RE: Hanging deer head up or down?
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Head up - to Drain, clean, hose out, or store (weather permiting) for any length of time.
Head down - to skin and process.
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The deer should not be hosed out inside, if you are leaving it hang a few days,....... inless, you gut shot it!
If it is left with the natural emzimes, which you wash away if you hose it out, it will form a glossy dry "skin", that will keep the meat from drying out, and also is un-appealing to flys, if it is warm enough for them.
Hang them head down so the body fluids drain out better! If you hang them head up, those fluids all drain into the hind quarters, where your best meat is.