JagMagMan

I could care less about being PC! A little common courtesy to the vast majority of non-hunting public doesn't hurt though! I guess thats one of the things wrong with the world today! Common courtesy isn't so common anymore!

MichaelT.

Oh I have plenty of common courtsey, in fact , too much probably ( as compaired to most people ). But what I was stating was that if he had to transport it that way, then so be it... I did not say to put it up there with it's guts hanging out, but in his situation, economics plays a part... He doesn't have a truck to haul it in... He doesn't have an SUV to put it in the back of.... SO if he needs to put it on top, then do it and quit worrying. But I notice the rest of my post was not quoted..... that makes it much easier to take things out of context , doesn't it....

But yes, I am courteous, polite, and educated.... so please, don't try to label me as something else... that's not very nice or courteous....

MET

Lanse couche couche

I'm still trying to figure out how a properly field dressed and bled deer that only has a slit in its belly is gonna get polluted and cooked into "road jerky" inthe course of several hours, unless you are talking an 80+ degree day. Most folks, at least the ones that know what they are doing,field dress their deer and let them hang outside for several hours up to a day or so, even in fairly mild weather, whether they are gonna put the thing on top of their car or not. In most cases, it is not the warm temperaturethatruins themeat anyway, if it is gonna get ruined in a short time. It is the flies.Not many flies gonna get to meat travelling 70 miles an hour down the highway with its hide still on it. I think that in the olddays, it was common to hang deer for quite a while outside, even in the south. They generally builtsmall smudge fires under the deer to provide smoke to keep the bugs off. Times have changed, but sorry, you won't hurt a properly field dressed deer by having it on the roof of a vehicle for a few hours.Otherwise, it would be a waste of time to even bother trackingdeer because if they are dead and you don't find them in a short time then the meat is ruined. Polluted meat[&:]

superstrutter

I believe the chicken, porkor beef we eat is much more "polluted" than any deer we would eat, unless of course you slaughter your own livestock.

BowHuntingAddict

I used to have a truck, but bought an SUV when I had kids. So I put one of those racks on it that fits in the receiver hitch. It's kind of hard to hide a deer on one of those. I can't tell you how many times I've had women pull up beside me on the interstate and flip me the bird. I never had that problem when I hunted way out in the country. I've been hunting out on the edge of a fairly populated county, and it has happened every year like clockwork. I figure it's their problem, not mine.

Robert L E

In Iowa the air movement is usually good to cool a recently killed deer. There is not much dust in December to contaminate the carcass. We do it when there is not a truck available. Unless I am trying to keep the carcass from freezing I will no longer EVER put one in a vehicle with me.

There is Lyme disease in Iowa an hundereds of ticks abandon the deer as the body cools down. Do you want those ticks in the heated interior of your vehicle? No thanks.

Anyone who drives the highways has seen hundreds of dead deer. They will get over seeing one on top of the Blazer.

Bob

grneyemonstr

i would put it up on the top of my car if i had to. The only thing i would worry about is if the meat would become contaminated so i wouldcover it with something. but like i said that would be for me not them

TexasBowHunter

I would put it up there all the time if that was my only means to get it where it needed to go....It is my right!!!!

nchawkeye

Have a cooler in your trunk, clean the deer on the property, throw the meat in the cooler and the critters clean up what you leave in the woods...

Wlfdg

I think when humans stop growing eyes on the front of their heads like all the rest of the mammals who predate for food it might not be O.K. In the mean time I think pictures of factory farms are more disturbing. The vegetarians can continue to believe that plants aren't living things and get their B- vitamins from a bottle.