John we never gut the game in the woods. We always (when possible due to terrain and occasion) bring the whole animal to the cooler and gut it there, then the intestines are driven to the bear feeding place, where we hunt them bears.

We ourselves take the heart, liver and tongue. Heart and liver are superb fresh (if they smell we bath them in milk) baked on onion and tongue is dried, seasoned and lately served cut.

Yes - the whole point of hunting stags in the rut is to hear them and then stalk them - much funnier than sit and wait for them

All the venison goes for human food. Stags smell pretty badly in rut time - but a month at -30 deg C takes all the smell out. Clients usually don't take the meat with them, it is sold to a contractor that processes the meat and sells it in big groceries.