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What to do with deer?

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Justin Snyder:

--- Quote from: DanaM on September 12, 2007, 08:54:50 pm ---Boy you hot weather guys have all kinds of trouble ;D Up here come november you have to get it cut up before it freezes.
Right now its in the 40's unusual for this time of year but not unknown.

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We can start bowhunting in August when it is 105*.  Ill bet it sucks hiking around in all that snow gear wondering if your still going to get frost bite.  :'( Or even worse sitting on your backside in a stand trying not to shiver so much you scare the game away.   ;D Justin

Little John:
I agree with Justin, I don't like the meat to be wet or in water. Don't forget dry Ice. A lot of out of staters who come to Colorado bring a chest freezer, you can freeze the meat with electricity or dry ice and it keeps perfectly till you can thaw it out and cut it up, same thing works with a big ice chest.   Kenneth

Pat B:
I have an extra frig in my basement just for meat, Urac, feathers and such. When I clean a deer I take the hams off, the shoulders, the neck and remove the ribs from the backbone and cut the spine into 2 pieces. All of this goes in the frig for 10 days to 2 weeks. This aging gives the slow tenderization and flavor enhancing that aging allows. The meat skins over in the dry frig but this protects from drying it out totally. Just trim this dried meat off and good, tender venison is underneath. ;D
   I brought a back strap back from this past weekends hunt and we had fried medallions for supper last night and it was excellent. You don't have to age game but it helps. ;)
   When I first started hunting I remember being at the Bill John hunting club in the swamps of coastal SC for the opening of the season on August 15. Any deer that were shot were gutted and hung in a screened shed to keep the flies off but no refrigeration. At the end of the day the meat was divided up and none of it was spoiled.      Pat

DanaM:
Justin, the cold makes ya hunt harder so you can get in where its warm.
Plus the all the biting and stinging insects are gone. Snow is also great for still hunting and tracking.
If we get enough snow early the deer start migrating to winter yards, find the migration trail and its possible to see
hundreds of deer in a day ;D

makete:
When I lived in Washington State our season started the first of Sept. It was plenty warm. We would skin the deer or elk then put in game bags and hang in cool place, after it was cooled, we then cover with an old sleeping bag to keep cool. When we got back home we would bone out and put in fridge til we processed. Cut into steaks and stewmeat and roasts. Figured if I want hamburger we could grind up the stew meat. Now living in Michigan dont have to worry much about it. Like Dana said it is now in the 40's during the day. ;) ;) ;)

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