If it was a big bull that I was going to cape on the spot and it was going to take awhile and it was really cold I’d probably start a fire and use nitrile gloves over a roping glove. A cow, idk, it’d have to be dang cold. Cutting up a cow without worrying about horns or cape goes dang fast and elk are warm. But hey a nice fire never hurts.
I had my son with me once when he was 3 or 4 when I’d killed a cow he said he was cold and I did start a fire for him. He sat by it and talked my ear off while I worked on the cow.
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