Thread: Be Honest - How do people carry out meat and large weight

Originally Posted by SPEARONZ

No gutting required but each to their own. This was boned out withouteven removing the legs from the carcass.

18kg of trimmed venison with about 1kg of scraps for dog food. A bit of care on the hill makes it much easier back home.

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Nicely butchered and packaged! Just need some labels so in 8 months time you’re not wondering what this is when you fish it out of the freezer! I add dates to them as well.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Hell that’s a nice pig what was the weight…..at the time fecken heavy enough would have been the thoughts coming from the grey matter I’m guessing!
Yep them red bands offf a lot to answer for!

Red bands and bullers are feet wreckers.

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Hell that’s a nice pig what was the weight…..at the time fecken heavy enough would have been the thoughts coming from the grey matter I’m guessing!
Yep them red bands offf a lot to answer for!

From memory he was around 90Kg- 180-190lb

Originally Posted by Lauries Hut

I hardly gut an animal anymore. No need unless you really want the eye fillets.

It’s been posted here before somewhere, my preference is to remove both back legs, leaving the skin intact between them across the rump.
So many upsides:
- very little meat exposed to flys leaves & dirt
- it’s lighter to carry as you’re not carrying the pelvic bone
- it’s quite comfortable sitting on your shoulders, just soft meat, no bones
- clean to carry you don’t have blood running down your neck like you tend to carrying hindquarters intact
- cools faster than a whole hindquarter

That sounds like a good system. I assume you leave the bones in the legs ?


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Originally Posted by Gamehunter

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I remember that swannie.

I have one of those hunters element packable daypacks - bright orange thing - or a drybag. My procedure is get the legs/boned out meat in pillow cases and into my pack first and low so its easier to carry, cram the heavy ish stuff (stove etc) in and around it and then anything really light/bulky that doesnt fit goes into the spare bag and is tied to the outside or lid of the pack.

Attached is my old Kifaru pack, bombproof and comfy but heavy and even heavier when wet. That trip ended in two boned out deer and a 50kg load of pack and rifle - I weigh 60kg on the hoof, so carrying 83% of my bodyweight was not easy or pleasant. ( Not in a hurry to be shooting two deer on my own again ) everyone should carry their own bodyweight or close to it at least once, doing it teaches you what is possible.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

If you take out a whole carcass what do you do with it ? You really need an offal hole or to be taking it to a butcher.

Into the deep freezer and then into the wheelie bin frozen the night before rubbish day. Might take more than one week to get rid of all the parts. I do the same with fish frames.

I find the best way to look at is don't carry ANYTHING you aren't going to eat. Skin, bone etc all stays where it dropped.
There are quite a few animals around now so don't over do it and you can go back another day.