Patent ID: 7597614

Claim:
A method for field dressing a slain big game animal having a body cavity that helps prevent accidental spilling of waste matter into the body cavity, the method comprising: providing a field dressing tool including a tip portion, a plurality of barbs extending radially and rearwardly from the tip portion, a shank extending from a rear portion of the barbs, a handle on the shank opposite the tip portion, and a barrier member extending radially from the shank between the tip portion and the handle and in a spaced-apart relationship with the handle such that the barrier member isolates the handle from the rectum; inserting the tip portion and the barbs into the rectum of the animal so that the barrier member is adjacent the animal outside of the rectum thereby assisting in isolating the handle from the rectum to avoid contact with bodily fluids and placing the barbs at a set depth and the barbs cause the rectum to stretch radially; rotating the handle to cause the barbs to ensnare the rectum; retracting the barbs and tip portion from the animal to extend a portion of the rectum; and closing the extended portion of the rectum to prevent the leakage of waste therefrom.