Luke
03-11-05, 12:10 PM
Thanks to Jindydiver for this info...:D
Luke
Just say you have taken a couple of legs of a goat or whatever, and you want to get them back to camp in the best possible condition. If it is hot you want to have the skin off the legs and then you slip them into a pillow case (one leg per bag). Tie some cord around the top of the bag, with the hock hanging out of the top. You can then tie the hock to a tree of what ever in the shade and the bag will be loose around the meat. This lets the meat dry on the outside and cuts down on the amount of interest the flies show in it. If I have to carry the meat any real distance I use one of the string shopping bags I always carry in my pack.
For the really big animals you can use a queen size sheet sewn up the side and across the bottom.
If you need to carry out the whole animal then you can make a back pack out of it.
Here is one from just last w/e.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/malanddoe.jpg
It is easy to make.
There are two ways, one where you use cord you brought with you (for pigs and goats, cause their legs are shorter) and one that requires only a knife, for deer.
In both cases you make a cut in behind the gambrel tendon. To use the cord, you then tie a piece to the front hocks of the animal (one piece to each side) and you then slip the cord in the cut you made and tie it of on the bone. Make the knot one you can undo easy so you can adjust the length and make your new back pack fit better.
To do it without the cord, you need to break the foreleg bone of the animal at the first knuckle (you can separate the joint) and you need to be sure the gambrel tendon isn’t cut. You then strip away the tendon from the hock down to the joint above the hoof, making sure you don’t cut it off. You will then have what looks like a pull start for your mower, a tendon, connected to the deer and with a handle on the end.
You slip the hoof through the cut you made in the rear leg and when you pull it back the hoof goes sideways and can’t come through the hole. Now you have a deer made into a back pack.
You will notice in the pic that the back legs make a great rack to rest your meat harvesting tool of choice on, and it makes it easier to carry if you have that to lean on to keep the load steady.
The bigger the deer the bigger the guy this will fit, and of course it makes sense to have the big bloke carry the big deer.
I forgot to add…
Before anybody looks at the photo and decides to go making any conclusions about gun safety and my hunting mate. Hi finger is not on the trigger, his finger is just plain missing. Years as a meat inspector can have that effect.
Luke
Just say you have taken a couple of legs of a goat or whatever, and you want to get them back to camp in the best possible condition. If it is hot you want to have the skin off the legs and then you slip them into a pillow case (one leg per bag). Tie some cord around the top of the bag, with the hock hanging out of the top. You can then tie the hock to a tree of what ever in the shade and the bag will be loose around the meat. This lets the meat dry on the outside and cuts down on the amount of interest the flies show in it. If I have to carry the meat any real distance I use one of the string shopping bags I always carry in my pack.
For the really big animals you can use a queen size sheet sewn up the side and across the bottom.
If you need to carry out the whole animal then you can make a back pack out of it.
Here is one from just last w/e.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/malanddoe.jpg
It is easy to make.
There are two ways, one where you use cord you brought with you (for pigs and goats, cause their legs are shorter) and one that requires only a knife, for deer.
In both cases you make a cut in behind the gambrel tendon. To use the cord, you then tie a piece to the front hocks of the animal (one piece to each side) and you then slip the cord in the cut you made and tie it of on the bone. Make the knot one you can undo easy so you can adjust the length and make your new back pack fit better.
To do it without the cord, you need to break the foreleg bone of the animal at the first knuckle (you can separate the joint) and you need to be sure the gambrel tendon isn’t cut. You then strip away the tendon from the hock down to the joint above the hoof, making sure you don’t cut it off. You will then have what looks like a pull start for your mower, a tendon, connected to the deer and with a handle on the end.
You slip the hoof through the cut you made in the rear leg and when you pull it back the hoof goes sideways and can’t come through the hole. Now you have a deer made into a back pack.
You will notice in the pic that the back legs make a great rack to rest your meat harvesting tool of choice on, and it makes it easier to carry if you have that to lean on to keep the load steady.
The bigger the deer the bigger the guy this will fit, and of course it makes sense to have the big bloke carry the big deer.
I forgot to add…
Before anybody looks at the photo and decides to go making any conclusions about gun safety and my hunting mate. Hi finger is not on the trigger, his finger is just plain missing. Years as a meat inspector can have that effect.