Thread: Questionable Deer Meat- Help Requested

Hi All

I'm by no means an expert on how to hang my animals and take care of them. But I cocked up with my first deer last week and learnt the hard way as it was all fu**ed.
Went to a local home kill / commercial butcher who then gave me a lesson on what to do.

Obviously skinning and gutting ASAP. Then if it is a long drive home, putting bags of ice into the body as quickly as possible. When home, hanging it by the back legs, opening the ball joints and brisket. Then replace the ice with fresh bags or big juice bottles with frozen water to keep it cold until it can go to a chiller.
He also said that I shouldn't have wrapped it in muslin cloth as it doesn't allow enough air around the meat even with fans. But instead I should have got a mosquito net and created a Cinderella drape to allow lots of airflow and keep the flies off.
This is what he wants me to do just in the few hours before I get the animal to his cool store, even will open on a weekend for me!

Just my two cents.