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I use rubber gloves, typically the dish washing kind, whenever I field dress any mammal at any time of the year. The gloves I use will occasionally tear though, so I looked around and found these...kinda pricey but probably reusable.
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Nope, I don't use them for Deer, Sheep r Goats either.
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Yep. Big, thick yellow gloves from the grocery store -- the dishwashing type. Cheap insurance I think.
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Gloves are a very good idea when field dressing, skinning, and/or butchering any animal. People have gotten very sick and some have even died from diseases contracted from handling dead animals. Chances are you will never have a problem but tell that to the few that have gotten very sick or the families of those who have died from contracted diseases.
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Not using gloves is like not wearing a harness in a treestand. You might get away with it for a long time, some can get away with it for their whole life, but really what's the point of chancing it? One infected animal is all it takes to put you in the hospital. Gloves are cheap, don't take up much space, are light, and could save your life and your health. Really, what's the downside?
I use nitrile rubber gloves always, no matter what kind of animal I'm cleaning. A box of 100 pairs costs around $20.
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I spend a lot of money on this sport, equipment,hunts and and so on. the gloves are darn near free, why not use them.
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I nearly died four times from an infection in my face, and it took multiple surgeries that took all my teeth as well as some muscle, and left me with permanent neurological damage to kill it. Lost a kidney from the drugs.
Mine was never sourced-they had never seen anything like it before. Wear the gloves. It's better safe than sorry.
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I wear em just to be on the safe side. They are cheap / light / take up no space, and can prevent a huge pain in the ass! I am all for em!
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