Ok, lets say get one, now what?
09-13-2002 | 08:47 AM
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From: Feeding Hills MA USA
Ok, lets say get one, now what?
Opening day in CT is this Monday.
Let's say I get lucky and get a Deer in the opening part of the season. Here is what I'm going to do after I get it but I still have some questions.
1) Shoot
2) wait
3) Track
4) Recover
5) Pictures
6) Field Dress
7) Drag home being careful not to get dirt in the deer
8) Now What?
I have a local butcher that I will take the deer to but most of my hunting will be done in the evening so he will surely be closed until the next morning. Right now it is 70-85 degrees out and was even in the 90's last week. Do I put it in the cellar? Will it start to rot?
So let's say I get it to the butcher and tell him I want the loins whole and the backstraps whole? Do I tell him I want sausage and ground meat too?
Lets say its a buck and I want to mount the head, do I field dress any different?
Thanks guys, I don't want to be a pain but I don't want to kill a deer and then spoil the meat beacause I didn't know what to do ahead of time.
Let's say I get lucky and get a Deer in the opening part of the season. Here is what I'm going to do after I get it but I still have some questions.
1) Shoot
2) wait
3) Track
4) Recover
5) Pictures
6) Field Dress
7) Drag home being careful not to get dirt in the deer
8) Now What?
I have a local butcher that I will take the deer to but most of my hunting will be done in the evening so he will surely be closed until the next morning. Right now it is 70-85 degrees out and was even in the 90's last week. Do I put it in the cellar? Will it start to rot?
So let's say I get it to the butcher and tell him I want the loins whole and the backstraps whole? Do I tell him I want sausage and ground meat too?
Lets say its a buck and I want to mount the head, do I field dress any different?
Thanks guys, I don't want to be a pain but I don't want to kill a deer and then spoil the meat beacause I didn't know what to do ahead of time.
09-13-2002 | 09:02 AM
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From: dallas texas USA
RE: Ok, lets say get one, now what?
Good questions!
1. Field dressing. If you down one you want to mount, the only thing I do different is to not cut so far up the neck. You can leave the skin on since it's your first deer and the processer will skin it for you. Usually costs around $9.00.
2. When you get the deer out of the field you need to cool the meat down as fast as you can. Fill the chest cavity with bags of ice and pack bags around the animal. Wrap in a tarp. Check every now and again and add ice as needed.
3. The processing plant will assist you with the types of cuts you want. They have charts that show you how much you can get, price stucture.
Hope that helps. I'd worry more about putting one on the ground at this point!!!!
1. Field dressing. If you down one you want to mount, the only thing I do different is to not cut so far up the neck. You can leave the skin on since it's your first deer and the processer will skin it for you. Usually costs around $9.00.
2. When you get the deer out of the field you need to cool the meat down as fast as you can. Fill the chest cavity with bags of ice and pack bags around the animal. Wrap in a tarp. Check every now and again and add ice as needed.
3. The processing plant will assist you with the types of cuts you want. They have charts that show you how much you can get, price stucture.
Hope that helps. I'd worry more about putting one on the ground at this point!!!!
09-13-2002 | 09:57 AM
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From: eastman georgia USA
RE: Ok, lets say get one, now what?
GEOFF,
IF YOU DO GET ONE DO LIKE WE DO IN GEORGIA. SKIN HIM AND CUT THE SHOULDERS AND HIND LEGS OFF SPLIT THE BACK BONE AND PUT HIM IN A COOLER UNTIL YOU TAKE HIM FOR PROCCESSING.KEEP ICE ON HIM ALWAYS. I'VE KEEP THE MEAT IN A COOLER FOR UP TO A WEEK.TO SKIN HIM FOR A MOUNT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SPLIT HIM DOWN TO THE MID BELLY AND THEN PELL THE HIDE THE REST OF THE WAYOVER HIS FRONT LEGS. IT TAKES MORE TIME AND BE CAREFUL AND DONT CUT THE HIDE. GOOD LUCK!
tracey moore
IF YOU DO GET ONE DO LIKE WE DO IN GEORGIA. SKIN HIM AND CUT THE SHOULDERS AND HIND LEGS OFF SPLIT THE BACK BONE AND PUT HIM IN A COOLER UNTIL YOU TAKE HIM FOR PROCCESSING.KEEP ICE ON HIM ALWAYS. I'VE KEEP THE MEAT IN A COOLER FOR UP TO A WEEK.TO SKIN HIM FOR A MOUNT ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SPLIT HIM DOWN TO THE MID BELLY AND THEN PELL THE HIDE THE REST OF THE WAYOVER HIS FRONT LEGS. IT TAKES MORE TIME AND BE CAREFUL AND DONT CUT THE HIDE. GOOD LUCK!
tracey moore
