Not often. It takes 6 to 8 years to get a tag anymore. We had a super high deer population and three bad winter in a row. They first year I bet the population dropped 50% and the next two years didn't help them.

Head down.

You will need to start your own thread.
The topic is deer, not democrats...

I do them both ways . Those of you that hang from the head if you make a cut in front of the ears and around the neck , work the hide down a little then place the noose around the neck to hang it . The ears make a great anchor for the rope that you hook to watever power you might use to pull skin if you use power . the rope will never slip past the ears no matter how hard you pull

My family always did their own butchering and hung head down so the carcus could bleed downward as the dispatch wound would be the head or in the rib cages. Next cut to the neck.

Before I pull them up very high, I carve out some skin around the anus and tie it off so that when the rib cage is split all the innards come out at once. My elders didnt have access to lick tubes, but they sure do work nearly to catch everything

From the neck until dead. (or maybe after they're dead) Usually for stealing corn or trespassing !!!!!!!!!!!!!


upside down to skin

One thing you don't want to do , hang it in a garage overnight right after a hunt. Friend of mine did that , came out next morning to finish the task , found the garage floor just crawling with ticks and fleas.

Lot of ticks and fleas on the deer here. Lyme disease is common too.

are you sure those aint coyotes?

I hang mine up by hand legs.Skin it and then quarter it up and hang in my walking cooler.