remove the tenderloins until last, you can roll the rib cage upright, so the spine is up. If you do that, the guts drop down when you make the cut below the spine, and you have plenty of room to see and remove the tenderloins, without worrying so much about the guts.
I've found the easiest method is to leave the tenderloins till the very end and then partially gut by just opening up the cavity enough to allow the stomach to fall out a bit. This releases the pressure and makes some room between guts and tenders. Then make that cut beside the tenderloins and remove them just as Randy showed. There's no meat to spoil if you accidentally nick the stomach - since you'd make that mistake opposite the tenders...and the stomach just slides out enough to be able to reach in and easily remove tenders from both sides.
My favorite part of this vid is Randy thanking the bull at the end. Seems too many hunting vids these days don't show enough (or any) respect for our game animals. I was raised to always show respect for the animals we hunt and eat. Great video.
Very much agreed you respect what kind of animal you drop and respect it when you do...they died so you could live its life that deserves a little time to be blessed....bless the food when you kill it and after its prepared before you eat it...thanks
Thanks Randy. Awesome video...pretty decent animal as well. I have a bit different way of doing what I've done for 40 years, been calling it the 'Mountain Top Butcher Shop method'. My method would be much too complicated for most hunters. The method you show is awesome for the majority and is professionally done. With that said, I'd like to mention I'm a MT FWP Hunter & Bowhunter Education Instructor and have never found a video this well done for any method of field dressing game. This video will now be the best 27:17 minutes of instruction my students will get on Field dressing game. Thank you for your sharing your passion, knowledge and ethics as well as being a very important part of wildlife conservation. And above all... being the voice of the Public Land hunter. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for being one the most important links to the future of hunting - a Hunter Ed instructor. If ever my content can be helpful to you or any other instructors, feel free to use it. Thanks for watching and thanks for teaching. Best to you.
How can I learn more about your "Mountain Top Butcher Shop" technique? If there's no video, is it possible to pass on at least a couple of major differences?
Randy, I've never hunted and of course haven't field dressed an animal. I'm very happy to have found your videos. I'm approaching 62 and have a bucket list of things to check off. So I'm motivated to #1 get into reasonable shape, and #2 follow your tips on being a successful hunter and outdoors man. Thank you very much.
It’s great to finally hear someone not only advise but emphasize cutting “with the grain” or as I say “with the natural lay” of the hair. Here I am at 63 years and hundreds of deer, moose, antelope and elk later and I’ve yet to read or hear this logical advice. Cheers, pal, to a wonderful way of field butchering.
I agree. I knew the part about cutting with the lay of the hair, but not the parallel with the skin; however it depends on if you're caping, or meat hunting. Meat-favor the meat. Tropy-favor the meat...
As a public land hunter that feels like the only one in Texas (which I know I'm not), I'm really happy to have found another outdoorsman that's as passionate as you are. Great content. Great message. -Dave
I'm going to be 49 this year and I'm going on the first real game hunt of my entire life, pronghorn hopefully! I've watched this channel for about 4 years Randy and it's a Godsend, thank you.
Nicely done, Randy. As a chef that hunts, I appreciate your attention to detail, showing how the animal's anatomy works in your favor and honoring the animal by harvesting all usable meat. As an old chef told me when I was learning butchery, "Use your head and find the natural separation." Thanks.
That back strap looks so good!,,!! We are in winter in il deer season is over, I had to sit out because of a stroke I am paralyzed on my left side I miss hunting so much it would be my dream to get a nice elk like yours
Great video. Backing packing into a wilderness area next weekend in southern Colorado; couldn't agree more with your comment about getting away from roads. The only way to go on public lands.
Me and my dad are going on our first hunt here in two days. It will be our first hunt together ( I grew up loving to watch on hunt’s on tv and hunting shows, I fell in love with the respect and culture there is to take such a beautiful animal to enjoy not only the nature but the clean meat a wild animal has to offer. I never got to do it because my dad was an illegal alien according to the law but all he wanted was a better future but i digress due to him being illegal when he first came to the USA, he is now a proud citizen of the United States of America taken all the right steps to make it happen.)Now 20 years later I have the opportunity to share this experience with the old man. Currently 29, fell in love with hunting at 9 years old took 20 years to make this dream come true and because of videos like this I have some what a knowledge to go into this experience feeling confident me and the old man can get errr done. Thank you and much love from Idaho!
I've never had the pleasure of hunting big game but when I do get the chance I'm alot more informed now that was a really excellent tutorial on a how to harvest your Elk meat . Brilliant stuff
Good video sir, im a first nation learning everything here on youtube, thank you for good tips and advice, im learning cuz im going to try a bag my first ever elk
Field dressing can take your breath away specially on a big bull but it's very rewarding specially that first bite of tender loin. Thanks for your tips.
Great video! I started doing the gutless method a few years ago, as mama and I are getting too old to load a whole elk into the back of our pickup. Game and Fish always gives us "looks" for doing this when we are at the check stations (they know our old fannies didn't hike far into the backcountry). Then they get pissy that we can't give them the GPS coordinates of where we harvested (not required by law). I've been hunting the same area for 39 years and know it like the back of my hand...I don't need maps or GPS. Thanks for the video as I review the technique before going out next week!
Great video, much better than some of the "butchering" I've seen in other videos. I suggest cutting the front and rear legs off before you remove the legs. It's super easy to cut the legs around the knuckle, snap the leg over you knee, and cut the remaining connecting tissue. Also, when you cut the front legs off, start underneath at the front and continue your cut the whole way back to mid-ribcage to get all that good flank meat in one piece.
Thank you so much. I am 41years old and I have never hunted before. Not knowing how to do this is unacceptable In this ever-changing world it’s a matter of survival. I am going to be living a dream of moving to Fairbanks Alaska and it is game time!
DR. Randolph Newburger General Surgery. No procedure too big. No complaints from patients expert care with follow up. Absolutely no malpractice complaints from this commentator. Thank you for your video I learned an awesome amount about Elk anatomy and proper care of the animal. You have shown the most important part of a successful hunt for beautiful animal and the respect you have.
We are moving up in the world, the vegans cant get this video taken down for offensive reasons. That is good. Congratulations to all you people out there that know where your food comes from. We are slowly taking our country back. Definitely going to like and subscribe on this one.
I don't understand people who complain about organs being left behind. Nature takes care of everything anyway. Anything you leave behind will be eaten by something eventually.
As an upstate New York native, watching from Thailand I was absolutely entranced watching how efficiently you processed that huge Bull, without ever gutting it! Lessons I can apply when I return to NY for whitetail season. Nice knife and camera work!
Great tutorial. I learned it in Alaska from Ak Fish and Game video, but yours is a lot better. I did it myself on 3 caribou. I hope to do it soon on a cow elk near home in Wyoming
Great video awesome teaching video! I’ll be sharing this with my boys! They have a huge elk hunt coming up in AZ! Both drew bull elk tags 16 and 17 yr old. Excited for this hunt is an understatement!
Headed up for the hunt tomorrow. Needed a crash course lol. I am going with very experienced hunters, but I want to be able to be as useful as possible.
I was watching one of Randy's videos and I heard him say to the fellow with him when they had spotted some elk, "that's why we hunt the burns", well I listened to him and learned. I own property that was totally burnt during the spring fire in southern Colorado two summers ago. I was just up there and was able to spot both deer and elk. I used to have a small number of cows that would come into one area to calf and it seems they are back.
Watched this again for the ump-teenth time confident I'll be using it in the next couple weeks! Although I've done this before, it's been a couple seasons, and it never hurts to keep it fresh.
I was a meat cutter for 33 years (not a Butcher) and this Elk was done w/ precision.. We had hanging sides of beef (180 lbs.) that 2 of us would do 10 an hour w/ a knife & band saw..
Can’t wait to start hunting with my 3 sons when they are a little older…Loved. How he thanked the bull at the end of the video as well…Thank you for the upload !
Other than the great advice and tutelage of my neighbor, this is the most concise and straight forward example of what I "yearn to learn" for myself and my young children to compliment our hunting experience! Thank you for what you do!
Outstanding tutorial. I help many friends with their game. We are meat hunters, not horn. This is the only method we use. Most important, sharp knife and take your time. Only other thing, with deer, lastly take ribs for BBQ. Split, they are fantastic.
You are a the real deal , hardly ever find a TV celeb that seems to be as real as you. You have inspired me in the last 5 or so years to break everything down and not haul all the bones and hide home. the one thing that I have learned wether by accedent or what ever. I use a blade trader filet knife to do all of my break down. way less struggle with that tiny little blad of the injecter blades of the scalpal knives. only trade off is that I carry a porcelin stick . never have to resharpen also I use a Outdoor edge zipper knife which has never failed me in unzipping a deer ,Elk ect. I love whatching your video's. keep making them my friend God bless.
One thing I do to make is easier to get the tenderloins is when I have got all the meat off the outside of the elk is to roll the elk so the back is up hill and then spill the guts to relieve the pressure. It gives you plenty of space to get the tenderloins.
Well done. I have gutted several in field, then later hung in camp and skinned and quartered at that time, because we could easily transport a downed Bull or Cow in a pickup. I like your guttless method, simple, and for me i do European Mounts, makes a lot of sense.
First time hunting later this week, I'm hopefully gonna learn something about myself while doing so, my dad recommended learning how to dress the Elk if I do end up hitting it, rather interesting, hopefully I have the spirit to kill and successfully take care of the animal. Wish me luck.
Thanks for that great video Randy! I shared that with my dad and my 3 boys who I hope share this method with their children. We deer and elk hunt the MT back country where animal dressing effeciency is essential to preserving the meat and day light and we are usually in Grizzly Country where not puncturing the guts might just save us from the encounter we don't want. Many thanks from generations of my family!
Wow ! A great run thru on how to take the cape off & cutting the meat away from the bone to be put in the game bags ! Thank you , so very helpful ! Bob
Great elk field dressing video from 2016. Appreciate the time you took in doing this video. Really like your hunting videos. Keep up the fun and the hunts for big game !
Although I am a huge fan of Randy, there are two steps I take before anything else: 1. Tag the animal (which they have done as is visible on the antler). 2. Field dress the animal! I want to get those guts out as quickly as possible after the kill, and then focus on caping and quartering. Maybe I'm crazy but that's always been my method.
The thick yellow ligament like soft tissue structure which extends from the base of the skull to the thoracic region is the equivalent of the "nuchal ligament" in humans. This structure helps the elk keep his head up supporting the neck. Love the video(s) you produce. Well done!
Excellent tutorial Randy. I just viewed another guys video and it was all about "beating the clock". Gutless method, 4 quarters, backstraps & tenderloins removed within 10 mins. Cold temps and just a full-on race. I thought the fella was going to maybe lose a few of his digits in the process. His camerawork was terrible as well. Anyway, some of the coolest items I noted about your video was taking your time to get your task completed properly and efficiently. Also your paying homage in your own way (verbally) to your downed animal that's going to provide you nourishment was solid. Lastly, thanking your camera guy there at the end speaks volumes about your character i.m.o. The simple act of giving credit where it's due depicts a certain level of integrity on your part. Thanks again.
Thank You Randy!! I would like to observe you in person!! I’m moving to Arizona to elk hunt gotten more then my share of white tail bucks!! I enjoy your program very much!! P. S I’m 73
Oh BTW the last couple animals I used those new style bags to include the carabiu brand are defenitly a game changer. I used these these this year already on my handi-cap fathers Buck hunt a coulple weeks ago what a blessing to be able to take my 74 year old dad out for what may be one of his last big buck hunts. Never know God willing and the creek don't rise .I'll never forget . Amazing Hunt.
I grew up on elk venison salmon rarely did we have butcher cuts. They weren't very good. But we took it all for processing there was no waste. My favorite was the homemade salami and bologna and head cheese. Great eating.
Randy’s rubber gloves are about as clean as mine when I first put them on. Usually I’ve got about a hundred lbs of fur stuck to mine after the first cut.
Removing the head that way is great! I did that on a hog and my guide was shocked. He'd never seen that. Although, I made a ring around the neck with my knife first and then popped the joint. The head just flopped to the ground from the truck bed.
I love my Gerber gater . And I also have my 3 blade old timer for elk and deer and bear. All my small game I use the 3 blade and I have a old filet knife no idea who made it , they all get a wet sand edge put on them then they all get run up and down the leather strap till they have a polished finish on them. The leather strap and a little compound is the key to a razor sharp blade, usually all ya have to do is strop it to stand your edge back up . Unless it got nicked, then it's back to the sander.
Thanks for showing the gutless method for both deer and elk, while also taking care of the cape. It's a small thing, but I would have liked some comments/video on taking rib meat, knowing that the elk's stomach and intestines are in close proximity.
Gutting removes a lot of thermal mass very quickly. If you are in temps over 25F it really doesnt involve that much more trouble IMO but when caping is involved it saves time for sure since you are doing a topline cut...makes sense.
That "yellow"tendon, is called Sinew. It is what are people use for sewing from since time began and we still use it today. We NEVER cut across it, and we keep it whole, and let it dry, and then separate it. It is the strongest thread ever, we also collect it from the leg areas. The strongest is from a buffalo, then Elk, then deer. I have a question, how do you get to the best part? The heart and liver??? Or is that the next video,,, :)
One of the most important events in my life was my grandfather helping me gut my first deer and taking the heart and liver home. We cooked it with onions, garlic and sage and served it with eggs and freshly baked bread and Bradore beer, which had quite a kick for me as a skinny 15 year old. I can't say he was proud of me because why would you be proud of some one displaying basic competence, but he did seem satisfied that I was progressing down the right path.
raztuss oh, about the sinew. Yes, it makes a very tough, somewhat greasy thread. It you tie it into a knot you will never undo it. My mother's mother would string beads on it or run it through the hollow of a porcupine quill. No Elk or Buffalo in the Eastern Woodlands so she never got to try that.
Great video. I only use a razor knife for cutting up an elk, deer etc. I usually go though about 2 to 4 blades for an elk 1 or 2 for a deer. I love your advice about cutting way more hide then what a taxidermist needs. I would also add with a razor knife take your time because they are so sharp you will cut yourself. An elk (also deboned not just quartered) takes me and another about 1 1/2 hours a deer myself (deboned) about 45 minutes to an hour for those asking about time frames for an average guy like me.
Watched this video a few times and def used the information in it on my first elk hunt. Successful hunt and successful pack out!! Thanks for the great videos randy!! Very useful information in all your videos!!!
I have done gutless but I do like watcheing any video I come across because you never know what new or different techniques you may learn. I do agree with some of the things you said for sure, make ya hungry when stripping that strap. Can almost taste it through the phone. Good job on the video. Very detailed.
Randy I know you are into the surgical blades and I love Gerber however the Outdoor edge "gut hook style tool " for cutting through that tough hid on elk is Amazing .
This reminds so much of the many years that I hunted elk in Colorado with my dad. We dressed out our elk basically the same way. This brings back many wonderful memories. I can remember filling the game bags and hauling the meat and antlers several miles to a road. Unfortunately dad has gotten old and his memory is gone. Still we will always have those moments on in the mountains.
Thanks for sharing your story. Precious memories are all we really possess.
If you wait to remove the tenderloins until last, you can roll the rib cage upright, so the spine is up. If you do that, the guts drop down when you make the cut below the spine, and you have plenty of room to see and remove the tenderloins, without worrying so much about the guts.
Yeah I thought that when he flipped it over
Good comment Steve!
Smart idea. You have killed many, I am guessing.
@@hunterfishergather6879 A few. So glad we don't have to gut any more.
Dude thank you. Helpful tip
I've found the easiest method is to leave the tenderloins till the very end and then partially gut by just opening up the cavity enough to allow the stomach to fall out a bit. This releases the pressure and makes some room between guts and tenders. Then make that cut beside the tenderloins and remove them just as Randy showed. There's no meat to spoil if you accidentally nick the stomach - since you'd make that mistake opposite the tenders...and the stomach just slides out enough to be able to reach in and easily remove tenders from both sides.
Grateful to see that I’m not the only one who thanks the animal I’m about to eat.
I just thanked my double quarter pounder. Majestic beast gave his life so I could eat.
Thank GOD for the food HE placed here for you.
@@annahkurtin9665 or thank THE ANIMAL for dying for your enjoyment and food
@@vSmitezzdN I am christian and don't take part in animism or paganism of any kind.
@@annahkurtin9665 Amen brother - thank the Lord for our dominion over animals and for proving our food.
My favorite part of this vid is Randy thanking the bull at the end. Seems too many hunting vids these days don't show enough (or any) respect for our game animals. I was raised to always show respect for the animals we hunt and eat. Great video.
Very much agreed you respect what kind of animal you drop and respect it when you do...they died so you could live its life that deserves a little time to be blessed....bless the food when you kill it and after its prepared before you eat it...thanks
Thanks Randy. Awesome video...pretty decent animal as well. I have a bit different way of doing what I've done for 40 years, been calling it the 'Mountain Top Butcher Shop method'. My method would be much too complicated for most hunters. The method you show is awesome for the majority and is professionally done. With that said, I'd like to mention I'm a MT FWP Hunter & Bowhunter Education Instructor and have never found a video this well done for any method of field dressing game. This video will now be the best 27:17 minutes of instruction my students will get on Field dressing game. Thank you for your sharing your passion, knowledge and ethics as well as being a very important part of wildlife conservation. And above all... being the voice of the Public Land hunter. Keep up the great work.
Thanks for being one the most important links to the future of hunting - a Hunter Ed instructor. If ever my content can be helpful to you or any other instructors, feel free to use it. Thanks for watching and thanks for teaching. Best to you.
How can I learn more about your "Mountain Top Butcher Shop" technique? If there's no video, is it possible to pass on at least a couple of major differences?
Randy, I've never hunted and of course haven't field dressed an animal. I'm very happy to have found your videos.
I'm approaching 62 and have a bucket list of things to check off. So I'm motivated to #1 get into reasonable shape, and #2 follow your tips on being a successful hunter and outdoors man.
Thank you very much.
An obviously passionate man sharing his experience and knowledge. Brilliant, and thank you!
It’s great to finally hear someone not only advise but emphasize cutting “with the grain” or as I say “with the natural lay” of the hair. Here I am at 63 years and hundreds of deer, moose, antelope and elk later and I’ve yet to read or hear this logical advice. Cheers, pal, to a wonderful way of field butchering.
I agree. I knew the part about cutting with the lay of the hair, but not the parallel with the skin; however it depends on if you're caping, or meat hunting. Meat-favor the meat. Tropy-favor the meat...
I meant hide sorry
Doing this in daylight hours is a big bonus.
Almost every successful hunt I've been a part of the animal was killed in the last half hour of daylight...
As a public land hunter that feels like the only one in Texas (which I know I'm not), I'm really happy to have found another outdoorsman that's as passionate as you are. Great content. Great message.
-Dave
At 16:07 haha! love it! "If that don't make you hungry, you're a vegetarian...or a fool!"
Very knowledgable and didn't get to excited just straight talk and great way of explaining his cuts.
I'm going to be 49 this year and I'm going on the first real game hunt of my entire life, pronghorn hopefully! I've watched this channel for about 4 years Randy and it's a Godsend, thank you.
Good luck. Thanks for watching.
Old vid but I never gets old from thanking for your hunt and for it meet.... Hunt for the table it can not go wrong...
Nicely done, Randy. As a chef that hunts, I appreciate your attention to detail, showing how the animal's anatomy works in your favor and honoring the animal by harvesting all usable meat. As an old chef told me when I was learning butchery, "Use your head and find the natural separation." Thanks.
That back strap looks so good!,,!! We are in winter in il deer season is over, I had to sit out because of a stroke I am paralyzed on my left side I miss hunting so much it would be my dream to get a nice elk like yours
Im sorry to hear that Fred, God bless and may you recover well
Great video. Backing packing into a wilderness area next weekend in southern Colorado; couldn't agree more with your comment about getting away from roads. The only way to go on public lands.
Me and my dad are going on our first hunt here in two days. It will be our first hunt together ( I grew up loving to watch on hunt’s on tv and hunting shows, I fell in love with the respect and culture there is to take such a beautiful animal to enjoy not only the nature but the clean meat a wild animal has to offer. I never got to do it because my dad was an illegal alien according to the law but all he wanted was a better future but i digress due to him being illegal when he first came to the USA, he is now a proud citizen of the United States of America taken all the right steps to make it happen.)Now 20 years later I have the opportunity to share this experience with the old man. Currently 29, fell in love with hunting at 9 years old took 20 years to make this dream come true and because of videos like this I have some what a knowledge to go into this experience feeling confident me and the old man can get errr done. Thank you and much love from Idaho!
Go get 'em! I hope you and your Dad have a great hunt.
I've never had the pleasure of hunting big game but when I do get the chance I'm alot more informed now that was a really excellent tutorial on a how to harvest your Elk meat . Brilliant stuff
Good video sir, im a first nation learning everything here on youtube, thank you for good tips and advice, im learning cuz im going to try a bag my first ever elk
Field dressing can take your breath away specially on a big bull but it's very rewarding specially that first bite of tender loin. Thanks for your tips.
Great video! I started doing the gutless method a few years ago, as mama and I are getting too old to load a whole elk into the back of our pickup. Game and Fish always gives us "looks" for doing this when we are at the check stations (they know our old fannies didn't hike far into the backcountry). Then they get pissy that we can't give them the GPS coordinates of where we harvested (not required by law). I've been hunting the same area for 39 years and know it like the back of my hand...I don't need maps or GPS. Thanks for the video as I review the technique before going out next week!
Great video, much better than some of the "butchering" I've seen in other videos. I suggest cutting the front and rear legs off before you remove the legs. It's super easy to cut the legs around the knuckle, snap the leg over you knee, and cut the remaining connecting tissue. Also, when you cut the front legs off, start underneath at the front and continue your cut the whole way back to mid-ribcage to get all that good flank meat in one piece.
Thanks from Idaho from a Newbie!!! Awesome Tips!
Thank you so much. I am 41years old and I have never hunted before. Not knowing how to do this is unacceptable In this ever-changing world it’s a matter of survival. I am going to be living a dream of moving to Fairbanks Alaska and it is game time!
DR. Randolph Newburger General Surgery. No procedure too big. No complaints from patients expert care with follow up. Absolutely no malpractice complaints from this commentator. Thank you for your video I learned an awesome amount about Elk anatomy and proper care of the animal. You have shown the most important part of a successful hunt for beautiful animal and the respect you have.
We are moving up in the world, the vegans cant get this video taken down for offensive reasons. That is good. Congratulations to all you people out there that know where your food comes from. We are slowly taking our country back. Definitely going to like and subscribe on this one.
Thank you for this video! I have used this method on 2 deer, 2 goat, and 5 boar since first watching this video last year!
I don't understand people who complain about organs being left behind. Nature takes care of everything anyway. Anything you leave behind will be eaten by something eventually.
As an upstate New York native, watching from Thailand I was absolutely entranced watching how efficiently you processed that huge Bull, without ever gutting it! Lessons I can apply when I return to NY for whitetail season. Nice knife and camera work!
Great tutorial. I learned it in Alaska from Ak Fish and Game video, but yours is a lot better. I did it myself on 3 caribou. I hope to do it soon on a cow elk near home in Wyoming
All you need is a good back pack... I'll take a good pack horse instead! Great video this is the best way to field dress an animal in my opinion.
Great video awesome teaching video! I’ll be sharing this with my boys! They have a huge elk hunt coming up in AZ! Both drew bull elk tags 16 and 17 yr old. Excited for this hunt is an understatement!
That was the most informative way of dressing out a Bull elk ...thank you
Headed up for the hunt tomorrow. Needed a crash course lol. I am going with very experienced hunters, but I want to be able to be as useful as possible.
I was watching one of Randy's videos and I heard him say to the fellow with him when they had spotted some elk, "that's why we hunt the burns", well I listened to him and learned. I own property that was totally burnt during the spring fire in southern Colorado two summers ago. I was just up there and was able to spot both deer and elk. I used to have a small number of cows that would come into one area to calf and it seems they are back.
Watched this again for the ump-teenth time confident I'll be using it in the next couple weeks! Although I've done this before, it's been a couple seasons, and it never hurts to keep it fresh.
I hope you get some more hands-on work in this effort, Bjorn.
+Randy Newberg, Hunter we've been missing each other on emails, I'll be in Bozeman next week if you wanna grab a coffee...
I was a meat cutter for 33 years (not a Butcher) and this Elk was done w/ precision.. We had hanging sides of beef (180 lbs.) that 2 of us would do 10 an hour w/ a knife & band saw..
Can’t wait to start hunting with my 3 sons when they are a little older…Loved. How he thanked the bull at the end of the video as well…Thank you for the upload !
I appreciate you thanking the animal
Other than the great advice and tutelage of my neighbor, this is the most concise and straight forward example of what I "yearn to learn" for myself and my young children to compliment our hunting experience! Thank you for what you do!
Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching.
Nuchal ligament would be the big yellow structure on the back of the neck . MASSIVE on a big necked elk.
Thank you so much Randy
Outstanding tutorial. I help many friends with their game. We are meat hunters, not horn. This is the only method we use. Most important, sharp knife and take your time. Only other thing, with deer, lastly take ribs for BBQ. Split, they are fantastic.
This video was super helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to video it for us.
Thanks for watching. If you want it as a field reference, you can download it here for a small fee - randynewberg.vhx.tv/
Thanks for showing us how to clean an elk, I like your method.
You are a the real deal , hardly ever find a TV celeb that seems to be as real as you. You have inspired me in the last 5 or so years to break everything down and not haul all the bones and hide home. the one thing that I have learned wether by accedent or what ever. I use a blade trader filet knife to do all of my break down. way less struggle with that tiny little blad of the injecter blades of the scalpal knives. only trade off is that I carry a porcelin stick . never have to resharpen also I use a Outdoor edge zipper knife which has never failed me in unzipping a deer ,Elk ect. I love whatching your video's. keep making them my friend God bless.
Glad you found it helpful. Hope many more elk are dressed with your blades.
One thing I do to make is easier to get the tenderloins is when I have got all the meat off the outside of the elk is to roll the elk so the back is up hill and then spill the guts to relieve the pressure. It gives you plenty of space to get the tenderloins.
Well done. I have gutted several in field, then later hung in camp and skinned and quartered at that time, because we could easily transport a downed Bull or Cow in a pickup. I like your guttless method, simple, and for me i do European Mounts, makes a lot of sense.
You, sir, are a great teacher. Thanks!
First time hunting later this week, I'm hopefully gonna learn something about myself while doing so, my dad recommended learning how to dress the Elk if I do end up hitting it, rather interesting, hopefully I have the spirit to kill and successfully take care of the animal.
Wish me luck.
Thanks for that great video Randy! I shared that with my dad and my 3 boys who I hope share this method with their children. We deer and elk hunt the MT back country where animal dressing effeciency is essential to preserving the meat and day light and we are usually in Grizzly Country where not puncturing the guts might just save us from the encounter we don't want. Many thanks from generations of my family!
Thanks for watching.
Wow ! A great run thru on how to take the cape off & cutting the meat away from the bone to be put in the game bags ! Thank you , so very helpful ! Bob
Glad it was helpful!
Very well done. I grew up gutting. Have switched to gutless, but you showed me the finer points of it. Thank you so much Randy!!!
I'm moving to Washington from Alaska in a few months I'm so excited to finally be able to elk hunt
Have fun its pretty challenging my favourite game to hunt
Thanks Randy for taking the time to film this for everyone. Great video
Great elk field dressing video from 2016. Appreciate the time you took in doing this video. Really like your hunting videos. Keep up the fun and the hunts for big game !
Although I am a huge fan of Randy, there are two steps I take before anything else:
1. Tag the animal (which they have done as is visible on the antler).
2. Field dress the animal! I want to get those guts out as quickly as possible after the kill, and then focus on caping and quartering.
Maybe I'm crazy but that's always been my method.
Randy, great video! I'll be referring back to it for many years to come, cheers!! Pat G.
Patrick Grundle 2019!
Very helpful. Thank you, hoping this is my year to harvest elk.
I hope so, also. Good luck.
Thanks for the great video. Good camera quality, good angles, good explanations. 2 thumbs up!
The thick yellow ligament like soft tissue structure which extends from the base of the skull to the thoracic region is the equivalent of the "nuchal ligament" in humans. This structure helps the elk keep his head up supporting the neck. Love the video(s) you produce. Well done!
Thanks for that info. I often wondered about that. Riddle solved. And thanks for watching.
Excellent tutorial Randy. I just viewed another guys video and it was all about "beating the clock". Gutless method, 4 quarters, backstraps & tenderloins removed within 10 mins. Cold temps and just a full-on race. I thought the fella was going to maybe lose a few of his digits in the process. His camerawork was terrible as well. Anyway, some of the coolest items I noted about your video was taking your time to get your task completed properly and efficiently. Also your paying homage in your own way (verbally) to your downed animal that's going to provide you nourishment was solid. Lastly, thanking your camera guy there at the end speaks volumes about your character i.m.o. The simple act of giving credit where it's due depicts a certain level of integrity on your part. Thanks again.
Thanks. And thanks for watching.
i always love when he says “thank you mr bull”
Opening day tomorrow! Thx for ur time & tips. Hope this is my year
I hope it is your year. Good luck.
Thank you for a detailed well video editing and discussed procedure!!! Awesome work, thank you... you too Tyler!
So many of these hunters could have been surgeons, great video, these guys will have no problems surviving in the wild.
Randy, you do a great job at teaching hunters how to do it the right way!! Very thorough!!
Glad you find it helpful.
Randy, this (2018) is going to be my first elk hunt in Colorado. Great instructional video. Thanks, Dan.
Good luck.
Thank You Randy!! I would like to observe you in person!! I’m moving to Arizona to elk hunt gotten more then my share of white tail bucks!!
I enjoy your program very much!! P. S I’m 73
awesome and informative.wish everyone thanks the game that feeds them
Thanks for all the little gold nugget comments Randy.
Oh BTW the last couple animals I used those new style bags to include the carabiu brand are defenitly a game changer. I used these these this year already on my handi-cap fathers Buck hunt a coulple weeks ago what a blessing to be able to take my 74 year old dad out for what may be one of his last big buck hunts. Never know God willing and the creek don't rise .I'll never forget . Amazing Hunt.
Take him any chance you can. My dad is no loner with us and I regret not doing more hunts with him. Best of luck.
Very informative video, I'm planning to do an elk hunt for my first time
Good luck!
Great videos sir. I started with a garland with my grandpa and I was ten. Hunted all my life. Great tutorials
Thanks for watching.
I grew up on elk venison salmon rarely did we have butcher cuts. They weren't very good. But we took it all for processing there was no waste. My favorite was the homemade salami and bologna and head cheese. Great eating.
good knife strokes diligent efficient processing
Randy’s rubber gloves are about as clean as mine when I first put them on. Usually I’ve got about a hundred lbs of fur stuck to mine after the first cut.
Why do you all wear rubber gloves anyway? Been dressing meat out for 40 years and haven’t come across anything that don’t wash off in cold water?
@@kimjelly9934 I wear them so I can see my finger better and not cut it on accident
Removing the head that way is great! I did that on a hog and my guide was shocked. He'd never seen that. Although, I made a ring around the neck with my knife first and then popped the joint. The head just flopped to the ground from the truck bed.
I love my Gerber gater . And I also have my 3 blade old timer for elk and deer and bear. All my small game I use the 3 blade and I have a old filet knife no idea who made it , they all get a wet sand edge put on them then they all get run up and down the leather strap till they have a polished finish on them. The leather strap and a little compound is the key to a razor sharp blade, usually all ya have to do is strop it to stand your edge back up . Unless it got nicked, then it's back to the sander.
Thanks for showing the gutless method for both deer and elk, while also taking care of the cape. It's a small thing, but I would have liked some comments/video on taking rib meat, knowing that the elk's stomach and intestines are in close proximity.
Absolutely awesome video!! Thank you for taking the time to explain everything thoroughly.
great educational video, Randy.
Gutting removes a lot of thermal mass very quickly. If you are in temps over 25F it really doesnt involve that much more trouble IMO but when caping is involved it saves time for sure since you are doing a topline cut...makes sense.
Priceless information, Randy. Thank you!
That "yellow"tendon, is called Sinew. It is what are people use for sewing from since time began and we still use it today. We NEVER cut across it, and we keep it whole, and let it dry, and then separate it. It is the strongest thread ever, we also collect it from the leg areas. The strongest is from a buffalo, then Elk, then deer. I have a question, how do you get to the best part? The heart and liver??? Or is that the next video,,, :)
He said the heart was damaged from being hit and he didn't take the liver/kidneys.
One of the most important events in my life was my grandfather helping me gut my first deer and taking the heart and liver home. We cooked it with onions, garlic and sage and served it with eggs and freshly baked bread and Bradore beer, which had quite a kick for me as a skinny 15 year old. I can't say he was proud of me because why would you be proud of some one displaying basic competence, but he did seem satisfied that I was progressing down the right path.
raztuss oh, about the sinew. Yes, it makes a very tough, somewhat greasy thread. It you tie it into a knot you will never undo it. My mother's mother would string beads on it or run it through the hollow of a porcupine quill. No Elk or Buffalo in the Eastern Woodlands so she never got to try that.
Sinew is Nature's fiberglass
I'm with you use every bit of the animal. It gave its life to sustain ours not to be wasted! Love the comment on sinew usage!!!
Outstanding video..very informative and entertaining..thank you for taking the time!
Great no nonsense and straight to the point video. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Randy, My Wife and me really enjoy all your videos. Keep them coming.
Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoy them. Good luck this season.
I’m SOOOO hungry now. I’m from the uk and it’d be my dream to do some real hunting and angling in the States. You guys have some beautiful country.
Thank sir for your incredible knowledge 🙂
Hey randy I ordered your EBS, I cant wait to test it out this year.
My middle son learned this technique from a friend who guides near us. I didn’t use it last year on my bull but I will if I get one this year.
Great video. I only use a razor knife for cutting up an elk, deer etc. I usually go though about 2 to 4 blades for an elk 1 or 2 for a deer. I love your advice about cutting way more hide then what a taxidermist needs. I would also add with a razor knife take your time because they are so sharp you will cut yourself. An elk (also deboned not just quartered) takes me and another about 1 1/2 hours a deer myself (deboned) about 45 minutes to an hour for those asking about time frames for an average guy like me.
Thanks for watching.
Looking forward to implementing this method this fall! (With any luck, that is!)
Watched this video a few times and def used the information in it on my first elk hunt. Successful hunt and successful pack out!! Thanks for the great videos randy!! Very useful information in all your videos!!!
Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.
That you took the time to add commentary is awesome...thanks!
I have done gutless but I do like watcheing any video I come across because you never know what new or different techniques you may learn. I do agree with some of the things you said for sure, make ya hungry when stripping that strap. Can almost taste it through the phone. Good job on the video. Very detailed.
Mr. Randy Newberg just want to say thank you for your videos am new to your channel and am glad I found all of your helpful content.
Randy I know you are into the surgical blades and I love Gerber however the Outdoor edge "gut hook style tool " for cutting through that tough hid on elk is Amazing .