Thread: Advice on handling meat after the kill

If gutting and hanging fly proof, well bled and pop the hip joint asap if it is warmer too, that's usually first place the taint starts.

I tend to use a gutless quarter method (YouTube it if unsure what is meant, many videos can show you better than I can explain) and hang de-boned in pillow cases in a shady breezy spot if possible until cooled. Never put it in plastic while warm and keep as much hair and stuff off as is possible. Cut from inside skin out to not transfer small cut shards of hair on to (into the meat).

Washing it as you are putting into marinade etc is not a problem as is likely the marinade is already moist.

Cold, clean, chur