game shed temperature too warm in October??

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I've decided to give the muzzle loading season a try this year, figuring I can maybe get a jump on all the yahoo's that are out in full force starting in November. The one problem I've had every year is the fact I only had one spot to hang a deer in the garage. So, a building that was until recently a shed will now be my go to for hanging deer in the event I have more than one at a time.

What I'm wondering about is the temperatures around here (seems warm for this time of year so far) and how much the temperature change will affect the meat during the day. We're forecast for +7 to +9 for daytime and cooling off to +4 or less at night in a few days which is when I'm gonna start hunting.

Anyone else hang game in a shed?? Run a fan and call it good?? I have ambitions for next year with rigid insulation and an a/c with a coolbot type device, but for now.....Any thoughts, ideas appreciated.:)
 
Don't use a fan unless you want jerky.Dries the critter out like leather.One thing you have to watch is the bullet holes. They tend to go bad quicker.
 
I hang mine in the garage and keep it closed up during the day that seems to help, but have passed up taking an animal if the temps were too warm. There was a couple of years that I took it to an abittoir to hang, and they only charged a few bucks. I love hunting the muzzleloader season because there is not the number yahoos out there, and I like the extra challenge of putting a round ball [that I made] through the boiler room. Been doing it for about 25 years now.
 
Most a/c's wont cool below about 16 degrees, they aren't designed to drive the temperature down that far.

Better off looking for an big ole fridge or freezer
 
aprilfoolsme said:
Most a/c's wont cool below about 16 degrees, they aren't designed to drive the temperature down that far.

Better off looking for an big ole fridge or freezer
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That's what the coolbot device is for, it fools the a/c somehow (apparently) to keep it cycling for cooler temperatures. I'm not bothering with that until next year though.

Maybe some frozen milk jugs hung in the cavity during the day?
 
snowshoe said:
I hang mine in the garage and keep it closed up during the day that seems to help, but have passed up taking an animal if the temps were too warm. There was a couple of years that I took it to an abittoir to hang, and they only charged a few bucks. I love hunting the muzzleloader season because there is not the number yahoos out there, and I like the extra challenge of putting a round ball [that I made] through the boiler room. Been doing it for about 25 years now.
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Do you have a rough idea on what the temperature was at it's warmest?
 
saskgunowner101 said:
Do you have a rough idea on what the temperature was at it's warmest?
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Probably 10-12 [during the day, and -2 or so at night] outside temperature. I usualy hang them for 7 days, but if temps get up around that they get done in 5 days. Trimming up the wound area is very important, because that is were the spoilage will start. One house I had a few years back had a good cold room in the basement that had a window in it. I mounted a fan sucking in cold air at night and closed it up in the morning. It was well insulated and held the cold very well. I will not butcher a deer without hanging it, so if temps are too warm, off to the abittoir. I used to make my living cutting meat and get many compliments on how good my venison is, so I will stick to what I know.
 
If the shed is in the shade and night time temps are getting down to 1-4 degrees and daytime highs are up to 12 degrees or so I have no problems hanging meat for up to a week or maybe even longer.

Just b/c the daytime temp outside hits 10-12 doesn't mean the meat warms up to that temperature. I have left a culinary thermometer jabbed into an elk quarter (hind) in the exact conditions I have described above and the temperature of the meat doesn't change from 3-5 degrees.

Getting the meat cooled quickly is important though....and remember don't let the sun beat down on it...
 
Unfortunately the shed is not in the shade.:( I guess I'll have to play it by ear and watch the temperature. If nothing else, I could always hang for a day or so and put the good parts on ice in a plastic tub during the day and resume hanging at night.
 
I use an old fridge. When I get a deer I take the two hind quarters and cut the legs off short. I remove the back straps and tenderloins. Then the front quarters and cut the legs off short. Everything goes into the fridge to cool until I'm ready to debone.
 
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