Why I Hang Deer Head Up
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- Which is the best way to hang your deer? Head up or head down?
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A butcher taught me that hanging from the hind legs was best. The reason was because the blood in the tissue migrates down while hanging. If hanging from the neck the excess can settle in the hind legs where the majority of meat is. Upside-down it settles in the head and upper neck, which makes sense. Depending on temperatures of course on how long it hangs. For skinning and butchering you can then hang it by the neck to make the job easier for skinning. I'm usually doing the job myself. After skinning and removing backstraps, I cut it in half just below the ribcage then have it hanging in 2 short sections because it's usually a 2 day process for me doing it all by myself.
Also, don't split the hind legs until butchering, as it exposes that meat to bacteria from gutting and wastes meat. Just ream the rectum and pull it out from the inside.
Nothing wrong with anything you said. We just do it different. It's all good.
My dad and grandfather taught me to hang head up. That’s just the way we do it. One reason my dad gave me was that you do most of your hide cutting at the top, and by the time you get down to the hind quarters where the bulk of your meat is, the hide is folded over itself and you aren’t cutting fresh hide and spreading hair on the meat.
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Bingo!
I was taught to hang them from the hind end.But what you say makes perfect sense.Might try it your way!
Living in Maine I always catch flack for hanging head up, but I always do and will. I find it’s much easier to wash it out at camp and then easier to skin and process back at the house. Thanks for the video!
Good stuff!
I love the attitude in the way you explain things. While not trying to change minds, you are very gracious and understanding. It makes sense without being forceful but you make a great case. I will do this with my next hog, it just makes sense. Thank you for the video.
Thanks for that comment. People can be very passionate about the way they do things. This is just what works for me and my dad. You know another thing I didn't mention is over the years my dad has caped several deer out. Like I said in the vid when caping he will hang head down. So keep in mind that my dad has done many deer both ways and still prefers head up for a normal skin job. Most of the people that think this is totally wrong have probably never tried it head up. Thanks again for the kind words, KPO.
BEEN A BUTCHER FOR OVER 37YRS....AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE SEEN THIS WAY OF SKINNING DEER...GREAT TIP'S LOVE THE WAY YOUR DAD CAN DE-BONE THEM DEER'S...ALSO SEEN THE WIFE HELPING ALSO...GOD...FAMILY COUNTRY...MAKES LIFE JUST FANTASTIC.....
Thanks for adding that in David, KPO.
Thank you for this video. That makes perfect sense. I was not taught by anyone how to hunt... I’ve learned from you creators... I’m going to try this this season. Thanks again!
Be sure to check out my whole series on deer processing czcams.com/play/PLksX0m4wrQHwY8aepuTO-dGE51MvZIabD.html Let me know how it works out this fall, KPO.
Great Video, Let's face it both ways work fine ,most hunter do it the way their Grandfather and Father did it. I do it head up and many of my friends do it head down,go figure we can disagree on anything in life,The most important thing is to rinse the deer out with fresh clean water. And reduce body temperature as fast as possible.
Nobody in my family hunted, so I had to learn trial and error. I found head up to be far superior. Great that you shared this.
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Great to hear! I am glad to hear about guys/gals starting their adventure in hunting. Especially, those who never had anyone to interest them in it. Pride yourself in your ability to track deer and no use deer bait. Don't waste your money on scents. Just find some pinch points where deer travel between food, water, and shelter. Stay scent free whenever in the field and move slow as a snail. Scanning the woods constantly. When you are close to where they travel a lot, you will see all the signs. Lots of scat and fresh scat it a sure sign you are on the yellow brick road. Get some cellular trail cams. They are super fun to watch go off every night and morning. It's only discouraging when the seasons change because, the deer disappear to other areas but, that is why you have to do it. You have to learn where they come and go. Once you know that, then you have their routines mapped out and you are sure to get you tag filled. It's all about studying your prey. Spending that time. It's good for you mentally and physically. Then you get to enjoy meat that wasn't fed the waste byproducts of corn and pumped with antibiotics. You get to eat the purest meat that God intended for us to eat.
Bets of luck and make sure to pass the torch if you have kids. It creates a special bond and happy memories.
Wow! Here i was criticizing my twin brother for processing a goat like that . Thanks for the information, very interesting! My father was a butcher and he and his buds hang everything feetside up, it's good to have picked up some real logic so that i don't sneer at anyone's preferred method! Munchas gracias amigo and warm greetings from the central valley of California ! From Visalia with love. God bless.
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I've never done it heads up but I can see that there are some benefits. Thanks for the ideas
A good friend and I have been going back and forth on this subject for years, and I was the heads down guy. Thanks for turning me around...liked and subscribed!
Welcome to the channel and thank you, KPO.
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Excellent explanation. I’m having a slow year and havnt harvested one yet but if I do... and I pray I do, I’m going to give this method a go. Thanks.
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My dad taught me this way and I find it to be cleaner and easier to quarter and butcher. I've tried the head down way several times but always go back to my preferred method.
Yes it's a preference thing. KPO.
I've hung every deer I've harvested over the last 44 years head up. That is the way I was taught by my dad at an early age. The way we skin our deer heads ups makes it very, very easy. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for sharing!
You are very fortunate to be able to still ask your father questions. Nice video. The old timers in my area always would hang feet up because they would hang them outside for a few days and if a coyote or dog was able to get at the head it wouldn’t be a big deal but if they got at the hind quarters of course it would be a different story. Of course they would be hanging as high as possible to avoid that but it sometimes happened. I have actually done it both ways. I hang by the head if the guys are still in but by the feet if it’s gutted. Pros and cons to either method. Happy hunting my friend.
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Hey hunting brother, I too hang my deer head up. I was invited to a deer camp 40 years ago to hunt. I had never skinned or quartered a deer. First morning I saw nothing but watched 3 deer skinned and quartered. I was truly embarrassed not knowing how. Afternoon hunt I killed an 8 pt. I skinned and quartered that alone and not asking for help. I did it head up because the 3 I saw that morning were done that way. By the way, it took almost 3 hours, lol. I can do it either way but head up is easier for ALL the reasons you addressed. I get kidded at camp still today because I’m the only one out of 30 hunter’s. Thanks, I enjoyed.
Thanks for watching Jeffrey. You might want to check out my deer camp playlist - czcams.com/play/PLksX0m4wrQHyG3iNiVZ14HpXm3zRTGKx4.html Thanks for watching, KPO.
Good video 👍, I will try head up on my next doe. All your points made great sense to me, I will give it a try.
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I’ve been hanging them rear up because I don’t gut them. They go from the field to quartered in the frig in less than an hour. Once there I age the meat for 7 days. Then cut it up and vacuum seal and freeze. I’m 66 and have never seen a processor. What ever works best for someone is the best way. Good video.
I totally agree, KPO.
I like the different perspective and explanation of your process! I watched from beginning to end and will watch some more!
Awesome, thank you!
Depends on preference and what part of handling: field dressing, skinning, parting out, etc. - you can have valid preferences for each phase.
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Head up. Less hair in cavity, easier to skin, and if you don’t dress em in the field, hang em head up and do what you do in the gutting process and it all falls out neat and easy. I carry a leatherman. The blade is perfect length and the saw makes quick work of the pelvic bone. The coolest skinning I’ve seen was at a butcher’s in Pennsylvania. The 2 guys skinning the couple hundred deer they had to process, made a few quick cuts on the deer and got the hide started and then they had a genie garage door opener with a ball connected to where the door arm attaches. They hooked the ball in the hide and hit the remote and it pulled the hide off quick as that. No hair at all on the meat. It was slick.
I have always been a heads up kinda man it’s so much easier to skin and quarter out by myself . I debone all my meat so to getting the neck and tenderloins out whole I find this the best way to do it . Love the video
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My brother and I have skin our deer this way for years! We have found they skin much easier and get way less hair on the meat as well!
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I always do head down. It allows good cooling, keeps the legs open, and allows moisture to escape. I also flush the chest cavity with cold water, and wet down the legs to keep loose hair to a minimum. But, yes I’ve seen a lot of people who do them head up. I just didn’t prefer that method.
Works both right, KPO.
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Draining and cooling the hind quarters (the biggest meat mass) is why I hang head down.
Done it this way all my life and I’m 57. Never understood why it makes a difference.
Thank you 👍
Thanks for the comment Don, KPO.
Not how I was taught, or do it. I wish I had seen this before my season was finished here in north central Minnesota, I will try it next season. Great video. I am now a subscriber!
Thanks Troy, KPO
Hey,good video. I was taught head up at camp,head down to age at home,everything drains away from best cuts of meat.
Just discovered your channel, looks pretty cool. Watching the clips of your Dad processing that deer sent me to you playlist. Looks like he's going to be teaching me some stuff!! Always enjoy learning from the old guys!!! Subbed :>)>
Welcome HermanSr! Thanks for watching, KPO.
Here in NZ I don't think I've ever seen a carcass hanging with its head up. However, there is a school of thought which believes hanging from the hind legs may make the hindquarter meat slightly tougher... so some folks hang carcasses head down suspended from a hook that goes into the pelvic cavity (the 'aitch bone'). I often skin large game animals on the hillside where I shoot them but, whenever practical, I prefer to hang them to keep things clean and convenient. Sometimes I use a gambrel whlle hanging from the back legs, but I often use two ropes and hang securely from both back hooves.... that way I am less likely to drop half a deer on the dirt. I should try hanging from the head some time to see how it works for me. Best wishes from New Zealand.
I’ve always gone head down. It’s how I was taught when I was young. Was always told so it allows the blood to drain out and the blood does drain out but we skin and cut the head off the minute we hang them
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That’s a joke right?
I do believe this is a Yooper thing. I think it relates to how deer are hung on the buck pole. You're correct though. Whatever works for you is the best way to do it.
Very well put together video. Just ran across this. I’m subscribing
Welcome! KPO.
I don't know how this ended up on my CZcams but I find it fascinating I'm never gone hunting for deer love to get into that and often wondered what it was like to skin a deer thanks for the information I'm glad I'm glad I clicked into this thank you so much
You're welcome. Here's some more deer skinning videos for you czcams.com/video/oP5RiHaPMqI/video.html and czcams.com/video/X9f-WxXYgRo/video.html
Me and a buddy got two deer this year he did it head down I did it head up. I had mine skun, quarter'd and had the backstraps out before he had the hide off. He is now a believer in the head up method
I agree with you on this saying to each their own, thanks for explaining your approach to this. I will add my perspective on what we do and why to try giving you some insight as well.
We usually field dress as well but normally the sternum as well as pelvis then. If we have a long drag where splitting the chest could cause meat contamination we field dress as you do but split the chest at first opportunity. I have seen meat spoil from leaving the esophagus in the neck as well as not opening the chest to speed cooling so that is the main reason for splitting the chest. We also skin and split the animal along the spine for cooling and to avoid the problems you mentioned hanging from a gambrell. Finally, we do hang from the rear legs. While I do agree that a chest shot deer bleeds well from the shot, removing the head and allowing the carcass to continue to drain results in more fluid draining. In some cases it will drain a substantial amount more.
Anyway, thanks for the videos you have posted, I always like to learn different things.
I am a retired 36 year meat cutter/ butcher like your dad although I have only hung my animals head down and all the hanging beef ect. I have done for so many years at work and home it's just easier for me but I didn't comment on that first video your talking about because hey to each his own friend , Cheers
Robert, congrates on the long career and retirement. Also thanks for that comment. Just like a cat, there is more than one way to skin a deer. KPO.
In our hunting party we have some hunters from Minnesota and some from Wisconsin. The guys from Minnesota always hang it by the neck. Everyone from Wisconsin (myself included) hang it from the legs. Lol, both work! I watched the guys from Minnesota pull that hide off in about five minutes. We tease each other saying "them boys from Minnesota do it backwards" and they say the same to us! Far as rinsing goes I never rinse my deer off. There's the potential for cross contamination when doing that. If you do it right it shouldn't be a problem, but exposing the meat to water and flushing guts and other parts of the carcass down onto fresh meat has the potential for cross contamination. Sure I get a few pieces of hair on my meat but I get those off before freezing it. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for adding in!
we learn something new , great vid
Thanks for watching Christi, KPO.
I have always done em head up.. That's how I learned and I have no reason to change. It was alittle harder to skin on the Gambrel hanging upside down for me. Unless I am mounting it. I do also always gut my deer in the field. I always want those guts out as soon as possible. .
I want those gut out ASAP too, KPO.
You answered my question!! Thanks!!
We always hang out deer by the head for all the same reasons. Frequently we take it in the early evening just before dark and can’t get to the processor till the next day. Hanging by the head allows us to clean the body cavity out and hang it in the barn overnight to drain and cool.
Very cool, thanks for adding in, KPO.
I've done both. I was taught by my mother to do it head up. I then befriended an OLD butcher, and he taught me how to do it head down. IMO, head down is a breeze compared to head up. My mother was NOT happy with me changing tradition, but we do them all head down now. She prefers it that way now too lol. Doesn't matter in the end, as long as the job gets done, and the meat gets into the freezer, the how is irrelevant. Good video!
Thanks for adding that in, KPO.
Thanks for the video. I like to gut the deer in the field, and skin is while it is still warm as I find it much easier. I don't really have a place to hang it either, so I tend to process the meat as soon as possible. If I were to hang my deer, I think I like your way of doing it.
Head up is the way to go. Only do head down if it's a buck you plan on mounting
Excellent video and explanation. I always hang my deer by the head and this makes skinning my way so much easier. If the deer is fresh and not frozen, I make all my cuts first. Around the head, up the legs and from neck to the open cavity. Them skin down the neck 8 to 10 inched. I have a round rock a little smaller than a tennis ball which I place on the hair side of the neck. I then place a stout rope tied with a slip knot around the rock on the body side of the rock and cinch tight. I then attach the other end of rope to my Polaris Ranger or truck and slowly drive forward which pulls the whole hide off the animal in one slick move.
I was taught this way & still do this also.
Done it both ways. With the deer head up, it's really easy to fillet the meat off of the neck due to the extra stability. With the deer head down, I find the backstraps peel off tail-to-head with less cutting. Been on the fence about which I prefer, but I think the ease of taking the hind quarters off in one piece looks appealing.
Thanks for adding that in, KPO.
Another great video! Keep them coming especially with icefishing coming up!
Thanks! Will do!
Well made humble video mate. Excellent information. Screw the haters. Subbed.
Thanks, it's just a video to show how to skin a deer with no special tools. Thanks for the support, KPO.
There's pros in both ways, awesome video, if it's not a wall hanger, I'll hang head up, especially if I didn't dress in the field, everything fall out of the cavity clean
Yes, no wrong way.
I do alot of skinning. I taught myself mostly w picking up tips here and there. Like most things trial and error are the best teachers. I've always done them head down. This makes sense tho, the brisket shoulder area has a pile of hair w different grains and is near impossible to pull down over w out getting into that mess of hair. Head up solves that problem where your working w the grain so to speak. Not sure I'll try it but makes all the sense in the world.
No wrong way, like I said in the vid.
I’ve always hung them head down but I was over at a buddies house in deer season and got to skin one head up and you are right they are easier to skin especially around the front and rear quarters. The skin just comes off more naturally. So I will try to change my ways but it’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks.
Thanks for adding that in, KPO.
Great video! Thank you! I always hang them hind legs up but I just might try "down side up"! Cheers!
Either way my friend, KPO.
Great video sir!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
My pleasure!
Great information. Thanks for sharing!
John, glad to do it, KPO.
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I’ve done it both ways. I agree with you and your reasons. My oldest son is a meat cutter, he doesn’t have any issues with either method either. Who am I to argue with men like your dad who has doing it longer than most of us. Great video.
I've been hunting since 1977 & my Dad showed to hang head up to make it easier to skin. Out in the field u gut & home u finish. Make a cut around the neck, then from the chest cavity up to the neck. grab ahold of the neck fur & pull down. Easy as that.
Amen, KPO.
“There’s more than one way to skin a cat” I have done it both ways my self. Being from totally different parts of the country, I’m surprised to see how similar you and I are when it comes to field dressing, and processing my deer.
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Thanks for the vid. I always want to know the most efficient way to do these things because I want to do many other things when it comes to the many skills you need to be self reliant. The more things you do inefficiently the more overwhelming it seems to live a life that is self reliant.
I'm no novice but I'm also just struggling to find a more streamlined way to do things. It's my own journey though because not everyone wants to do it my way so other ways work better for them. I'm glad you are conscious enough to stress that throughout your video.
If you could take the time to give me some advice that would be great. No big deal if you are busy. We all are. Anyway I like to age my deer about 7 to 14 days hung. I wait to shoot mine until temps are below 40 consistently. I'm pretty picky about that. I generally hang them by the hind quarters so that I can strip off the neck, front shoulders, ribs and backstraps/loins to wet age for a couple days. I grind everything but the loins. I disconnect the carcass at the base of the spine and then hang the hind quarters to age. This all works really great for the most part and people rave about the taste of all the aged hind quarter cuts. It's premium meat. My main conundrum is that skinning the deer is slow as hell for me lol I've never skinned neck up. It makes sense though because the angle of the armpits and neck is annoying as hell. I'm building a skinning station to help with leverage. I want to keep the membrane intact so that the carcass ages well and also so maybe I can utilize the hide while I'm waiting on the hindquarters to age.
My question is do you guys age your venison? or is this advice based off of processing the deer immediately and wet aging it. I just want to be able to strip the hide off cleanly to save time but still want to age like I am. Any advice?
If the weather is right we will hang for a few days. I almost always leave the skin on until we process. But it is easier to skin right away. If you have a clean place to hang, it shouldn't be a problem to leave it hang with the skin off (32-40 deg. F) I don't know if this helps you much, thanks for watching, KPO.
Ive worked for a deer processor for several years, mainly skinning. We've always done heads down. Heads up seems to be a much more intensive processes vs just sliding a bar through the back legs. Also we sell the capes which would not be possible if skinned in the manner you showed first. Also caping out for a shoulder mount would be next to impossible
By far the easiest way to skin a deer. I was tought this way and tried head down as well. I prefer head up.
Yes, my dad has done them head down many times when the customer wanted them caped. So he has done both also, and of course prefers head up. So his opinion comes from doing it both ways too. Thanks for watching, KPO.
Honestly your explanation on why you hang the deer head up makes alot of sense. I wouldn’t like to eat bad meat . Thanks for your explanation!
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One thing is absolutely certain: the sooner you get the hide off, the better. This year I was fortunate enough to shoot a deer very close to home, so I was able to start skinning within a few hours of shooting. The hide came off almost like i was peeling a banana. Normally I can't get to them until the next day at the soonest, and when they are partially frozen, it is a lot tougher. I'm thinking I might look into getting a mobile hanging setup, either hitch mounted or tripod, to enable breaking them down immediately. I currently hang them head down, but that is only because I have a gambrel. When my dad was still around, they went head up because we used a chain and a front end loader to lift them. I can't say that I think one way is definitely easier or better, as both get the job done. One thing you can do head up that doesn't work so well head down is you can cut the hind legs down. Head down you want these left intact for the gambrel and you either debone in place or cut the rest off when quartered. I know there are also some who skin them on a table, and then still others who swear by the "gutless method" . If a certain method works for you, have at it. I'm not going to bash someone for not doing things "my way" when their way works.
Nah you can leave the hide on for ul to 7 days in a cool environment unless its covered in shit and mud
Agree 100% and have done it that way for 45 years.
Now let’s talk about aging whole at 40 degrees before butchering to improve flavor And tenderness
we like to hang ours in the cooler at about 36 to 38 for a min of 4 days, when we have the time we will go 7 to 8 days. meat is much better tasting and tender. just like well aged beef
I go as many as ten if the temp is steady. skin on which insulates from fluctuations and keeps the meat so fresh
My family has done it rear leg up. Not sure why. Can skin and quarter in about hour. Talking about hunts and beers slow down the process. We are not against head up. Will be trying it in the future.
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I've always skinned deer head up that's the way Mountain Men do it my area & for same of the reasons you mentioned- To each his own though - Subscribed here -Blue Ridge Mountains, Va.
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Hi , I’ve never seen a deer processed head up . I was taught head down . But when I hang a deer after field dressing I hang it head up . Funny I just processed my some doe yesterday (11-19-19) and together we skinned and cut it up . It was his first time . I did it head down . I will however try it next time head up to see the difference. Thanks for the video .
Congrates, my wife and I just did the same, KPO.
Nice video! Thanks for sharing! God is good!
pointsofTruth, you bet, thanks for watching. KPO
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Unless I'm going to have the head mounted, I always hang it head up. Hanging it head up allows you to skin it using the golf ball method. Using the golf ball skinning method eliminates hair on the meat, and is simple and fast. All your other points can be applied to both head up or head down.
Joe, I use the deer's ears instead of a golf ball or rock. See my post.
I just started hunting again last year I found the butt out 2 is super neat am sure you know about it because it seems that am the only one that did not know about it but super excited about saving the time cutting around the Anas.
Some hunters like those, KPO.
It is easier to skin them head up done them both ways generally hang them head down but have to try head up next time just to try it again great video either way you hang it
My dad taught me to hang head up. Works great for torso shot deer and is easier to skin. But if it's a head shot, I'll not field dress and bleed the deer out. Makes a big difference in the amount of blood in the meat.
Thanks for this very very nice video!!
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Nice and practical explanation!
thanks
Of the 70+ deer that I have done...I did 1 head down (for mounting purposes). For the others that I had mounted, I'd start with em head down, cape it out to the ears and jawbone, then kinda wrap the hide up between the antlers...flip em to head up for butchering. (this way, all the hide is above the "noose"...no bent/damaged hairs on the final mount)
Also...if the hide is not being saved...I'll continue the gut cut, straight up the throat(when skinning time comes around), and also run a cut from just above the tail, all the way up the spine to the "noose". I find it a lot easier to just work 1/2 at a time, without having the spin the deer back and forth constantly.
I think, for every butcher, there is a different way of going about it...no right or wrong way...so long as it ends up on the dinner table!
Amen! Thanks for adding in, KPO.
I like the hook your dad was using to hold the meat when he was cutting.
Thanks for watching
Gut on the spot . this is for cooling next get it home skin it head down use gambrel hang high up remove f quarters then backstrap then inner loin cut off ribs at this point it's still balanced and much lighter remove hind quarters put in old frig 4 few days then finish you're way 😎 desert way
Good information, thanks.
Thank you. KPO.
I've watched this video a couple times now. When I was a kid (1950's and 1960's) all of the deer were hung with the head up. Just go to this link www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=buck+pole and you will see that most of the deer are head up. Some of the pictures are as late as 2018. This one is from my home town in 2012 www.mybaycity.com/images/2012/admin-0003564.jpg
I agree with your explanation 100%. I've always skinned my deer head up and butchered our steers head down for gutting and bleeding (never attempted to "Field dress" a steer).
Thanks for that experienced prospective on both types of animals and thanks for watching, KPO.
Thanks. Great info. I'll try one head up.
welcome
Head up ☝. No bias from being raised anyway. I started hunting in my 50s. Studied what other people do then tried both ways. My experience head up works better.
Either way but that's how I do it.
heads up is easier for the skinning and cutting up the meat. I found if I hang them head down first they cool faster. I used to break the pelvic bone for a good field dress, but I found that exposes the inner rear meat to drying out. I try not to open the deer any more than I have too for field dressing. so head down for cooling , then head up for skinning and breaking down, like your dad does.ill put a large clear garbage bag over the hind quarters as I saw across the spine to remove them in case the weight is too much and it falls ,they stay clean. nice job on your video! I enjoyed it, and yes there will always be this argument about which way to hang them! good point about the blood being removed when the deer is gutted.i hear all the time in this controversy ,if you don't hang them head down hows the blood going to drain? what blood,and if there is some blood in the rear roasts how does it drain out? thanks again.
Alan, thanks for adding that in, KPO.
If you are skinning a buck and wanting it mounted, head down helps with skinning down the neck without slashing the cape all to pieces, if its a doe, head up helps with quickly skinning.
Yes!
Head up for eaze of gutting, drainage, skinning, everything
Cornfed, hey it works, right? Thanks for adding in, KPO.
great video. I agree 100%. now if I can get my dad to agree.
Steve Rinella does it this way at times czcams.com/video/_y4eFWfOvDI/video.html Maybe that will convince dad.
Just skin it on the tailgate of the truck works for us.
Head up works good, if your not doing a full head mount and you need the fur to go down far enough for taxidermist.
Yes, I mentioned that at the 11:00 mark. Thanks for adding in though, KPO.
Retired butcher here.. and same. I've skinned and processed thousands. 30 sec deer skin is my record. But that's on one with spots lol. Road kill.
I can do up or down. But prefer down so it comes apart easier when it's time to cut it up. Skinning isn't any different as to how hard it is to pull.. at least for me.
Thanks for adding in! Always like to hear from meat cutters!
Ive hunted for 50 years, have harvested no less than 100 deer. Butchered every one myself, always heads up. Have helped do other deer hind up. Heads up was easier for me.
I'm with ya, KPO.
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Head up, rear legs up...
I've done it both ways. Can't say one is better than the other. I was taught by my Dad head up. Either way, hair gets on the meat. But I live in the South and we can't hang 'em because it's too warm. I quarter mine up and put it in a cooler on ice for 5 to 7 days before processing. Soaks out the blood, hair and adrenaline out of the meat. I have no complaints from my family and in-laws (I always work one up for them!). The important part is to debone, get the fat out and get rid of the silver skin.
True!
I've been hanging them head up for forty years. They are easier to get and quarter.
Yep
you are not human being, but be a demon in the name of a human being. stop violence against animals.
I hang them head down because I almost never gut them. I debone everything but the shoulders all at once and leave nothing but a skeleton with guts in it. I don't have to cut out buttholes, split pelvic bones or chest bones. The hanging debone is the way for me.
I’m going to try it on an elk because head down is really tough when you try to remove the hind quarters I’ll bet head up is way easier kinda pissed I hadn’t thought of it before haha
Just processed a cow (bovine) for the first time. Was easy enough head-down because I didn't raise it up out of the truck until the hind was skinned, otherwise would need a ladder.
you are not human being, but be a demon in the name of a human being. stop violence against animals.
I guess opinions vary but the lord said I give you dominion over the animals and to go forth and prosper
@@gilliesvideo5538 bro.. Which religious book has it written like this
Animals hope for love and feeling from us. I think you are a good person, so you understand this.
First things first. That deer carcass your dad was working with was pristine. Secondly, your dad could easily be called an expert and if that's the way he taught you it makes sense. 3rd, I have done it both ways and I don't know if I have a strong preference but if you want the contents of that cavity to be able to drain for some reason head up is the way to go. Nice video.
Thanks for the comment and the support.
We have always done it head down but this makes sense to me. Would be easier to cut off the hind quarters if they are not what is supporting the deer.
Of course both ways work, it's just what works better for you. Thanks for watching, KPO.
35 years ago I came upon my first real deer. I worked in an hotel in West Germany in the kitchens. Some local hunter had shot this big old thing and they gave it to our kitchens to cook. The first thing that got me was when one of the chefs hung it and opened it up - I guess they had probably "aged" it for a time beforehand, but the smell when they cut that thing open was probably the worst smell I have ever faced. Next, the evil sods dug around in the dead carcass until they found where it had been shot and they pulled out this huge "blood bruise" which was like a kilo or more of what looked like purple jelly where the blood had coagulated. Interesting how they took it apart though, they hung it legs up. It must have weighed close to 100 KG. Later they brought a smaller one in, possibly 30 KG and gutted it next to a vegetarian who turned white and passed out!
Richard Graham 7/
Good Video
Iam 67 been hunting since I was 12 always hung them legs up until I was 25 and an older hunter showed me the head up technique that it’s was easier to skin,less hair on the meat & easier to dismember for Processing.With that said for the last 42 yrs I have been skinning deer head up. One question last year I was gutting a deer when another hunter came up as I was cutting through the aitch bone ( as I have done for years) He said by doing that I was losing meat? What do you think ?