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Game Care
Oklahoma Hunter Education
Review:
• Tag your deer, elk, antelope, bear or turkey • Field dressing a carcass immediately helps
immediately with name, license number, date preserve the meat. Organs deteriorate rapidly
and time of harvest. so remove them quickly. The faster they are
removed, the faster the meat will cool and the
• A sharp knife and a good sharpener are better it will be preserved.
perhaps the most important tools for field
dressing. Rope, gloves and a game bag are • Dispose of animal carcasses in a manner
handy to have in the field. consistent with state law. Never leave waste
remains out where other people can see them.
• Prevent the meat from spoiling by immediately
field dressing the animal and keeping the meat
cool and dry.
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