Thread: meat questions

Originally Posted by Makros

Just add it to the meat tree...Will hang in a nice breeze for at least a week and still be just fine.
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I have one they are damn great but delicate the zips need carefull use they can catch on the light weight fabric - wash carefully - I use dish wash liquid and soak for a day then rinse and hang out to dry - mate left his in shed for a week bloody and when he did eventually remember to wash it the fabric fell apart - but they are great - one fly in roar trip we had 12 sets of hind quarters and back steaks red and fallow hung in two of them

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

I have one they are damn great but delicate the zips need carefull use they can catch on the light weight fabric - wash carefully - I use dish wash liquid and soak for a day then rinse and hang out to dry - mate left his in shed for a week bloody and when he did eventually remember to wash it the fabric fell apart - but they are great - one fly in roar trip we had 12 sets of hind quarters and back steaks red and fallow hung in two of them

Yup, had this for a few years. Haven't had issues it does pay to be gentle on the zips though. For $150, they are damn useful kit for extended trips.

I hand wash in warm water with dish washing liquid in a big crate. Had 7 sets of hind quarters and 8 sets of back straps in this one by the end of that trip. I was slightly worried how strong the orange cord that came with it was as I hung it all off that (with different length cords to space the meat out).
Was in the Hamner Springs area earlier this March, cool enough breeze kept everything tip top for 6 days for the earliest deer. Had two quartered out reds hung in it just off the tops of the Ruahines in December a while back and they were perfect after 6 days too.

I haven't had issues with rats either and I peg it to the ground but I have worried about it. So far so good. If I was in an area where there was a lot of rat sign I'd hang higher.