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And the first step to do so is field dressing. Field dressing is to process the animal dead body, straight on the field in order to allow preservation of edible meat. This process must be completed as soon as possible after the kills in order to limit bacterial growing on the carcase surface and allow a rapid heat loss, something  crucial to preserve meat.

While most of bacteria are inside the gastrointestinal tract, the first step on field dressing is to eviscerate the corpse trying to avoid gut perforations. To do so the abdominal wall must be opened with a sharp knife on the midline, taking care to cut just skin and muscles but not inside organs.

Once the abdominal cavity is opened, all internal organs must be removed and discarded because they won't last long without refrigeration; afterwards it's time to skin the body (to preserver not only meat but skin) and finally break up the body on smaller pieces, especially with large animals such as deer, elks and even wild boars. In the case of rabbits, ducks, goose and other small games, it will be enough to proceed with the first step on the field; completing the process once you are back home.

Overall, all edible meat must be properly handled and saved; from the moment an animal is killed, up to final storage at home. Failing to do so will be considered an offense with a minimum penalty of US$ 2.000 fine and 7 days in jail, up to 10.000 US$ fine and one year in prison.

So, before going to hunt in Alaska, it's better to know not only regulations regarding this topic, but also all the required techniques to accomplish it in order to preserve edible meat, because just failing to attempt meat saving, is considered an offense.

This is particular true for big games such as deer; so proper knowledge about how to skin out the body, cut it in pieces and preserve meat is required to hunt in Alaska; otherwise you won't be able to comply with meat saving regulations.

On such conditions the main problem with electronic devices is batteries exhaustion; then, just when you need it most, your navigation device could not work because of lack of batteries. Many people would prevent this situation by carrying on an extra set of batteries, however  for long expeditions several replacements would be necessary which implies a considerable extra weight.

On the other hand, electronic devices tend to be affected by weather more than classic compasses, thus rain, cold, snow and other climatological conditions could affect their performance. In the case of of mobile phones integrated GPS; lack of coverage on remote areas is another problem.

Many hunters think that hogs can't see, but even when their visual field is limited due to the position of their eyes as well the height they are (a few inches up from the soil), hogs are not blind, instead they perceive movement very well, so when chasing hogs, being still is the key.

Once a hog is close enough, it's not difficult to shoot it down; in fact no special high caliber gun is required, being enough a .30 rifle to kill a big, old, male hog; the only thing you need to know is where to put a killing shoot and that's below the shoulder on an area located from its hoofs to a straight line up vertically to the base of the ear.

Since steel density is lower than lead's, the energy transferred to the bird by the same size ammunition is less; so the effective range is reduced; moreover, shooting pattern of steel ammo is unpredictable and less accurate than lead, probably related to its density; but there were no choice; non-toxic ammo is mandatory now.

To deal with client's complaints about steel pellets, manufacturers add extra powder to the cartridge, so the lack of density was compensated with an increase of firepower and now ammo leaves gun barrel at 1400-1500 feet per second, increasing accuracy and effectiveness, but also inconveniences.