My friends Moose spoiled In a day????
10-21-2009, 12:28 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 679
have shot a few moose and have left them in the bush overnight with no problem ..if he opened it up and removed everything he should not have lost any meat ..something tells me he found a dead moose that somebody shot and did not recover ...
10-21-2009, 05:35 PM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,085
Bowfly... In areas where it's not always possible to get a carcass to a processor/cooler promptly, one method of keeping the blowflies off the meat is to sprinkle it liberally with black pepper..
Some hunters refine this process by soaking thier meat bags in a hot pepper brine ( such as cayenne) prior to the hunt..
I have never tried it myself, so I cannot attest to it's effectivness.. I always had good luck by promptly skinning, quartering, bagging, and hanging meat in the shade...
Some hunters refine this process by soaking thier meat bags in a hot pepper brine ( such as cayenne) prior to the hunt..
I have never tried it myself, so I cannot attest to it's effectivness.. I always had good luck by promptly skinning, quartering, bagging, and hanging meat in the shade...
10-21-2009, 09:16 PM
#15
Typical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 612
It can spoil that quickly. As stated above, on an animal that size, get it dressed, quartered, skinned, and hung so the air can circulate. I had a friend kill and elk up the Snake river canyon a few years ago. He did a good job field dressing it. It was cool when he left it with some rain. By morning there were several inches of snow so the air was cool. We hiked up and started boning it out to pack. This is getting unto 12 hours after the animal died. The meat around the hip joints was still fairly hot. The meat on that animal turned out okay, but you want to get meat cooled all the way through or you risk souring.
10-22-2009, 03:04 AM
#16
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,569
I had a freind that shot 1 this year that fell in the water and had to get it with canoes. They even had to dress it out in the water. He shot it a 5:00pm and did not get home with it until 2:30am and the moose was still full of body heat even after that excersion..
But whether he had found one or not I can not say for sure. What I will say though is that he should of taken care of it better if it was a good moose..
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 10-22-2009 at 03:09 AM.
10-22-2009, 03:59 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Kerrville, Tx. USA
Posts: 2,722
They screwed up and lost a freezer full of meat!
If they had used the gutless method, they would not have lost any meat and it doesn't take hardly any more time than gutting it.
Do a search and send them a link to the gutless method.
If they had used the gutless method, they would not have lost any meat and it doesn't take hardly any more time than gutting it.
Do a search and send them a link to the gutless method.
10-28-2009, 01:34 PM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 15
Yep, so true!
Ever see that guy who shot a HUGE bear, loaded it up in his truck for braggin rights at the local Tavern without skinning it? The meat's wasted. Elk, Buffalo, Bear, Hog, Moose - all the same. Clean it! Skin It! Bone it if possible, cool it down & keep it dry!
Ever see that guy who shot a HUGE bear, loaded it up in his truck for braggin rights at the local Tavern without skinning it? The meat's wasted. Elk, Buffalo, Bear, Hog, Moose - all the same. Clean it! Skin It! Bone it if possible, cool it down & keep it dry!