Thread: carrying deer

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

I shoot a couple of properties that require the whole animal be removed but it’s a different kettle of fish then on public land. No matter how clean my gutting is I never seem to get the same quality meat hanging a whole carcass overnight in the bush.

Removing and hanging the legs etc individually let’s the meat cool so much faster which I think is the key to limiting waste later on.

If they are clean gutted ( windpipe and arse tied, guts pulled out from the windpipe down) and hung by the head, not the legs and in a breeze, the meat will be perfect

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

If they are clean gutted ( windpipe and arse tied, guts pulled out from the windpipe down) and hung by the head, not the legs and in a breeze, the meat will be perfect

Why by the head and not the legs ? Have probably seen thousands in feral deer premises over the years all hung by the back legs.

Originally Posted by Puddleduk

Why by the head and not the legs ? Have probably seen thousands in feral deer premises over the years all hung by the back legs.

Simple, hanging by the back legs puts the muscle under extra tension while it sets and makes it tough(er)
Hanging by the neck means the legs are only supporting their own weight and as well the animal drains better and and contamination in the gut cavity is kept away from the chest cavity and can drain out through the pelvic opening.
I remember feral chillers hanging animals by a front leg

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Simple, hanging by the back legs puts the muscle under extra tension while it sets and makes it tough(er)
Hanging by the neck means the legs are only supporting their own weight and as well the animal drains better and and contamination in the gut cavity is kept away from the chest cavity and can drain out through the pelvic opening.
I remember feral chillers hanging animals by a front leg

I dropped a few deer at Wormsleys game chiller in the last week there was a heap in there hung by the top jaw from a professional culler (all from the same shooter).
I generally don't leave the head on but I do hang from the front legs simply because I find it easier to lift the deer that way and get the hook on the rail above my head, put hook through front leg then bear hug the chest and lift as high as I can then whack the hook over the rail at the peak of the lift.

Come to think of it, pretty sure the bulk of the deer in the chiller where hung by the front leg/s

Originally Posted by dannyb

I dropped a few deer at Wormsleys game chiller in the last week there was a heap in there hung by the top jaw from a professional culler (all from the same shooter).
I generally don't leave the head on but I do hang from the front legs simply because I find it easier to lift the deer that way and get the hook on the rail above my head, put hook through front leg then bear hug the chest and lift as high as I can then whack the hook over the rail at the peak of the lift.

Come to think of it, pretty sure the bulk of the deer in the chiller where hung by the front leg/s

Hanging from the brisket is better again

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Hanging from the brisket is better again

No doubt, dunno if I could lift the brisket above my head with the rest of the deer attached to it still, generally I just hang by 1 front leg

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Simple, hanging by the back legs puts the muscle under extra tension while it sets and makes it tough(er)
Hanging by the neck means the legs are only supporting their own weight and as well the animal drains better and and contamination in the gut cavity is kept away from the chest cavity and can drain out through the pelvic opening.
I remember feral chillers hanging animals by a front leg

It's seems to be true that you learn something everyday, will try that technique on the next victim.