Thread: What to do with this sika

"and hung for around 4-5 days". Was that in refrigeration or in the bush? That's a long time to hang in the warm weather (even with cooler nights) without refrigeration. Bone taint can easily set in within a few hours during the warmer months. Even the abattoirs break the hip and knee joint to let the synovial fluid out during summer; even though they go straight into a chiller....

I try to hunt in the afternoons (locally) during the warm months so I can hang my goats etc up in the evenings (under a tree in the shade with a permanent breeze) so the nights will cool it down.

When i was still butchering we used to get so many bone tainted wild pigs in during summer. Even though they were dropped in the late afternoon/evening that they were caught. It takes a long time for heat to dissipate in warm weather. Just a thought. Cheers