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Title: Shot a deer
Post by: whackmaster on September 04, 2017, 07:43:31 PM
Shot a deer opening morning how many day's
can it hang at 85 degs getting down to 61 @ nite
 :dunno: full deer hide off.
Seen some hanging for a while is why I ask.
yes I know it's only Monday  :chuckle:
thanks
Larry
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: Pegasus on September 04, 2017, 07:54:49 PM
Zero days in this heat! Get the deer into a cooler or process it ASAP. I hope your post was a joke.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: blacktailcody on September 04, 2017, 07:55:42 PM
😂😂😂
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: Duckslayer89 on September 04, 2017, 08:38:10 PM
😂😂😂

 :yeah:
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: jb101 on September 04, 2017, 08:43:03 PM
Your nose should be sending you a message, right about......now.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: ghosthunter on September 04, 2017, 08:59:29 PM
Any thing over 40 degrees is growing bacteria.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: whackmaster on September 04, 2017, 09:05:47 PM
Sadly this is what I saw this weekend  :sry:
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: predatorG on September 06, 2017, 06:28:57 AM
Any thing over 40 degrees is growing bacteria.

My dads hunt them in the basement which is probably north of 50 degrees for at least a day or two. We're over on the wetside so it maybe gets into the 40's at night on a slightly more chilly year. Any update on the deer ? Hopefully you've cut her up already. As long as you started cutting when you made this post it should be fine.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: GodLovesUgly on September 07, 2017, 03:35:43 PM
Early archery deer in this heat:  Kill, gut, skin, home, process.


Either that or to the butcher if you must hang.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: hollymaster on September 07, 2017, 03:52:31 PM
Early archery deer in this heat:  Kill, gut, skin, home, process.


Either that or to the butcher if you must hang.
I never hang. Gutless method, to fridge, to cutting table to the freezer.  1-2 days till all processed.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: bigmacc on September 07, 2017, 07:42:53 PM
We have killed and hung deer for years, in 50 to 70 degree weather for up to a week(day time temps), nighttime would get cold enough to put a glaze on it.  Get the guts out ASAP, Get it hung in the shade ASAP, Get the hide off ASAP, get it clean, wiped off, bagged, peppered, nose and ears duct taped, don't let the sun hit it and you will be good to go. We have never lost a deer. Now at 80 degrees or higher, that has never been attempted by our camp.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: Pegasus on September 08, 2017, 08:33:28 AM
We have killed and hung deer for years, in 50 to 70 degree weather for up to a week(day time temps), nighttime would get cold enough to put a glaze on it.  Get the guts out ASAP, Get it hung in the shade ASAP, Get the hide off ASAP, get it clean, wiped off, bagged, peppered, nose and ears duct taped, don't let the sun hit it and you will be good to go. We have never lost a deer. Now at 80 degrees or higher, that has never been attempted by our camp.

The plus side of using this method is that the meat is already tenderized and cooked. Just cut off a chunk and start chewing. No preparation needed. Cures constipation, too. Using this method allows for bad bacteria to thrive between the temperatures of 40 and 140 degrees, inviting all sorts of bad things, from rotting meat to food poisoning. Be smart and get those carcasses chilled below 40 degrees ASAP.
Title: Re: Shot a deer
Post by: PolarBear on September 08, 2017, 08:53:19 AM
 :yeah:
This is why so many people don't like the taste of wild game.  If I don't have somewhere where I can get it skinned out and hung up in 40 degrees or less quickly, I don't hunt until I can.  This is also the main reason that I usually don't start hunting until late season.
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