The fun begins! The first thing that you should do is position the deer uphill if possible. This will simplify the removal of all the internal organs. The way that lyme disease is spreading today we recommend that you wear rubber gloves when field dressing your trophy. Another thing to remember is that you don't know the history of this whitetail so be careful. You never know what you could find in the body cavity.

Position your trophy on its back with the head uphill.

Use your knife and cut around the anal opening to free the end of the intestine or try using a Butt-out Dressing Tool. This tool is amazing and works great!!

Use your fingers to locate the end of the sternum or breast bone and with your knife cut carefully towards the pelvic area of your trophy. The best way is to cut a small slit just past the sternum. This cut should be completely through the hide and into the body cavity. You'll know when you're inside! Insert your knife and use your fingers as a guide. Your fingers should be underneath your knife blade to prevent you from cutting the intestines.

Position your deer on its side after making the cut to the pelvic area. All the internal organs in the stomach area should slide out for the most part. If not use your knife to carefully cut anything that may be connected to the back bone. You should be able to pull the end of the intestine free from the pelvic area if the cut around the anal area was done properly.

Next you have to remove the heart and the lungs. Reach forward into the front end of the rib cage area and cut through the windpipe and the esophagus. You'll notice that the windpipe looks like a grunt call. Now pull out the heart and the lungs.

Position the deer on his belly and let him drain. Now is a great time to get some good pictures of you and your trophy.

Clean up your mess as much as possible, cover up the remains and pack out anything that you may have used in this process. The animals will finish the job for you.

Rinse out your deer as soon as possible to remove dirt, blood, and hair.