Thread: Amazing Deer Skinning Video

Yea, well, I just shared it because I thought it was pretty cool.

The temperatures are a problem down here. I clean and quarter my deer and keep them on ice (well drained) for a few days before turning them into burger (mostly) or whatever. My family loves deerburger to the point that my grown daughter doesn't care so much for beef.

My best time for skinning and gutting a deer is 22 minutes---a doe. I put the remains out at the bird feeder---the buzzards have learned well enough that they start circling when they see my red jeep headed for the site. They pretty well clean it up in one day.

Originally Posted by divedeep

Yea, well, I just shared it because I thought it was pretty cool.

Thanks!!! I always like seeing new ways to do things, whether I do it that way or not, knowledge is free
I usually have to take breaks when processing the meat due to it being so cold, and needing to warm my hands up....I have cut myself and didn't realize it.... due to being so cold and numb(fingers) but I have trouble with sharp objects and my fingers anyway

All this talk of deer....and with cold weather coming over the next so many days up here(30's) for great hanging, and rut starting good....I am headed for the woods with a kitchen pass from my youngest daughter to continue taking care of the grand kids and school duties (transporting)

I agree Bill. I field dress them as soon as I get to them and do all the work myself. I had this field dressing discussion on the pff site a few years ago. Seems like hardly anybody down there field dresses them. Seemed strange to me, especially down there where the weather is warmer. I believe in getting them cooled down asap and you can't do that leaving the guts in them. Some people worry about the gut pile in their hunting area but it's never been a problem for me. The coyotes and all the other critters make short work of them and I've even seen deer sniffing around on them.

Originally Posted by jigslinger

I agree Bill. I field dress them as soon as I get to them and do all the work myself. I had this field dressing discussion on the pff site a few years ago. Seems like hardly anybody down there field dresses them. Seemed strange to me, especially down there where the weather is warmer. I believe in getting them cooled down asap and you can't do that leaving the guts in them. Some people worry about the gut pile in their hunting area but it's never been a problem for me. The coyotes and all the other critters make short work of them and I've even seen deer sniffing around on them.

I had that happen, bow kill in one stand, so decided to load it on the atv trailer and take it to the back of the property to gut..... so I didn't have unwanted critters the next day at the gut pile and stand, put a camera on it(gut pile) and wouldn't you know it nothing but deer on the camera....I think it was the bucks girlfriend ....did have a picture the first night of a gray fox passing by, but the rest were deer and it wasn't on a deer trail either....so now they get gutted where they fall and quick....I prefer killing right before dark so it gets a good cool down overnight....once the carcass gets cold it helps during the day and in the mid to upper 40's for the temp's.... kep in the shade

I keep 3 gallon jugs in the freezer if it is warmer to put in the carcass and tie it shut to help cool the carcass down....has worked good this way and see no reason to change...if I were down there I would build a temporary insulated cooler for the hanging....use to have an old refrigerator and could stuff a whole deer in it for the week to age the meat....

one thing never process for at least 1-1/2 days till the rigamortise starts to leave the carcass or the meat will be very tough....read that somewhere and makes sense to me....very stiff for that time and then all that seems to leave the carcass after a few days

I never field dress before transporting,,but I hunt on my own lil 80 acre place,unless its a difficult recovery,they are on ice in an hour,,skinned and hung if its cool enuff,,rode around in ice 2r 3 days,,then I do my own processing,,Like some of yall,,don't try their sanitation of equipment,and know how our venison was treated,,chuckster

We load em up and carry to the skinning shed...drop the guts in a washtub and head to the gut pile...coyotes clean that up before morning...I carry all my meat to the processor during April...that way he has no deer except mine...

I no longer get around enough to hunt but always in the past processed my own. When temperature permitted I like to hang them for a couple of days before I cut them up.
I also saved the lungs, heart, and liver which make a great stew.

Originally Posted by ironman172

looks like a poacher to me....I have never left the woods with guts still in the carcass....and I bet that room really stinks even after hosing it out
I do process the carcass(meat) in the garage though

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Our property does not allow gutting anywhere except the skinning and processing shed, so even if we wanted to (and there have been times when 40 less pounds would have been very acceptable), we could not gut in the woods.

Originally Posted by wmfowler

Our property does not allow gutting anywhere except the skinning and processing shed, so even if we wanted to (and there have been times when 40 less pounds would have been very acceptable), we could not gut in the woods.

I am glad I own and don't lease, where someone might tell me what I can and cannot do there...but i have a small amount of land....but can do anything i want there