Thread: Advice on handling meat after the kill

Hi , as a lot of others have said keep your meat as clean and dry as you can , i use pillow cases (not the good ones) and bone straight into them if i can .if its raining either quarter and get in your pack or carry out whole . DONT put in plastic bags while warm as will make your meat go off real fast i wont bag it till its going in the freezer. if your going to hang it whole open up the joints as that's where it will go off fastest . try not to poke/stab the meat as you are cutting it as bacteria love moist holes. keep you knife clean as you can don't poke it into the ground/trees etc. hanging wise depends on the day sometimes might be 2-3days others might be 2weeks . if you think its past it give it to the mother in law.