Do you wear gloves when dressing out?

[LoneWolf]

I never used to wear gloves, just went ahead and go bloody.  Got two kids now, getting older, I guess I started wearing them just because it is easier to get cleaned up afterwards.  I use just regular surgary type gloves.  Come half way to my elbows, and I can still feel the knife real good.

[dan ferguson]

Never have but as I get older I wait for my son in Law or nephew or hunting buddy to show up , figure they need the practice.

[insttech1]

If I have them in my pack, which I try to keep a pair or two, I will use them.

If not, I don't sweat it too much.

I do it for disease prevention, parasite prevention, ease of cleanup for me, and to prevent myself from getting diarrhea (sp?), which I have noticed on more than one occasion happens within 24 hours of cleaning and processing a deer.

So obviously there was some sort of tiny bug of some type that got into my system, and you can take that as you will...nothing drastic, just enough to let me know I got something in my system that was "not right".

More than likely, it was just some microbe riding around in/on the hide of the animal, and not necessarily something internal to the deer.

Oh, and after it's hung, and skinned, I don't wear them while I'm processing the deboned meat.

See Ya,
Marc

[Stone Knife]

I do, I wear those funky long orange ones that come with the rubber ones that go over the top. They keep my hands and shirt sleeves clean, I like them.

[Big Dave]

What indianalongbowshooter and minuteman said, besides I can't get a good grip with them on  :D    :D    :D

[jack benson]

Gloves are a form of protection that should be used considering just how much our knowledge has grown over the years.

For many years, those cold, clear mountain streams were considered as a "champagne treat"...until it was determined that it was a source of the parasite Giardia protozoa, the cause of "beaver fever". Now, one routinely treats water to prevent infection.

Wild game can be carriers of numerous diseases that can infect humans...diseases we knew little about years ago, but have a much greater knowledge about them today. Ticks in the fur and biological materials in the blood and body fluids can infect even the healthiest hunter.

There are a wide variety of gloves available for use. Someone who has "gripping" problems could use kitchen style gloves with rough fingers...giving up the sense of feel that latex or nitrile gloves provide. Long sleeve veterinary exam gloves are great in keeping blood off the sleeves.

There has been reported in APHIS a wide outbreak of EHD (Epizootic hemorrhagic disease)in deer in a number of states (inc. KY and TN)in recent weeks. As hunting season nears, EHD, WNV, BTB are just a few of the transmissible diseases that have been found in cervid populations this past summer.

Why take the risk when gloves provide the first layer of prevention?

jack

[StickBowManMI]

I have worn gloves for the last 15 years or so because of the presence of Lyme Disease in the areas that I hunted followed by the presence of Rabies. I find that the surgical gloves are great and your hands don't slip with the knife. Makes sense to use them, at least from my viewpoint.

[Full Quiver]

I wear them to keep my hands clean in the field & have never worn them while proccessing.
I wear the regular exam gloves from wal-mart & the last few I have field dressed stayed on the gloves. I just turn the gloves inside out on each other & pack them out to the trash. If it keeps me from getting a parasite or something & getting sick, so much the better. I'd druther spend time in the woods than laid up in bed sick.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Originally posted by sswv:
I have worn them for several years now. Field dressing gloves and fletch tape has gotta be two of the best ideas to come along in a VERY long time.

I think both of them are a pain myself...espeacilly fletching tape

[Adam Keiper]

I've got a wicked allergy to whitetails and always end up with itchy hives on my hands and face, sneeze like mad, weeze like hell, and my eyes swell shut.  So when I have them handy, I try to wear a pair of latex gloves, a bandana pulled tight around my forehead, and a respirator for organic vapors.  Benadryl is always on hand, or at least is required as soon as I get home, in double dosage.  Sucks, but it's my penance for taking a life I guess.

So when I score on a quickie morning hunt before work, Oh yeah, I'm in real great shape by the time I roll into the office...itchy, sneezing, half-blind, barely breathing, and nearly unconscious from the antihistimine.  I've grown accustomed to the annual October question of, "Jesus, what happened to you?!"    

[Minuteman]

Dang Adam! You're one devoted feller!

[Jerry Jeffer]

Tried gloves and they got full of blood, so what was the point. I just clean up with the handy wipes after. I never used fletch tape for gutting though.    

[Izzy]

I dont use them.Because my mother tells me that I should!  :banghead:And you get a better feel without them.Hmmmmmm? I feel like Ive said that before for some reason.    

[Jeff Sample]

Several years ago, we all stood around my father and poked fun at him when he pulled out a pair in preparation for dressing his buck. The chiding seemed to subside along the way, and by the time he pulled them off and buttoned his shirt cuffs without a speck of blood or guts on him, everyone was telling him what a good idea that was, and asking him where he got them. I've used them ever since.