Aging venison
05-04-2019, 02:33 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: south eastern PA
Posts: 14,768
You can buy game bags, they come in sets of four with different sizes for different animals. I used them to bring my elk home after it was skinned and quartered till I got it to the butcher shop. Then it was aged in a walk in without the game bags as it should be. When aging meat it should have air circulating around it so the liquid can drain out away from the meat,, not in a plastic or cloth bag.
05-13-2019, 09:04 AM
#7
Super Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Indiana
Posts: 7,181
You can buy game bags, they come in sets of four with different sizes for different animals. I used them to bring my elk home after it was skinned and quartered till I got it to the butcher shop. Then it was aged in a walk in without the game bags as it should be. When aging meat it should have air circulating around it so the liquid can drain out away from the meat,, not in a plastic or cloth bag.
11-17-2019, 01:57 PM
#8
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maine
Posts: 12,462
I have to agree with oltmr on this one. If the weather is decent we will let a deer hang for 5 to 6 days before cutting it up. I have also picked up a couple of road kills in the past when coming home from working all night in the summer. I would quarter them up and lay them on some racks in an old fridge that we keep water, sodas and the like in for our grandchildren. Just let them lay on it for 3 to 4 days. As long as cool air can get at it and cool the heat out of the meat is the main thing..
