Shot a deer on Friday last @ 11:00AM, the temperature was around 9 degrees C. Found him later in the afternoon and had him gutted by 7 PM that sameevening.
Hung him in the garage overnight, temperatures dropped to 4 C overnight and left him all day/night Saturday in 6C/4C temperature thru toSunday AM.
On Sunday AM, I started caping him and to my surprise the hair came out in handfuls--the meat was perfect, but the hide--well that didn't look very good.
Any ideas"what" could have caused this? I'm quite baffled as I have not experienced this on a hide in such cool temperatures in so short a time.
Yes, in the past when the temperatures were not so cool, but for a hide to go bad in so short a time in so cool temperature, really has me concerned.
Would really appreciate some reasons for this to happen.