Thread: How to: Prepare venison hindquarters to carry as a backpack

I can never really see the point in this type of carry, or in carrying out the whole animal. A large hind fully boned out will yield 15-20kg of meat, and a big stag up to double that. With bone and pelt its probably double that again. Why carry out what you are going to throw away?
I always carry 4 heavy duty, large plastic bags in my pack, and bone the animal out in the bush. The bags roll up into a "rod" 350mm long and about 20mm dia and are easily stowed in your pack.

Advantages:
1. Less weight to carry out [with two buggered knees and a ruptured disc on my back this is a biggie]
1A. With packing out less weight, you can focus on boning out every last gram of meat off the animal, therefore less waste.
2. Easier to keep your meat clean [no hair every where]
3. All butchering done when the meat is warm and easy to separate the muscle groups
4. You don't get covered in blood during the carry
5. No bone/pelt to dispose of when you get home
6. If you get home late, no work to do do, just throw the bags into the fridge and start processing the following day
7. If you are in camp, with the meat in plastic bags, there are no fly issues.