among other tasks , hed had to hang the buck by the legs , slicing a sliver from the bucks head ( which he imagined was somewhat like scalping a man ) so that the blood could successfully drain from the bucks body ; slice the buck from the genitals to the rib cage then turning the buck on his side and emptying his guts ; cut through the diaphragm while avoiding the bladder ( a task completed with much direction from his father ) and cut through the esophagus so as to completely remove the intestines ; cut in the shape of a circle around the neck and connect this with a cut through the stomach , then use a hacksaw to cut through the knees ; remove the hide by pulling it down from the neck , over the leg nubs , and cutting it free by cutting off the tail ; and lastly cut the meat from the buck , first from the hindquarters and the tenderloins and then from areas less choice .