It was below freezing in Blanchard, MI and I was tired. I been sitting outside for 6 long hours  and haven’t seen anything. I was bored... until I happened to see a gloomy shadow just at the corner of my eye. I swung my head to the right, making very little noise. I then saw a colossal 6 point buck with my name on it.  There was a big impulse that was rushing through my body. “Do you see that?!?! That thing is huge!” I blurted out to my Dad
Most people shoot with a 30-30; but I use a 30-06. I  prepared myself for the shot by looking through my scope.   I was waiting for the buck to make any kind of movement,  but the only thing I noticed was that is was rustling through the leaves and branches.  I used the doe call
one more time.   I raised my gun, only to look through the scope.  It’s a very clear lung shot. Plus there is no way I could possibly miss. I was really eager to shoot this deer. I took a deep breath to make sure that the shot would be perfect. BANG! I was more than happy to see that deer go down. My Dad looked at me with a smile.  I put my gun on safety and threw it over my shoulder. Dad and myself walked side by side about 70 yards. When we walked up to the deer, we both found out that I made the perfect shot I was hoping for. We both knew who was going to field dress the deer: me
I made sure that I put on gloves before getting started. It would take forever to get the smell off my hands. I bent down with my knife if my right hand and then started to cut.  Don’t mind the smell. It gets better along the way.  I cut to under the rib cage, then I broke the pelvic bone. Breaking the pelvic bone makes the deer easier to work with.  I started to remove the intestines, stomach, bladder, etc.  I saw that the intestines were still twitching a bit.
“ Um, if the deer is dead, then why are the intestines still twitching?” I managed to say without puking
“ That’s because not everything stops right away when it’s dead. It sometimes takes awhile for the body settle down.” Dad responded
I don’t think that ever tried so hard to do something before in my life. I happened to look over at my Dad when he was laughing at me. I tried to relax by making a few jokes, but I wanted this to be perfect. So, I put all of of focus on this deer. Within a few minutes, I had finished the field dressing process on my deer. I then dug a hole a few feet from the deer, and put it’s guts into.
“What are you doing that for?” Dad questioning me
“I read that if you still want to keep hunting in the same spot.” I replied to him
You don’t want to let the deer know that you were there. With this exciting experience, it changed me and I learned something from it. I learned that in order for you to do something fun, there is a cost. I love to hunt, but I had to gut the deer. But the experience changed me for sure. Field dressing the deer gave me a chance explore from my childhood. 
I never really payed attention about what you do with the deer afterwards, but I now know. And I know how to properly dispose of the organs when you’re not going to use them.  People always complain about doing work, but not me.  I am there to get my hands dirty and possibly bloody. I didn’t love to field dress it, but it had to be done. And that was just a small price to pay…  considering that we had venison burgers that night.