I'm going out this afternoon for a red tag (crop damage) hunt and the weather is supposed to top out at 90ish today. won't take long for meat to spoil...and i'm thinking about doing the following based on some input from a buddy who lives/hunts in texas
immediately after confirming animal is down for good, disembowel, attach hocks to gambrel or put rope thru hocks and tie the gambrel or rope off to a fencepost/tree/etc and skin the deer using the truck (tie rock or golf ball under skin at rump and drive away, pulls deer right out of skin) with the deer laying on a clean tarp.
Cut out straps and loins, into gallon size baggies and into cooler with ice. quarter rest of animal (probably just the rear hams since i plan on ANCHORING the deer with slug to shoulder - pretty much losing at least one shoulder) and place quarters on ice to get them home. stop at mini mart on way home for more ice, draining the bloody water in the parking lot of mini mart...much to the dismay of the patrons (j/k)
did i miss anything?
immediately after confirming animal is down for good, disembowel, attach hocks to gambrel or put rope thru hocks and tie the gambrel or rope off to a fencepost/tree/etc and skin the deer using the truck (tie rock or golf ball under skin at rump and drive away, pulls deer right out of skin) with the deer laying on a clean tarp.
Cut out straps and loins, into gallon size baggies and into cooler with ice. quarter rest of animal (probably just the rear hams since i plan on ANCHORING the deer with slug to shoulder - pretty much losing at least one shoulder) and place quarters on ice to get them home. stop at mini mart on way home for more ice, draining the bloody water in the parking lot of mini mart...much to the dismay of the patrons (j/k)
did i miss anything?