Thread: Fly blown venison

All these years and plenty of seasoned hunters here and heaps of us seem to be learning about how good vinegar is. I've never heard of using it before today.

Cup vinegar, tablespoon salt, tablespoon sugar, boil, cool, brush on meat on hill will also act as a preservative in hot weather.

Originally Posted by wtd

Cup vinegar, tablespoon salt, tablespoon sugar, boil, cool, brush on meat on hill will also act as a preservative in hot weather.

Is that the same recipe for Sweet "N Sour venison ..... ??

Originally Posted by wtd

Cup vinegar, tablespoon salt, tablespoon sugar, boil, cool, brush on meat on hill will also act as a preservative in hot weather.

Excellent recipe will keep that in mind.

Originally Posted by RUMPY

All these years and plenty of seasoned hunters here and heaps of us seem to be learning about how good vinegar is. I've never heard of using it before today.

Get to your local supermarket quick before all the other hunters, me included, beat you to the last bottle

Dad took me when I was a kid to old hangar they used to fly their venison into back in the 70s and I remember there was old empty cans of flyspray all piled up in one corner. "Whats with all the fly spray dad?"

Dad:

Black pepper sprinkled liberally on meat helps to deter the flies in first place.summer is problematic for flies.winter much easier lol.

Summer sika in the Kawekas gets flyblown on your way to retrieving the deer

Then they lay eggs in yer Swanni or polar fleece if you stop for too long

I'll definitely be 'acquiring' old pillow cases that wifey decides to biff...but I use Hunters Element meat bags....surely they are fly proof and still allow the veni to breath?.

Originally Posted by Twodiffs

I'll definitely be 'acquiring' old pillow cases that wifey decides to biff...but I use Hunters Element meat bags....surely they are fly proof and still allow the veni to breath?.

They are excellent so long as you seal the draw chord by wrapping and knotting it around the opening.

One spring day when I was meat hunting on the Orua tops we left 2 sets of HQ's on a small patch of snow in the tussock and piled snow on top of them.

It got warm and on our way back later in the day I mused to my mate that I hoped the meat was ok. He had a look through his bino's and said "ah-oh, it looks like someone has left the fridge door open".
The snow had completely melted away and there was a million flies. We didn't recover any of it.

Yes I use old pillow cases from the op shop too.

In the past I have soaked my pillow cases in vinegar first and then dried them. I like the smell as it reminds me of my second favourite food……marinated mussels.

Out off interest are you using white or malt vinegar

Originally Posted by hunt08

Out off interest are you using white or malt vinegar

Either but I prefer malt with my mussels and
Lots of onion and garlic��