HUNTING -- Most hunters eventually have to bone-out a big-game animal in the field or while butchering their meat back home.

Here's a video that sets the bar for how it's done: A butcher bones out a deer carcass in less than 8 minutes. Whew!

The man in his video clearly has been around a knife for a long time; he's made a business out of it.  

Here's an observation for mere mortals from my experience:

Most of us field dress only one or two big-game animals a year at most.  Don't expect to have this man's speed or skills.

I've bagged elk the last two consecutive years and each time I had to think through the process of field dressing and boning out the meat. It was not automatic.

Most important is being absolutely safe with the sharpest knife you may have worked with all year.

I tend to work slow. I'm often by myself working with a slippery carcass and often under less than desirable outdoor conditions and on a slope to boot.  Cutting yourself with a very sharp knife in a remote area can be a serious inconvenience.

Watch the video and learn... but be careful out there.