RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
 

I either habng it if cool enough or just quarter it up ans put it on ice or theextra fridge and let it set-up for a few days then cut it up and vac seal it. meat seems to be much more tender etc. the key seems to be cooling it down right away.

RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
 

When it's warm, and there is no locker to pay to hang it in, I do. I bone it out immediately, make up some big absorb pads with paper towels and wax paper with some slits in it to get the blood away from the meat. I have some big trays that I put it on and put it in the fridge, wrappedover thetop with saran wrap to keep fridge smell off,for 3 or 4 days to age before vacum packing and freezing. You really have no choice unless you have a place to hang it. If you hang it in a cooler I leave the hide on. If it's cold enough and I have a shady building that holds the cool night air during the day I just hang them for 4 - 7 days.

RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
 

I like to hang them for a day or two or quarter em up and put em in the fridg
for a night then cut the next day.

RE: Do you cut up your deer the same day as harvesting it?
 

X2 :)