Field Dressing A Wild Boar

successful wild boar hunting activity, you will needto field dress it
to field dress the animal. Field dressing is in fact3. Throw the rope attached to the triple tree
the preliminary slaughter of the wild boar beforedevice over a solid tree branch and haul the wild
taking it back home. For accomplishing the taskboar up so that it is hanging off the ground
you will need very good knife skills but also a4. Secure the rope tightly in order to make sure
strong stomach but let us face it, you cannotthat the wild boar carcass will not fall down while
compare the regular meat you purchase in ayou will be field dressing the animal
grocery store with a fresh wild boar meat. For5. Put your rubber gloves (surgical gloves are
this procedure, you will need the following items:highly recommended because they allow
• Knifesmaximum dexterity, making your task much
• Knife sharpenereasier)
• Rubber gloves6. Slit open the boar down the center of the belly.
• BucketThis cut should run from the hind legs to the
• Ropefront legs. If you have hunted a female,
• Tarpdon’t be surprised if unborn piglets will fall
• Triple tee (metal hanging device used to bleeddown
a pig)7. Using your knife, reach into the main body
• Watercavity and cut out all the animal’s internal
• Sturdy hacksaworgans
Relocating The Wild Boar Carcass8. Pull all of the innards out at once to make the
1. Tie a length of your rope around the wildjob much smoother. Let the organs and viscera
boar’s feetfall off.
2. Tie a piece of wood to the other end of the9. Find the liver and insert it in a plastic bag. Boar
rope in order to make it easier on your hand tohunters consider the liver that has not been cut
pull(this is an optional step)during the dressing procedures a tasty delicacy.
3. Pull the wild boar’s carcass to a level10. With a hacksaw, remove the wild
area (near a source of water is preferred). A solidboar’s head
tree that has low hanging branches will help11. Skin the animal, taking off vertical strips of
expedite your cleaning. This will serve as the fieldhide
dressing area.12. Clean out the cavity with plenty of water and
Field Dress The Wild Boarwrap the carcass in a tarp; carry it back to your
1. Untie the wild boar and attach a rope to thecar.
non-hook end of the triple tree deviceThis is only a method of how to filed dress a wild
2. Impale the animal’s hind feet on 2 of theboar, there are others but quite similar with this
hooks on the triple tree device before you startone.