So guys some of you must have some pretty smart ideas for meat safes? Spill ya guts.
I'm going bush end of the week and need to buy or make something up.
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So guys some of you must have some pretty smart ideas for meat safes? Spill ya guts.
I'm going bush end of the week and need to buy or make something up.
I either use mutton cloth or a old cotton sheet sown up.
Can you just wrap it in that hung up for a few days?
Ridgeline sell meat bags that are fly proof . or you can buy a synthetic duvet cover from Briscoes for about $20 when they have a sale + 2 bonus meat carrying pillow cases , use wire or suppeljack or sticks to keep the cloth off the meat and if you can hang it with the bottom of the bag in water it wicks it up and evaporates and acts as a natural cooler , always hang in a cool breezy spot as well . but keep the cloth off the meat
I prefer to bone the animal out, pack in plastic bags, expel as much air as possible and bury in the bottom of the creek. Put rocks on top to stop any wandering dog from getting it...two weeks later it will be still as good as when you put it in the creek, but aged and tasty...do the same with the skin if it is a keeper.
Bone out and put it in a fridge in the shed
Good advice above.
I will just add it is important to cool the meat as quickly as possible. Ie if carrying whole open it up hang it for half an hour get some breeze threw it.
If boneing out on the spot don't bung it straight in plastic bags and in your pack to sweat. Spread it out/hang if you can until cool to touch then pack up and head for camp.
It makes all the difference to how long it can hang without going green.
If hanging a whole animal open up the hip sockets and peel open the shoulders so just hanging by a bit of skin.
The rot starts at the bone and works its way out or at any trapped blood from shot damage so if its warm and wet bone it out and hang in a dry spot with good air movement.
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Thanks all. Some good help and advice.
I use an Old concrete water tank, bit hard to transport, but then I'm normally home after an hour or so of tipping it over. I get the skin off as soon as I can and open it up to get it cooled asap.
I use those meat bags off trade me .$30 aprox They light as and fit hole deer in them not sure if they ridge line ones or not . If at home electric fence tape around it so dogs don't eat caucus
I have a Stoney Creek meat safe. Need a fair bit of open area to properly string it out.
Got caught out once. We shot a pig and had nothing to hang it in for the night so ended up using my sleeping bag liner. Just as well as we did as the bottom of it was covered in maggots the next day
Bone it out and hang in pillow cases. Twist the top and fold down than tie a cord around to keep keep the flies out.
Summer, I use a dry bag and submerge it in a creek.
Do you not need to worry about keeping the meat from touching the cloth this time of year?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
I have a Ridgeline Bag - have had three gutted deer in it hanging in the shed.
Nah. Double bag it if you are worried. They don't seem to blow though pillow cases anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by johnino
Moskito net from briscoes $15
Good thread this :thumbsup:
Just thinking. Pillow cases come in different thread counts. It pays to get the higher thread count. I buy 250. Under that looks a bit course to me and might let eggs through. Still only cost about $7 each.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tahr
I use these game bags (4 in a bag) that you get from most hunting stores. You can wash them and re-use them time after time. I had half a deer in one bag last weekend and hanged it from a tree to cool. I was worried it would tear, but nope it held together fine. You can fit a whole fallow in one apparently. I do like the idea of dropping them in the river to cool in the summer time and will be adopting this approach in the future.
This is the whole deer cut up and ready to go. I hanged it for an hour, put it my pack and hiked for 2 hours, had another break and hanged it again. Home into the fridge for 5 days to age. The result as of yesterday is fine tender eating meat.
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Bacteria love moisture so keep the meat dry and aired , trim off fecal and gut contamination , don't wash it , eels live in creeks so be careful , when cloth touches the meat it stops it cooling so well ,same with plastic bags, it acts a skin so let it breathe by keeping an air gap.
Bunnings sell bags of mutton cloth for about $10-15 in the painting section, they are like tubes and sealed at one end - easily big enough to get a hind leg in. Weigh nothing and pack down small so I always have a few in my day pack or bum bag
Mutton cloth isn't fly proof. Meat can quite easily get blown through it. Thats why I prefer pillow cases. They can get covered with eggs and there's no penetration.
I bought a couple of extras yesterday and they were $6 each. Get lighter colours because they are cooler and you will wash them more thoroughly to get the blood and dirt out that will be more visible.
Getting some 250 thread pillows today in preparation for summer.
Question though. Is washing the meat in freshwater after cooling or at home a problem? Wanting to remove any hair, dirt that may have been introduced.
Risky
I use a chux cloth with vinegar to remove hair, seems to work well
Cheers
Dino
