Wash out or just dry and let it be?

[xtrema312]

So what is the best thing to do for a gut shot?  Do you just clean it out and dry it off or wash it all down?  I wash them out.

What about a small stomach perforation on a quartering shot?  I am on the fence for this one if it is minor and mostly in the chest cavity and doesn’t get on the back quarters.

I have always heard to keep things as dry as possible because water breads bacteria.

[Blackhawk]

Wash it out and wipe it dry.

The contents of the gut are not what you want on your meat.

[dave19113]

Yea... I second that.... last season I shot a doe that was quartering away.... well just as I released.. guess what happened... Yep she turned into it....I hit her just past the shoulder... clipped a lung and right into the gut ....


She dropped fast so It was a quick recovery.... I just dressed her and got her back for quartering... I cut away anything that was near the gut and didnt have a worry.