OKbowhunter20

Me three.

jimmy28303

[quote]ORIGINAL: bigtim6656

lol no from what i have seen you cut the meat between the legiment and bone and slide a gamble which i have in both legs and hang it.
[quote]ORIGINAL: nodog


EXACTLY!

nodog

The gamble is were you'll get into trouble. By tieing the one leg and hoisting it up, (I use a chain fall) skinning down to the head and then cutting the head off dropping the whole thing away from the body you end up with a clean carcass that can be quartered while it hangs. Working on a quarter at the kitchen counter is lot easier than working on the whole thing on some make shift table. Once you get to the last hind cut the carcass away from it and let it fall. Cut the leg off at the knuckle and finish up.

As soon as you cut hind off with the gamble the thing will hit the floor. or you'll hve to rassel the whole hind.

Forgot to mention that after it's skinned the straps and tenderloins come off first, then quarter it.

WesternMdHardwoods

Huh????

bigtim6656

if i understand what your talking about what happens is when you get down to the two hind quarters you cut one off and the other hits the floor. I saw a video clip where the guy boned out the hin quarters on the gamble.

ksfowler

We never have a problem with it falling off the hoist untill you cut the tendon that is holding the deer on the gamble. i always start from the bottom of the deer and work my way up i never run into that problem, if you are worried about it happening you can lower it down on some cardboard and clean it on the groundbut that is not neccessary.

nodog

Sure if you don't mind standing there working on the meat whereever it's hanging. Try it and then try a quater at a counter.

The deer is hung over a bucket big enough to catch any blood, the hide, head and legs and the rib cage. Those large storage totes work well. Every unwanted thing falls away from the meat and into the bucket. When your done dispose of what's in the bucket. Area stays clean, the meat uneffected by the butchering is reduced to a workable size and package in a clean enviroment with no chance of pieces dropping into the parts of the deer it shouldn't touch or the floor with one exception the straps. They are cut while it hangs and also cut so they fall away from the rib cage. I start at the tail and seperate them letting grvity pull them out of the way. A bucket can be placed to catch them.

I also have knives for skinning and for butchering. You don't want the knife used to skin cutting up the meat unless it's washed throughly. Keep the outside of the deer away from the meat. If you butcher it were you skin it that's some tough work.

You'll see. No one has ever said my venison was anything but delicious. I think it's due to how it's taken care of once it piles up which you should worry about first. It aint easy to get that first one.

bigtim6656

thanks guys alot of good info here

Dr Andy

If you do this, please either cut off the legs at the elbows so the hide comes off easy. I tried this method and the hide won't go over the hoove where it gets narrow. Cop the lower legs off first.

Dr Andy

I like to remove the quarters first, (hanging head up) then get the straps off. I used to do it your way. Did it this way last time and it turned out much easier.