nchunter12
Button Buck
In this heat (80 - 90 degrees), how long does it take before the meat will spoil? So far, been fortunate to find my deer within a reasonable amount of time, but the day may come when I may not be as fortunate.
Those little "excrement like entities". Are coyotes legal/encouraged to kill like hogs?
Yotes beat me to my doe on butner gamelands. The meat was fine that didn’t come in contact with guts...
I was pissed, I really wished I had a .22 Bc I had one watching me about 50 yards through the woods as I cleaned her. I tag them and clean them in the woods and carry the meat to my cooler.
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Yotes beat me to my doe on butner gamelands. The meat was fine that didn’t come in contact with guts...
I was pissed, I really wished I had a .22 Bc I had one watching me about 50 yards through the woods as I cleaned her. I tag them and clean them in the woods and carry the meat to my cooler.
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Interestingly enough, all the “hunters” I know been giving me hard time about killing deer Sat when it was so hot... saying “I bet you had to skin it really fast before meat spoiled
Truth is: meat has to lose all its body heat then warm back up before it starts to spoil. I’ve seen it take 3hrs before they lose body heat,
What about backcountry elk hunts etc? Everyone says well it’s cold then... NO not always during early season AND even then it may 2 days to get all the meat out
As we speak, I’m processing my deer that have been on ice since Sat. The meat is perfectly fine.
On the topic of finding the downed animal and getting it out in a reasonable amount of time, any of you just sling it over a shoulder after field dressing and pack it out, or is this just stuff you read about in books or see on movies. I'm guessing a cart would be the way to go.
When I was younger I could sling a deer over my shoulder and walk out, wouldn’t try it now. Depends on how big the deer is and how strong you are. 150 lbs of dead weight is harder to move than 150 lbs of ridged weight. If I were you I’d get a cart or some type of drag/ sled.getting it out in a reasonable amount of time, any of you just sling it over a shoulder after field dressing and pack it out, or is this just stuff you read about in books or see on movies. I'm guessing a cart would be the way to go.