Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: Newt]
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10/16/19 03:35 PM
10/16/19 03:35 PM
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traprjohn
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learned decades ago that hanging in a cooler dries out the outer inch of meat sooooooo, ...VV NO I do not normaly gut them.
like Newt and 653, neither do I, what a waste of time and mess--gutting hang from neck and skin cut off hind quarters and backstrap shop or saw spine tween shoulders, dropping body cavity into wash/keg tub (to be dumped later off bridge to attract CATFISH) cut of front quarters and neck meat tie skeleton to a tree to attract yotes, possums , etc.
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: vermontster]
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10/16/19 05:06 PM
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David Morse
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I shoot and let it be for about an hour. Drag ungutted deer and hang by the head, dropping guts in a garbage can. Then I back my truck under it and let it down into my truck bed. Then I grab my checkbook and head to the deer processor. Easy peasy and more time for trapping. I have cut up hundreds of deer in my life and my time is too valuable.
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: vermontster]
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10/16/19 05:21 PM
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gcs
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I have a friend that insists on doing everything the hardest way possible, for deer, they gut, take home, hang from the rear legs and skin 2-5 days later when it's half frozen, then he debones and spends hours trimming and cutting up, after he does 3 or 4 he gets disgusted and gives whats left to some latinos that used to work for him. Me, quick bone out in woods without gutting, quick cut up into meal size chunks and vacuum pack. I only finish cutting when I open the next vacuum pack and cooking. takes just a couple minutes each spread out over months instead of obsessing over the whole thing at once... It's just a deer, and I'm going to eat it, it doesn't have to look like it came out of a gourmet butcher shop. It still looks way better then it does after you eat it...
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: vermontster]
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10/16/19 05:36 PM
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vermontster
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I always gut them before dragging out and we can’t quarter our deer . They have to be checked in at a reporting station. I always take them to a processor in Greenwich NY they debone, no talo or hair and vacuum seal it . They make snack sticks,sausage and smoked roast. I pick it up and it is already frozen. Just put it in the freezer.
The bitterness of poor quality last a lot longer than the sweetness of low price
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: Matt28]
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10/16/19 07:54 PM
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Trapset
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Trapset do you trim the meat up any or eat just like in the picture? What about the saw does it cause any small bone fragments to get stuck in the meat? Pretty much just season and grill or fry as is in Pic. Might trim a little fat off if frying, don't really bother with it when grilling. I cut to the bone with a long sharp knife and then cut bone with bone saw or sawsall. I don't notice any fragments, that cant be brushed off anyway.
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: vermontster]
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01/12/20 12:28 PM
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Bruce T
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I always hang mine from the hind legs.Much easier for me to skin that way.
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: Bruce T]
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01/12/20 02:39 PM
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AntiGov
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I always hang mine from the hind legs.Much easier for me to skin that way. X2
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: k snow]
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01/12/20 03:05 PM
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takeoff
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Hind legs on a gambrel. Easier for me to skin. The cut off loins, front quarters and the separate the rears. that is the way I do it and never thought about another way.
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: vermontster]
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01/12/20 05:40 PM
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BillyTraps
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Head down skin wash w/cold salt water (those plastic scrub pads really get the hair off) remove meat from bones make burger, steaks/roasts, jerky and sausages
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Re: How do hang your deer and why
[Re: The Beav]
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01/12/20 06:43 PM
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Buck (Zandra)
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I hang from the head Then I remove the hind quarters then the loins an back straps then the front quarters. Exactly how we have always done it too.
Buck(formely known as Zandra)
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