How long do you guys hang your deer

I will usually cut them up the same day or the next, depending on weather. I don't like having to trim off and waste any meat that turns. Although letting the connective tissue break down is a good thing, it isn't truly necessary if the meat is cared for properly. Caring for the meat in the field is very important and we heavily trim all the meat for connective tissues, and do not use any bone-in cuts. We use double Saran wrap and freezer paper and can keep meat for many, many years. Also, we do not add any fat to our meat, and that helps with storage longevity.
 
Letting a deer hang usually doesnt work out with temps for me. If temps are in that perfect zone, i think i would go 6-7 days.
I killed a doe before Christmas one year and she froze solid for nearly two weeks hanging in the barn.:eek:
 
I skin and quarter mine asap. Put the pieces in in scented plastic bags, and then in a big cooler with 2 gal blocks of ice. I'll cut and vacuum seal on a bad weather day.


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Usually quarter and hang in frig for a couple days,pretty good video on growing deer tv,showing how he breaks down while skinning
 
We have deboned deer pretty much right after they expire. Then Merle takes them home grinds up a lot and many time we have fried some tenderloin the day we shot it.
 
I hang mine for the remainder of time in camp and then de-bone the whole deer the last night before I leave. Of course that plan changes if it's 60 degrees or -10. I can all of my venison.
 
Depends on the temp. The last few years I am lucky if I can let them hang overnight. If I had a walk in cooler I would go a week.
 
Here in hotweatherville, we skin and debone right away, letting the deboned meat bleed out under copious amounts of ice in a cooler. We leave it in the cooler, replacing ice, for 7 to 10 days. Then we clean it free of silver skin and other connective tissues before vacuum sealing and freezing.

Sometimes we take the entire animal to the processor, but that's happening less and less often. Maybe every other deer.
 
I quarter or de-bone within 24 hours, usually less depending on weather. Then let the large muscle groups dry age in a garage refrigerator for 7-10 days. 40-45 degrees. Cut into steaks and such after that and freeze.
 
wow, seems the norm here is to hang a week or more. in warm weather, we typically shoot, skin, and bone the same day. then trim and vacuum the same day if possible, maybe the next. may I ask why everyone hangs so long? do you really notice a big difference?

we process all our deer ourselves. and haven't received any complaints for toughness or being gamey. But I'm open to change if I'm really missing something
 
7-10 and if I recall have gone as long as 14 in our walk in cooler at 38. I dont have a certain number I go by, more like when I have time in that window. I know the processor I use does it quicker than that and freezes it and it tastes fine to me. I will also freeze most of mine and work on it slowly after processing at home.


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It all depends on the temp, but regardless I try to get it to the butcher ASAP, just one less thing to worry about
 
Decent amount of responses. As stated, I usually go for 2-3 days. Have cut them up as soon as they were skinned already. Didn't know if somebody had specific reasons on why they hang them longer. I was just curious if there was something better that I didn't know about
 
Skin and debone the day it is killed. Put it in a cooler with ice. Check it every couple of days to drain water and add more ice. Stays this way for 2 weeks. Cut it into steaks, roasts or grind after that.
 
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