Thread: Bleeding a kill

Growing up we were told to always bleed any animals we eat. Pigs, deer, game birds etc etc. have never eaten an animal that wasnt bleed

Originally Posted by XBoltstalker

Growing up we were told to always bleed any animals we eat. Pigs, deer, game birds etc etc. have never eaten an animal that wasnt bleed

Yea but any animal that is dead doesn't really bleed that well I figured its because it doesn't want to vs there's not much left , iv killed 5 lambs the last 5 days ..& 1 deer (but didn't cut the deers throat ) when you cut there throat they bleed like cutting a high pressure hose I always move them a couple of times so the pool of blood doesn't soak the wool , cutting the throat of a dead animal seems like a bit of a non event , but im going do as @Tahr suggested , get its rear end high , stick it & pump it

Originally Posted by Boaraxa

Yea but any animal that is dead doesn't really bleed that well I figured its because it doesn't want to vs there's not much left , iv killed 5 lambs the last 5 days ..& 1 deer (but didn't cut the deers throat ) when you cut there throat they bleed like cutting a high pressure hose I always move them a couple of times so the pool of blood doesn't soak the wool , cutting the throat of a dead animal seems like a bit of a non event , but im going do as @Tahr suggested , get its rear end high , stick it & pump it

Yep understand where you're coming from. Personally its just one of those things that 'you just do.' Most of the time with a decent calibre the animal is gonna bleed out internally but either way i stick/cut throat on any animal i kill. Blood rots faster than muscle so whether a lot or a little blood comes out its for the better - i think