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Re: Warm(ish) Weather "after the shot" care
« Reply #15 on: October 08, 2007, 08:03:09 AM »
EMPyre,, You have just been flooded with some sound, and proven advice..I have killed well over 100 deer, and lost only ONE to spoilage by being cheap.. Here is what I look at when I hang a deer..

1) If the day time temps are over 45* take the deer to a butcher to hang..It will cost you a few bucks to just hang it if your going to cut it up yourself, or you can just let them cut it..If you worried about getting your deer back, most meat cutters will let you watch, and sometimes help wrap burger..

2)If the nightime temps goes down into freezing temps (32* and less) then warms up to the 40's  get your deer to the butchers..Temp changes like this will spoil your deer in a hurry..

So might I suggest a little rule of thumb that works for me.. If you kill a deer (and I hope you do) this time of year,, gut it, get it home, hang it skin it, wash it down with the garden hose(to clean off any blood, and hair) and get it to the butcher by the next day.. The quicker you get the meat cool,,the better the meat will taste..

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Re: Warm(ish) Weather "after the shot" care
« Reply #16 on: October 08, 2007, 08:40:38 AM »
Thanks everyone for the input so far...pretty much what I was expecting.
Clean it out, hang it over night, quarter and/or butcher asap.

I'm hoping to do the disassembly myself, but we'll see.  Might just get it to the butchers on the drive home and pay for the convience.  Thanks again for all the input.  Steady aim, and good luck to everyone this weekend!
Erich with an H

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Re: Warm(ish) Weather "after the shot" care
« Reply #17 on: October 08, 2007, 06:06:12 PM »
Should have made the post a little better to read, after I wash it down I will let it dry and then I will cut it up. Don't want the meat tasting like vinager.
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