iv been fortunate to hunt close to hom thous after my harvest i drive home .. this year i recived a moose draw in alberta were i live and plan to be far from home . having never hung a animal at camp how long and what is the best way to hang . i will be hunting for 12 day any wisdom will be of help mind the spelling
moose hang
- Thread starter sirley
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Well you can quarter the animal and hang it that way, covered with cheesecloth and might be a good idea to put it a couple hundred yards from camp. As high up as you can reasonably manage it.
Depending on how warm it gets you can usually hang a moose for three or four days before you should butcher it and get it frozen or processed. Make sure to keep it in the shade, even build a tarp enclosure around it during the day. If the weather is 10-15 degrees, Id be apt to head home with it within a couple or three days.
Depending on how warm it gets you can usually hang a moose for three or four days before you should butcher it and get it frozen or processed. Make sure to keep it in the shade, even build a tarp enclosure around it during the day. If the weather is 10-15 degrees, Id be apt to head home with it within a couple or three days.
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- Lakes District BC
put a tarp roof over the meat as well, not touching the meat but if it rains and it usualy does in moose seasons the water will soak into the cheesecloth and ruin everything, 1/4ering is easiest to hang and deal with , dont take it to far away or animals will get into it especialy birds and small critters like martin etc, we usualy hang it in our camp , just easier to keep an eye on and we have yet to have a severe problem with bears or anything else, pretty easily done just have lots of rope , a man can never have to much of that stuff
(try to hang it in a well shaded area as well that the daytime sun dosnt seem to hit much or none atall , helps keep it cool on those warmer days
(try to hang it in a well shaded area as well that the daytime sun dosnt seem to hit much or none atall , helps keep it cool on those warmer days
Talking about bears.....this is what a black bear can do to your moose. These are the same two moose as my previous picture. Woke up on the last morning just before we left and something just didn't look right. We never heard anything during the night.
bcsteve said:Talking about bears.....this is what a black bear can do to your moose. These are the same two moose as my previous picture. Woke up on the last morning just before we left and something just didn't look right. We never heard anything during the night.
bcsteve..sorry but i could not resist this
wow that,s an awful waste of good meat for a bear baitWe had a tarp on them until the evening before when we decide to remove it to a take a picture. We didn't bother puting it back since we were leaving in the morning. The noise of the tarp might have scared the bear or wake us up, guess we'll never know. I looks worst than it was, we didn't loose that much. We've also made our own security system in the past with empty "beverage" cans strung up with rocks inside so it rattles.
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- AB foothills
stubblejumper said:
This works really well. Sometimes we will do the same around the tent etc. if we will be out for a few days. Bears like to eat our wall tents for some reason
good to hear the loss was smallbcsteve said:We had a tarp on them until the evening before when we decide to remove it to a take a picture. We didn't bother puting it back since we were leaving in the morning. The noise of the tarp might have scared the bear or wake us up, guess we'll never know. I looks worst than it was, we didn't loose that much. We've also made our own security system in the past with empty "beverage" cans strung up with rocks inside so it rattles.
no offense, but that is exactly why we don't hang our animals with the hide off.....
I'd rather spend the extra 5 minutes taking the hide off when the animal is stiff, than spend 2 hrs picking the debris out and trim off all of the black,dried, and crusty tissue that is a result from transporting the skinned out animal and having it hang like that for an extended amount of time....IMHO
***EDIT*** I suppose that could be black pepper on the animal....but if it isn't, you get my point
great pics though, I love to see what other people's hunting camps look like!!!!!
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- Lakes District BC
it dosnt even have to be warm out to get bone sour in the meat, we had it happen 1 year to a quarter and was only in the hide in cool conditions for maybe 10 hours for the trip home , the meat has to cool or it will sour and it wont tack up with the hide on it making it more suseptible spoilage
stubblejumper said:
You can get these at camping stores for bears - all together in one nice little package.
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