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Hanging Your Deer
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Huntinfool
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I always hang em heads up. I don't know if it's a respect thing or what but I just think it looks better. I'm sure the deer don't care! :crackup: :redthumb:
I hang 'em head down. Seems to make the skinning easier that way. For me any way.
Huntinfool
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Hey Rebel,
That's another reason I hang head up. I always just skin back about 4 or 5 inches of neck place a rock or golf ball in the hide tie a rope around. Then after that I ring the legs out and yank the hide off with my truck. Some use a 4 wheeler also to yank off the hide. I find this much easier and seems to get less hair all over the carcas.
YMH&OS,
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That's another reason I hang head up. I always just skin back about 4 or 5 inches of neck place a rock or golf ball in the hide tie a rope around. Then after that I ring the legs out and yank the hide off with my truck. Some use a 4 wheeler also to yank off the hide. I find this much easier and seems to get less hair all over the carcas.
YMH&OS,
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Always hung em head down.
I've always hung em head down,We always did the hogs and cattle that way.That was mostly because We gutted them hanging and the guts come out better head down.Don't know if it would make a lot of difference on the skinning.Theres been times We had to do the whole operation with the carcuss lying on the ground.I think it's a matter of how We were taught! :hmm: :redthumb:
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Head down. Easier to skin that way.
Huntin
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Since I brain tan my hides, I hang them head up. That way you can fist off the hide, and all the flesh stays with the hide. I very seldom need to do any fleshing before salting. Going the other way, it seems there are always slabs of meat on the hides. I picked up eight more hides today, and can pretty much tell if they were skinned up or down, and who got a brand new hunting knife that didn't know how to skin a deer in the first place! Scored places all over it. Totally unnecessary, and makes the guy look like a true pilgrim. I much prefer to tan garment quality, rather than craft quality hides.
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Yeah...but pause and remember...we all start with the first time in anything we do...try as I did I made some mistakes skinning my first deer, but learned in the process...everything is a journey, a work-in-progress...not too many people are born knowing how to do everything flawlessly the first time.
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Yeah...but pause and remember...we all start with the first time in anything we do...try as I did I made some mistakes skinning my first deer, but learned in the process...everything is a journey, a work-in-progress...not too many people are born knowing how to do everything flawlessly the first time.
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I have always hanged them head up. It is just easier that way for me. But if I ever do take a trophy buck that is worth hanging on the wall (still waiting), I will hang it head down and take the entire hide and the head to the taxidermist. A taxidermist in my hometown recommended that.
I do agree that there is always a learning curve. And I definitely give a first or second time hunter a break on it. I tan about 35-40 hides a year, and out of those, I get maybe ten good ones. And I know the majority of the cut up ones are coming from older hunters, as I get them from the Elk's Club, where I buy hides from thier Hides for Veterens collection. I suspect there are many who just really don't care about doing it properly.
