How to bone-out a deer tutorial with pictures

[Mo]

Great post.  Thanks for your efforts.

I might be too stuck in the way I was taught to try it, but it did get me thinking there might be a better way.

[BLUEBULLS]

Nice job!!

that or quartering is the only way to get a deer out.

saves a little work when you're at home butchering too.

[Blacklab]

Great info! thanks for sharing 

[wolfbait]

Good Job Axle, great pictures. I have done it that way for years, and surprisingly it doesn't take that long either.

[robodad]

Tip: if you freeze them as a whole roast, you can later cut them into steaks. You cannot reverse this if you cut them up as steaks first so package them as roasts and you will have the option to turn them into steaks later if you wish. I only use the back strap as steaks. I use the roasts in a corned meat recipe. Another tip: get a Jaccard meat tenderizer for the steaks.

This is a great tip, I always leave them in roast form because you lose all the blood once you thaw them if they are in steaks, just package the whole muscle in packages the size you normally eat and cut when your ready, it really makes for a better meal !!

Also I carry a couple new folded shower curtains in the bottom of my pack to do this method in the field, it keeps the meat really clean as well, they are also great for a tent if you happen to need it !!!  

Thanks for taking the time to post this up, excellent tutorial !!!

[HardCorpsHuntr]

Outstanding!  I've been doing this for years, but never to this detail.  I learned a few things.  Thanks for your time with this great write up. 

You're an Idaho wardens dream come true

[mossback91]

theres a big mess in yer yard!

[saylean]

Nice write up Axle.

[C-Money]

Like said before, thanks for taking the time to do a good write up on the topic. I enjoyed reading it and learned a lot from it!

[Buckmark]

 , Nice writeup, Hopefully this helps out some people..

[runamuk]

Thanks for that.  I found a couple online and printed them to keep in my pack, figure if I am hunting alone it will be the best way to go to keep my loads light.

[PacificNWhunter]

Great job explaining this, I wish I would have see something like this before I first tried to bone-out a deer. Great post.

[Dipsnort]

My method is nearly identical but I learned a couple of important new things.  Thanks for taking the time!

[Alchase]

Question for the Moderators

can we get this thread and the other one about the gutless method pinned somewhere for easy access?

I think that would be awesome to have a "clicky" that references processes like this.

Nice work Axle

[Ray]

No, we're not going to sticky it. It had already been marked in the articles section. There is a link on the right side of the board.

http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php?page=Articles