Thanks all - the numbers have spoken.
My summary from the posts is...
Seek and ye shall find, to assist get a thermal monocular or dog.
If you leave it overnight likely that only back steaks are any good.
Thanks all - the numbers have spoken.
My summary from the posts is...
Seek and ye shall find, to assist get a thermal monocular or dog.
If you leave it overnight likely that only back steaks are any good.
@Tahr Do you want me to make a video for you mate ? Black singlet and shorts is the norm !
I have left gutted animal over night to recover the next day...when was a long way from home and expected back...meat was fine and having pack to carry it out was good...have left one deer overnight.shot across gully with 223 at about 200 yards,couldnt get across gorge so climbed up 400 verticle meters onto track then dropped 600 vm to car..came back next day climbed 800vm,dropped back down to animal,back up to ridge and back down to car fair pooped. mid age stag mid winter and it was fine due to cold conditions... in summer down here,if shot in afternoon ,by mid day the following day it would just about be crawling out on its own,if the wasps hadnt carried it away first.Ive seen pig flyblown in 3 hours...some quick butchery and into freezer saved the day.
@Sarvo wow that was quick for it to go off! Must have been hot. Our the round went into the guts.
It's all fun and games till Darthvader comes along
I respect your beliefs but don't impose them on me.
Yep when I come back to NZ one of the first things I’ll be looking into is a small chiller to hang game! Enough space to stand and butcher.
What do you guys have? I have hung those last two fallow bucks and that Muntjac for 3 days a peace. Cold here at the moment be lucky if we hit double figures. Nighttime minus 3 tops so cooool meat lol. Summer and I have the use of a chiller. The garden shed goes back to the wife
Here’s some ideas from the uk https://www.thestalkingdirectory.co....chiller.10139/
That Pepsi drinks chiller looks okay.
It's all fun and games till Darthvader comes along
I respect your beliefs but don't impose them on me.
the drinks chillers are only a box..all the fridge bits sit on top and push cold air down into them...you could change out box for something bigger...
I wouldn’t eat anything left overnight with its guts in. Even in the middle of winter. It’s basically a big compost heap going rotten from the inside out as soon as it hits the ground. Seen a guy try it once after a hard frost and it was still tainted. Foul.
Go shoot another one, plenty around.
Wow. Sounds like I am lucky to still be alive considering the number of “rotting” animals I have eaten over the years.
Experience. What you get just after you needed it.
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