Well, once again let me say thank you to everyone who has made these fantastic suggestions.

I'm hoping for some big differences on my deer. My dad's we butchered the next day. Mine we let hang for about a week and just butchered him this weekend and there seemed to be some pretty big differences.The meat felt much more tender in it's raw state that my dads did and there seemed to be a lot more moisture in the meat.

So hopefully with the hanging of the meat and all of your suggestions, we will really enjoy our meat a lot more.

Thanks again.