What does breaking the pelvic bone on the deer do when you are field dressing a deer?

It makes it better when you go to dress it and slice it open!*What does breaking the pelvic bone on the deer do when you are field dressing a deer?
I have never needed to, or wanted to break the pelvic bone while cleaning a deer. Just suspend with the head upward, and gravity will do most of the work of gut removal. I personally use a lung shot to avoid nicking any gut. I tie off the esophagus and anus with twine, and remove it all as a generally single unit, with a tub to catch the offal, if in camp. The hips come apart and the shoulderblades come off with a modest bit of knifework, and the backstraps, etc. fill a bag. I leave the hide in place on the legs to keep dirt and flies off the meat as much as possible, as the hairs will wash off easily later, and few hides I have carefully preserved ever did anything but go sour while I worked with all the meat. So screw the hides. Also, the liver sautes up for an energy boosting snack while you are working, and it is full of deer adrenaline, the Indian name for it out west being ';run all day';!





For a gutshot deer that moved just as one is shooting (it eventually happens to everybody), attack and get those 4 legs off the torso immediately, knowing the hams might already be gamey tasting. The rest is coyote food. Regards, Larry.What does breaking the pelvic bone on the deer do when you are field dressing a deer?
It's not really neccessary if you take a knife and hit the hip socket just right, the legs will come off without the use of a saw cutting through the hip bone. this is especially useful if you have gut shot the deer, and do not want to containment the hindquarters, shouders and back straps.The only thing lost is the 2 small tenderloins that is contaminated anyway.
It allows you to get to the bladder and rectum to remove them without damaging them. It is also necessary in order to quarter the animal. I always carry either a saw or hatchet for this job. Both work quite well.
It allows you to complete the field dressing of the deer. You can remove the intestine without tearing it with the pelvic bone out of the way.
Allows you to quarter it for easier transport.