Thread: Refrigeration for your hard earned venison

That is the point of hanging the carcass - draining out although it's perfectly fine to break the animal down and hang each piece. If you have no option but flat chilling on a shelf or plate, you need to invert a tray inside a slightly larger one and place the meat onto the inverted tray. This is similar to the two buckets idea - I personally don't store meat in plastic unless it's something I know what the grade of plastic is and I am confident it won't taint the meat as I've had a few bad plastic taste taint experiences. If I'm freezing it I'll use specific freezing bags...