If you do gut em (which I have to in the uk as they go off to the game dealer and into the food chain) carry a couple of cable ties. On around the buthole and one around the oesophagus keeps the meat clean on the pull throughs.
Also gives you a chance to check for disease.
For NZ as above. Still carry the cable ties though. Takes me on average 15m to gut one. Might be less on a smaller animal. But also depends on how it’s laying, not that it’s a race.
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