hanging deer
09-02-2008, 04:18 PM
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RE: hanging deer
why would you everNOT gut a deer in the woods imidiatley after recovery? they areway easier to gut when they are on their backs not hung by the head. all i can pictureis SPLAT! then you gotta take care of that mess too. no thanks. and siman is right about skining, its easier when they are hung by their hind legs fo sho. i just dont like the looks of it and i doubt i ever will
09-02-2008, 06:59 PM
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RE: hanging deer
You might have seen it in my other thread "tricks/funny stories". Where I am in Michigan its about 50/50 by hanging them by the head or two hind legs. Usually we hang them my the head to let them drip out, then when we go to butcher them flip them over so they are upside down
09-03-2008, 06:21 AM
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RE: hanging deer
the woods where i hunt is on my uncles tree farm. we have a couple trails running thru there that we can drive the gator through. after one of us gets a deer, we radio in to the cabin and tell either my aunts, or cousins to get the gator and meet us where we tell them to. we load the deer in the gator and drive it up to the hanging station. not sure why we never gutted in the field...just the way they did things before i started hunting. so sky thats a reason ppl, dont always gut it in the field.
as for hanging it by the head, i would rather they hang it by the rack than around the neck. i have seen that a couple times...just hate it. we always hang ours by the legs. we would never have any reason to hang one by the head, but im sure some ppl, where raised by going around the head, so thats what they do. to each his own....no matter our opinions.
as for hanging it by the head, i would rather they hang it by the rack than around the neck. i have seen that a couple times...just hate it. we always hang ours by the legs. we would never have any reason to hang one by the head, but im sure some ppl, where raised by going around the head, so thats what they do. to each his own....no matter our opinions.
09-03-2008, 10:16 AM
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RE: hanging deer
If you are going to have the deer mounted ya dont hang it by the head it will damage the cape before you get it to the taxidermist but if not hang them by the head if you hang them by the legs tare and strach the meat
09-03-2008, 10:50 AM
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RE: hanging deer
we always hang our dder by the head and skin it from the neck down. we find if there is any extra fluids in the body cavity still, that they drain out a lot easier
i dont think the deer really cares how you hang it, we all have to remember now, its dead by the time its hanging, head down or head up. lol
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i noticed in another thread that someone had hung their deer by the head. how many other ppl practice this??? i dont and you never see it in new england. i think its degrading to hang a deer this way. imo. whats everyone elses thoughts. and i dont want the song and dance that
"if your gonna mount it" cuz my brother is a taxidermist and thats a false statement
i noticed in another thread that someone had hung their deer by the head. how many other ppl practice this??? i dont and you never see it in new england. i think its degrading to hang a deer this way. imo. whats everyone elses thoughts. and i dont want the song and dance that
"if your gonna mount it" cuz my brother is a taxidermist and thats a false statement
-CC
09-03-2008, 03:19 PM
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RE: hanging deer
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why would you everNOT gut a deer in the woods imidiatley after recovery? they areway easier to gut when they are on their backs not hung by the head. all i can pictureis SPLAT! then you gotta take care of that mess too. no thanks. and siman is right about skining, its easier when they are hung by their hind legs fo sho. i just dont like the looks of it and i doubt i ever will
why would you everNOT gut a deer in the woods imidiatley after recovery? they areway easier to gut when they are on their backs not hung by the head. all i can pictureis SPLAT! then you gotta take care of that mess too. no thanks. and siman is right about skining, its easier when they are hung by their hind legs fo sho. i just dont like the looks of it and i doubt i ever will
I had shot it about ten minutes before legal shooting light ended. it ran and fell about thirty yards from the truck, so we loaded it up, took it back to the barn and dressed and skinned it there. In a case like that it was just much easier to gut it in the barn not in the woods.
09-03-2008, 06:37 PM
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RE: hanging deer
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we always hang our dder by the head and skin it from the neck down. we find if there is any extra fluids in the body cavity still, that they drain out a lot easier
i dont think the deer really cares how you hang it, we all have to remember now, its dead by the time its hanging, head down or head up. lol
-CC
we always hang our dder by the head and skin it from the neck down. we find if there is any extra fluids in the body cavity still, that they drain out a lot easier
ORIGINAL: skybuster20ga
i noticed in another thread that someone had hung their deer by the head. how many other ppl practice this??? i dont and you never see it in new england. i think its degrading to hang a deer this way. imo. whats everyone elses thoughts. and i dont want the song and dance that
"if your gonna mount it" cuz my brother is a taxidermist and thats a false statement
i noticed in another thread that someone had hung their deer by the head. how many other ppl practice this??? i dont and you never see it in new england. i think its degrading to hang a deer this way. imo. whats everyone elses thoughts. and i dont want the song and dance that
"if your gonna mount it" cuz my brother is a taxidermist and thats a false statement
-CC
besides, i shoulda known you would hang it by the head being up there in canada lol
09-03-2008, 06:38 PM
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RE: hanging deer
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If you are going to have the deer mounted ya dont hang it by the head it will damage the cape before you get it to the taxidermist but if not hang them by the head if you hang them by the legs tare and strach the meat
If you are going to have the deer mounted ya dont hang it by the head it will damage the cape before you get it to the taxidermist but if not hang them by the head if you hang them by the legs tare and strach the meat
09-03-2008, 07:14 PM
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RE: hanging deer
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the woods where i hunt is on my uncles tree farm. we have a couple trails running thru there that we can drive the gator through. after one of us gets a deer, we radio in to the cabin and tell either my aunts, or cousins to get the gator and meet us where we tell them to. we load the deer in the gator and drive it up to the hanging station. not sure why we never gutted in the field...just the way they did things before i started hunting. so sky thats a reason ppl, dont always gut it in the field.
as for hanging it by the head, i would rather they hang it by the rack than around the neck. i have seen that a couple times...just hate it. we always hang ours by the legs. we would never have any reason to hang one by the head, but im sure some ppl, where raised by going around the head, so thats what they do. to each his own....no matter our opinions.
the woods where i hunt is on my uncles tree farm. we have a couple trails running thru there that we can drive the gator through. after one of us gets a deer, we radio in to the cabin and tell either my aunts, or cousins to get the gator and meet us where we tell them to. we load the deer in the gator and drive it up to the hanging station. not sure why we never gutted in the field...just the way they did things before i started hunting. so sky thats a reason ppl, dont always gut it in the field.
as for hanging it by the head, i would rather they hang it by the rack than around the neck. i have seen that a couple times...just hate it. we always hang ours by the legs. we would never have any reason to hang one by the head, but im sure some ppl, where raised by going around the head, so thats what they do. to each his own....no matter our opinions.