Hanging Meat

[ribka]

Go to Nile Meats in Naches. Great job, product and fast service. Used them for many deer , lope and elk

[toothfangclaw]

Not a bad idea is to get it ready as said. Then let it cool over night then during the day wrap it in a old sleeping bag and out of sun. Then take off at night again. Also pack a meat thermometer to monitor that it is staying cold.

[sneekee_dean]

Yeah as long as you keep it opened up so it can cool throughly and out of direct sun a couple days should be fine.  Keeping the bees and flies off is a must too.

[jeepasaurusrex]

We use old bed sheets. They are thin to allow heat to escape, but keep the flies and bees off of the meat. Kind of funny seeing a deer hanging covered in Dora the Explorer. 

[Lightning_Rider]

I get the hide off ASAP. We wrap it in old bed sheets or cheese cloth to hang and cool out. NEVER wrap it in plastic. It will retain the heat. We've hung one for almost a week in low 50s temps (colder at night) and never had any issues.

 

[lablover]

JH - Owen's Meat does great work. I have taken my elk and my bear there this year, and have gotten it all back, and I got it back in a quick time frame. Several of my closest friends and hunting partners take their game animals there as well and have NEVER had a problem. Not quite sure how much meat huntergreg turned in to spend that kind of money, but who knows. I would highly suggest Owen's Meat to anyone in the area.

[butcher98951]

Another thing that gets over looked is Humididty, if that meat is staying moist and not drying out on the outside , it wont last very long. Cooling down is great but if it warms up during the day into the 50's thats where problems will start.

I would have to say this is the best advise onthis post,,Humididty  speeds up the bacterial growth by 50 folds... take it from a butcher the best thing is to keep it clean and cold just get the meet off the bone and on ice as soon as possiable if dont know how just quarter up and put in ice box