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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before kninning?
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2015, 11:04:34 PM »
I would highly suggest watching this video. Take your time and do it right. Don't forget the tenderloins inside the abdominal cavity, they are the best cut of meat on the whole animal. Keep the meat dry, clean and cool and you'll have good meat. Allowing the hide to stay on for any length of time will trap the heat in and meat will spoil very quickly. Make sure you have a sharp knife and sharpener as well.

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2015, 01:21:54 AM »
If it is 10 degrees or less you are heading home with a whitetail you will be fine with hide on. That is what it used to be :)

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2015, 01:50:58 AM »
Early seasons the hide usually comes off before it's loaded into the truck.  Late season the hide usually stays until I get to whatever home base is closest (camp/house).  Unless I'm in the back country or the deer has fleas it makes it to the truck with the hide on - clean and mountain rice free!  From there it depends on weather as to when the hide comes off.  It never makes it more than four hours regardless of temperature with the hide on if I can help it.  1oz of wasted meat is too much for my liking!

Late season elk I've put in the truck whole when it's close to camp or home. Carry about a mile of mule tape and tree gaffs most of the time. But it has to be dang cold!  Otherwise elk get skinned where they fall.
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2015, 03:33:55 AM »
A old guy we know boils bones then freezes broth in ice cube trays for use thru the fall and into spring.sais it's good for arthritis.taste the same as the smell when you are sawing thru the bone.terrible,none of us had a cold or the flu that year tho

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #19 on: July 21, 2015, 04:48:25 AM »
Get the hide off of the meat as soon as possible and your taste buds will thank you for it! As others have said it cools the meat quicker.  :tup:
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #20 on: July 21, 2015, 04:59:15 AM »
Shoot it, gut it, skin it,  hang it....

Works everytime for me. 
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #21 on: July 21, 2015, 05:33:23 AM »
Get the skin off to let it cool. If its still to warm outside after that take it to a cooler place.
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2015, 05:48:27 AM »
I will gut, skin it right away, within a hour our animal is boned out and on ice, get it cooled  as fast a possible (get the skin off ASAP) we bring a couple of large coolers full of ice, tilt it to have the drain at the bottom, pull the plug and let any liquid water drain out the petcock. Cool it like this for 3 to 5 days and then we cut and wrap it, since we started doing this we've never had a bad tasting animal.  :twocents:

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before kninning?
« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2015, 06:13:34 AM »
It's all temperature related.

Most of the time the hide should come off right away.

If it's cold enough, and I wanted or needed to hang the deer for a while, I might very well leave the hide on. I have done this on occasion, and it really cuts down on drying and needing to trim dried meat edges.

 :yeah:  I've hung deer for a week with hide on in cold temps where I wanted the meat to age while keeping it from freezing.  We always skin elk immediately because they have a reputation for spoiling quicker than other big game.  Yes, it is easier to skin while warm but deer aren't hard to skin when cold unless they are frozen.  Weather, temp, closeness to home, transport and processing options are all factors in deciding whether to skin immediately.  Leaving the hide on can help keep meat clean.  We have stuffed the inside body cavity full of snow, wiped it out to clean out the inside, then filled it again.  If transporting, it will leak badly if the snow is left in, no problem in the back of a pick-up but maybe a problem inside a vehicle. 

In warm temps, skin immediately, and I cut off or wing out the front shoulders to speed cooling in the thick base of neck shoulder region that stays warm the longest. 

My problem for the past few years hunting a late season is having the deer carcass freeze like concrete overnight, hide on or off.  We are boning out immediately in severe cold simply for ease of handling.  Boning out or skinning etc. a frozen carcass is the pits. 

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2015, 06:27:33 AM »
To keep the meat from freezing on a late hunt and having a problem with cold shortening, bury it in snow. It will insulate it.

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #25 on: July 21, 2015, 06:44:27 AM »
yep, HIDE OFF!! hang if temps under 40F as long as you can.. longer the better.. when you can smell under the front arm pits that its starting to stink , you are close or there... the longer you can age the better... google dry aging of beef.. but don't leave that hide on...

if you are at camp will have to watch for temp swings, too hot is no good! those game bags work great to keep bugs off and cover with tarp under shade of a tree...
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #26 on: July 21, 2015, 07:12:29 AM »
If this weather keeps up. Skin it before you shoot it. :chuckle:
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #27 on: July 21, 2015, 07:25:28 AM »
Hang only once gutted and skinned.
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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #28 on: July 21, 2015, 07:55:41 AM »
Kill it, gut it right away, then skin as soon as possible. Only thing I would add is you have some concerns about getting it done just post up on here and get a few numbers of members that are in your area. I'd bet that if you get a critter down you can pretty easily get a few extra pair of hands to help where needed and ensure that you end up with the best quality of game meat that can be had.

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Re: do you let the deer hang out after gutting and before skinning?
« Reply #29 on: July 21, 2015, 07:59:56 AM »
I've done it both ways, never noting any difference.  The last couple of years it's been race to get the skin off and de-boned before freezing.  Nothing like trying to skin and butcher an icicle!   :bash:
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