Thanks for your Cutting The Distance podcast series. I live in interior Alaska and have hunted since the 1980s, I recently retired and have lifetime Idaho license, so looking to extend my hunting season starting next fall....most big game hunting in interior AK is over by mid October. I love your specific tips and your podcasts are inspiring. I think your podcasts are useful for newbies as well as seasoned hunters.  Thanks again! Dave Verbyla Becker Ridge, AK

Hi Remi and Jason, we met at the Kodiak Airport, thanks for the discussion! Results of my draw tag was a good elk and a couple deer. Hunting Success. The whole 10 day hunt was as amazing as it gets. We are home in Anchorage now. Cheers to your travels! Phillip and Cathy Villa.

Hey Remi, first let me thank you for all the great content. I've enjoyed everything you've been putting out over the years and the new podcast Cutting the Distance has been great. My questions are about file dressing and the gutless method, which I've been using almost exclusively for the past 5 years or so on my backcountry hunts. 1) The last few times dressing mule deer and elk, I've somehow opened up the bladder when trying to remove the tenderloins. This exposes the meat and taints one of the best cuts on the animal. Part of my problem is that each time this has happened, the abdomen on the game is swollen and I've found it very difficult to get in there and remove the tenderloins. Any tips? 2) My second question is about removing the jaw of an animal for European Mounts. I try to do this in the field, but it's always they last thing I'm doing with the carcass. By that time rigor mortis has set in and I find it extremely difficult. I typically skin the head in the field and deal with the jaw later. But on an animal like a bull elk, that's a lot more to carry. Any suggestions? Thanks, Marc