Who wears rubber gloves to clean game ?

[bbassi]

The only time I've worn rubber gloves was cleaning and butchering a bear as recommended by the outfitter. I would probably do it for pigs too. For deer/elk/small game I just roll up the sleeves and get R done. I have hunting buddies that glove up to their armpits. I just shake my head and smile.

 

[TheTone]

Always. Mostly just for cleanliness. I have got a nasty infection before in a finger that I think was from dealing with cleaning a skull up. I’ll Wear gloves vs paying for another round of antibiotics and a doctors bill

 

[RangerJim]

If you wind up cutting your hand it’s nice to put a glove between your cut and the animal. There’s also a lot of poison oak around where I live, and someone suggested to me that if the animals’ been walking through it gloves will keep the oils off your skin.

 

[Lone Hunter 1]

Always. Mostly just for cleanliness. I have got a nasty infection before in a finger that I think was from dealing with cleaning a skull up. I’ll Wear gloves vs paying for another round of antibiotics and a doctors bill

This is why I started wearing rubber gloves. Don’t want to pay for a Dr bill if I don’t have to. I used to not wear gloves but after I got the infection I always do now.

 

[mc67]

i wear rubber gloves i throw in 5-6 pairs and pack them out when i am done.

Rubber gloves when i have them, I usually forget though.

 

[WyoKid]

The meat felt slimey (like a trout that’s been dead for a minute-hard to explain) and I am terrified of CWD. It took them almost 3 weeks to give me the results. I honestly can’t remember looking for/at his balls. The ladies at the check station said it was the 3rd one they tested that week still in velvet. His body was almost half the size of the forky he was with and he walked like he was in pain. I mix all my meat and I won’t risk my families health. I felt sick for getting rid of it but I felt like I did him a favor in the field.

Possibly pneumonia?

 

[Steve from GA]

Wear rubber gloves if you want to - or don’t. It’s not a badge of honor to go bare handed, nor is there anything to justify should you decide to use gloves.

 

[Taudisio]

Possibly pneumonia?

Well it’s almost impossible to know for sure now but I suppose that’s an option. My thought after later research was that he had ehd earlier in the year and lived through it. With his body condition, there was no way he would have made it through a Montana winter unless he was in a barn with access to alfalfa and a heater. He definitely wasn’t a qualified suitor going into the rut.

 

[284 Hunter]

I Pack a few pairs. It’s easier to clean up.

 

[roosiebull]

i see lots of people wearing rubber gloves in pictures of animals being cleaned what’s up with that !
CWD ?
no water ?
I personally don’t carry any latex gloves and never have anywhere

I have been for the past 8-10 years, it’s just cleaner, and if you aren’t around water, it’s nice to not have dried blood and meat in your cuticles all day.

It’s certainly not a big deal either way, but I always have 2 pairs of the orange glove works nitriles in my kill kit, because there is no good reason not to. Those gloves are textured too, and give me better control than bare hands.

I still always end up with blood on my arms and hands, but it’s a lot easier to clean up when I’m done.

A couple wet wipes when I’m done and my hands are clean enough that I can stop by a store and buy some ice on my way home, and it’s probably more sanitary to have a snack on the pack out without caked blood and meat on your hands.

I just don’t see a reason not to bring a couple pair of nitriles, no downside.

 

[Lowg08]

Also another use for latex gloves is. I always save the heart for that evening. I forgot a ziploc one time. Just held the heart in one hand pulled the glove over. The held the open end of the glove in my palm and pulled the second glove over. Not a bad back up way to carry a heart out.

 

[Colterw]

I don't, but the last animal I processed made me change my mind. Bloody hands in the wind with no way to scrub them clean really dried my skin out.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

I used to never wear gloves and I made the switch to wearing them a few years ago. If I forget to throw them in the kill kit it’s not a big deal, just nice to peel them off and have perfectly clean hands for getting everything ready to pack out. I hunt in the desert a lot now so not always easy to get hands clean.

 

[RS3579]

I do. My wife gets me the surgical gloves. A little thicker and longer than the standard one. Size to fit also. It can’t hurt. Just make sure to take what ever you take in the woods out with you. Good luck

 

[Dryfirepete]

I always carry a few pairs of nitrile gloves in my pack and use them regularly for field dressing. Makes clean-up easier. Almost always end up tearing them, though.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Nitrile gloves have become common place in my kill kit. Easier to grip things when wet, easier clean up, my dirty hands don't touch the meat, and a minimal weight penalty.

 

[KurtR]

Always use nitrile now. It’s just cleaner. I use them at home all the time.

 

[roosiebull]

Always use nitrile now. It’s just cleaner. I use them at home all the time.

I use them at home a lot too. It actually started fishing, mainly salmon, when I was younger, Oct and Nov I would have permanently stained pink hands and constantly dealing with messed up skin from handling cured eggs, nitriles fixed that. Same with herring brine… nitriles fixed that too. They have come a long way in a short time.

Now they are even better, and always have a box in my pickup and at least a couple boxes at each house…

I have some 8mil nitriles I found and am going to try them processing my next critter and just pack one pair. Too thick to fish in, but may be good for breaking critters down, and if not, they are good for wrenching

 

[taskswap]

Every time. I'm not squeamish and I'm not worried about CWD. It's just cleaner, nothing under your nails, etc. They weigh nothing and when I'm done off they come and my hands are clean. No wasted water to wash them. Warmer, too.

 

[Crowmangler]

For big game, I keep a pair of cut resistant gloves in my kill kit. In cold weather they help keep your hands from freezing and the grip is much better. The hands still get bloody if not wearing a nitrile underneath. I'm not prone to cutting myself but when breaking down an elk solo with a razor sharp knife, I choose to stack the odds in my favor.

THIS... last year while dressing an elk in the dark in the pouring snow I felt the blade go across my thumb & was happy to have it on. Why take a chance of ruining a hunt from an easily preventable accident?