Well, yesterday I helped butcher a deer. Now, I'm the kind of person who, when a friend invites you over to help butcher a deer, thinks "How would I go about that?", so I found it somewhat straightforward, but it's nice to know that my instincts are good. In the future, though, I'll have to remember to get more involved in the disemboweling. I don't think trying to rip the heart and lungs out was a good introduction to severing the connective tissues. It involved reaching a little too far into the body cavity and relying completely on touch - touches I am unfamiliar with at this time.
I wasn't quite expecting it to gush so much blood, but Bambi got hit by a car and had a shattered hip and severely bruised liver, so most of her blood had entered her body cavity. Still,
I should probably hit up my scribal friends to see if any of them have good how-to guides on making vellum.