Hauling big game in an SUV... what do you do?

savagelh said:
I've never heard that before. I almost always hit mine with the hose to remove blood and hair. It also helps cool the carcass.
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Getting the hide of and the carcass hung in the shade (or indoors) is the first rep to cooling the meat... but of course ambient temperature determines if any of that needs to happen.
 
We field dress in the field. This only takes about ten - fifteen minutes unless it is a trophy.
Hang, skin, remove the head and lower legs immediately when we get home. Skinning is much easier when the carcass is still warm.
Leave the animal overnight and wipe down with wet cloth the next day. Any stubborn hairs are taken care of with the propane torch.
Butcher as soon as possible, usually within three days. Prime steaks and roast only, all other trim is taken in for grind or sausage.
 
I was taught to clean with vinegar/water solution. All the stubborn blood, hair etc is wiped with clean rags dipped in the solution. Bottom line of course is clean, dry and hung to cool at the end of the day. Couple of hunting buddies used my shop to hang their moose quarters and they left the hide on. When questioned they said this is how they were taught by some butcher in the family who was trained in Europe. The meat turned out fine. Anyone else ever heard of that?

hoytcanon said:
My wildgame butcher (35 years experience and also a hunter) does not want the meat getting wet (including washing off blood) and then hung. He says it "increases" the likelyhood of bacteria and can cause premature spoilage. He requests that the animal simply be drained and hung, but if you must clean further use clean dry rags or papertowel to wipe it off. I have always gone with his advice.
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Every animal that goes threw a butcher shop is washed with s power washer before going into the cooler .meat is 90 percent water anyway. I like mine nice and clean .The thing with washing the carcass is to use clean drinking water. Not creek or pond water. Dutch
 
I dunno if a jeep YJ is really an SUV but......

we call it a deer hammock , it even comes with it's own hunting trained rottweiller ;)
only to be used for runnin the animal back from killsite to the game pole at camp.
you can buy it by the foot at yer local hardware supply..... a hunting trained Rottweiler? start him young ;)
 
hoytcanon said:
My wildgame butcher (35 years experience and also a hunter) does not want the meat getting wet (including washing off blood) and then hung. He says it "increases" the likelyhood of bacteria and can cause premature spoilage. He requests that the animal simply be drained and hung, but if you must clean further use clean dry rags or papertowel to wipe it off. I have always gone with his advice.
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We hose all of ours down, then wipe with vinegar. Never had an issue.
 
Well , a tarp...and an suv that I don't care about is my hunting rig of choice, This one is turning 463000 km now

You shoulda seen the look the guy at South Wapiti meats had on his face when he asked what I had for him :)
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Blue tarp mostly, in the back of my Jeep Cherokee, or in my trailer, but I did just throw it on the roof a few times. BTW blood smears like hell on the windshield, and is bad for paint.
It was in an area where literally everyone hunts, so no offense to the locals.
 
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