DEER BUTCHERIN' & DIRTY TOMAHAWK

[sheriff john]

Every year, my hunters leave the farm after butchering their deer and somehow neglect to thoroughly clean my tools they used. Trusty tomahawks & saws, mostly. The fat/gore is admittedly hard to get off and leaves a coating that is nasty. This year, I tried a different approach beyond "Dawn" - toothpaste, stiff brushes, hot water, and elbow grease. Not exactly rocketry, but "nasty is nasty" & I hate nasty. Used the same for knives - those tiny crevices especially. For some reason, our normal dish soap won't cut deer tallow.

When you're done, replace your wife's toothbrush in the bathroom. Paste, also.

 

[Spikebuck]

Instead of regular Dawn, try Dawn Power Wash spray. Even the toothbrush will be so clean she'll never notice!!!

 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Power wash is what I use for all my processing equipment. Works flawlessly. Even the nasty grinder head build up.

 

[sheriff john]

I'll have to see if she has any Power Wash beneath the kitchen sink. Tube of Crest was easy to find and a video of cleaning headlight lenses brought the idea to mind. Guys are friends, relatives but sometimes just don't really finish what's started. Rancid deer tallow smell lingers longtime.

 

[sb 54 cal.]

Tell them to bring their on tools

 

[ETipp]

John, the way I remove all of that crud is by use of very hot water. Actually, boiling water. After that, just a little dish soap, rinse and dry.

Slowly pouring boiling water also works very well for cleanup on my grinder. Cuts it off of those parts real quick like, especially fat that gets compacted in certain areas.

 

[19112tap]

Really hot water soap and a good brush is what I’ve always used and been doing it that way for years.

 

[GREENSWLDE]

Tell them to bring their on tools

Tell 'em Not Come unless they are prepared to Clean Up after them selves or Charge them a Hefty Hourly Rate!! After all Time Is Money!! O.D.

 

[Rebel bull]

we are privileged that my father back in the 80's bought a small butcher shop saw, grinder, table, and a large freezer the family then converted a small grainery into a butcher shop with a concrete floor with drain and a small hot water heater. worked well for about 25 years 5 years ago everybody chipped in to redo it we installed 3" foam board insulation and then put up milk house panels (white fiberglass) with a white steel ceiling and led lighting. we installed a laundry room sink and a new 40 gallon hot water heater set to 140 degrees. Now we have no problem running out of hot water and and just wash every thing down with dawn and bleach and out the drain we also installed a vent less propane heater the kids processed 20 deer so far this year in about 8 hours with about 5-6 people during each session

 

[45man]

I have grown to hate cutting deer. Is there a knife that stays sharp?

 

[PEARL DRUMS]

Victorinox. Start razor sharp and touch it on a quality steel every few deer.