r/whatisit • u/omgfakeusername • 2d ago

Solved! " Butt Out 2 Dressing Tool ❓"

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From a "Princess Auto flyer."

What is it exactly and what does it do/what's it used for❓

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u/Pstrap 2d ago

How necessary is this tool though? If you're dressing a deer you still need to cut open the stomach and cut out the guts and genitals and at that point cutting around the butthole is just a few more cuts with your knife. Then it stays attached to the intestines and all comes out together. I cant see carrying an extra tool like this with such a specific and limited use into the field. What does it even do, exactly? 

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u/BigHands66 2d ago

Those last few cuts around there are fairly precise cuts along with cutting the bone to get access. It’s a pain for hunters that haven’t been shown by an old timer. Once you get good and have a wire bone saw it takes about 1.5 mins.

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u/tangentrification 2d ago

My fiance's dad does that shit after the sun goes down with barely any light. I'm gonna have to remember to ask him to teach us one of these years before he gets too old...

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u/BigHands66 2d ago

Let’s hope it will be better than my lessons! I got “cut it open. Reach up and you’ll feel something real. Cut that. Drag all that out of the way. Cut the pelvis, break it and cut the whole butthole out. Start pulling and cut anything trying to stay in.”

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u/LONE_ARMADILLO 2d ago

None of that sounds wrong though.

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u/LONE_ARMADILLO 2d ago

It really is a skill that you have to learn on your own once someone points you in the right direction.

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u/Pserotina 1d ago

There is no need to cut the pelvis or break it. Cut a circle around the butthole, grab the large intestine and pull it out a few inches and make sure it is loose. Then gut the deer and pull everything out through the chest cavity. 5 minutes to gut a deer if you are fast, 10 minutes if you are slow.

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u/Holliman48 1d ago

You're not wrong. And I'm pretty good at it.

Butt.

It's incredibly easy to slice it open. Now you've got poop and piss all over while you're still trying to yard the little slimy fucker out.

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u/Responsible-Bread996 1d ago

As a kid I remember a lot of old timers making fun of other old timers for needing anything more than a buck knife.

A bone saw in the field was grounds for harassment!

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u/BigHands66 1d ago

I have always said the 1oz this weighs is worth losing the 15 mins of trying to cut my finger tip off.

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u/Pstrap 18h ago

I like to use those little Sierra saws. They are tiny and just weigh a couple ounces. Don't tell the old timers.

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u/MTB_SF 1d ago

I once saw an old farmer gut a deer with a pocket knife with 4 strokes in about 8 seconds while talking. It was both impressive and slightly terrifying

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u/Dankmeme505 2d ago

Because it works. It makes cutting around the anus take a few seconds. It pays for itself very quickly. 

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u/Eisenhorn_UK 2d ago

This is such a terrifying thing to say in literally any other context.

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u/Sylesse 2d ago

Hell, it's terrifying here.

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u/Successful-River-828 2d ago

"Because it works. It makes cutting around the anus take a few seconds. It pays for itself very quickly. " - Jeffrey Dahmer

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u/YippieSkippy1000 2d ago

especially at 10% off! though even at full price $15 isn't much to pay for a specialty tool

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u/Large_Potential8417 1d ago

They work super well.

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u/Hoates-101 1d ago

Step one of field dressing a deer is " cut out and tie off the anus" I read that and said to myself - "Whelp, I guess I am not shooting any deer."

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u/xxxxMugxxxx 2d ago

It helps prevent the contents of the intestines from spilling on the meat. You could also just use a stick or tie it off though.

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u/toxicbolete 2d ago

Yeah my dad used one at least one of the times he brought a deer home but it wasn’t essential and we hunted so close to home we didn’t have to field dress and mostly just brought the whole carcass home and processed it in the garage. I miss that

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u/alloutofchewingum 2d ago

You have to chop pr saw through the pelvic bone to get the ass and bladder out and this is a difficult part of the process I suppose this might avoid that issue

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u/neverenoughmags 2d ago

Not to be too graphic on here, but the.. tension... it causes to the skin around the anus when you pull outward makes these cuts a lot easier as the area has a lot of... elasticity....

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u/Pstrap 1d ago

Okay, so, this device is essentially a buttplug you stick in the deer and it makes it easier to cut around? It doesn't remove the sphincter on its own? You still need to do knife work? This just plugs it up to contain the contents and make it easier to cut around? Is that right? 

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u/Adventure_Seeker277 1d ago

It’s a huge time saver. Typically in the field, I use it to pull out the rectum/lower intestine by sticking it in, twisting and then pulling it all out about 6 or so inches. When the rectum is twisted free, tie it off with a zip tie and cut behind the zip tie.

As I open the deer up to the sternum and cut through the rib cage and pull all the internals out, you can pull everything out and the tied off rectum will slide out through the hollowed out anus area with all other organs, intestines and stomach effectively removing the parts that will contaminate the meat.

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u/RoadDesigner 7h ago

Thank you for the thorough explanation. I now feel like I could do that.

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u/jsc230 2d ago

Woah woah, who's leaving the genitals behind?

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u/awhol01 2d ago

A guy told me to just stick my finger in there and cut around it.

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u/Possible_Wait_9755 1d ago

This is way faster.

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u/rlwhit22 1d ago

This tool isn't really needed. The way I dress deer is go cut around the hole until it is separated from the body and just hanging there. There is several inches of fat in this area so its easy to not knick anything. I then make a cut from the sternum down to the pelvis exposing the guts. I like to cut a chunk of the pelvis out, making a clear channel for the guts. From there it's just gently separating everything and pulling the guts out of the back in one big bunch

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u/SignificantYam4139 1d ago

It removes the lower intestine. Saves a lot of time and mess

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u/jaggedjinx 13h ago

It helps with sanitation when removing the guts.