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8 Dec ’12 - 9:17 am

Ah, my bad, must have missed that. There is a video out there of a guy dressing and skinning a deer in like 3 minutes, its pretty cool. I will try and find it.

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8 Dec ’12 - 9:23 am

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8 Dec ’12 - 9:23 am

The only part that gets me is the hack saw to the business parts. The way he did it seems like it could very easily lead to tainting the meat.

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8 Dec ’12 - 9:34 pm

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Quote from Vapor on December 5, 2012, 23:26

Why didnt you do most of this with the deer hanging? I found when I did it, skinning, with it hanging was done in possibly less than two minutes.

With the actual meat removal, laying down is better. Although, backstraps and tenderloins would be easier with it hanging too. Both just fell right off when I did it with the deer hanging.

Our infrastructure is less than ideal at the moment! I do prefer to do the work while the deer is hanging. It is much easier.

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9 Dec ’12 - 12:57 pm

our family always processed them out back on a tarp

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9 Dec ’12 - 3:23 pm

Ok so I finally have a chance to finish posting how we processed our deer this year.

Now that the tenderloin is removed we'll work on the front shoulder. I found that removing the foreleg first was easier since the weight of the deer will help with the break of the joint, but you can do it after as well (we tried both ways).

You'll want to start by cutting the ligament at the back of the leg. If the deer has rigor the joints will be pretty locked up so by cutting this ligament it will free up the joint to give you access to the other connective tissues in there and help with removal.

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9 Dec ’12 - 3:39 pm

You then "flex" the joint and cut at the connective tissues around the joint. Once you have a good deal cut up, you're going to want to break the joint. For those of you familiar with jiu jitsu or submission grappling I found the best way to do this is is to grab the hoof and perform the break similar to a toe hold. Basically bend the ankle and use it as a handle. The joint will break to the inside, but will be very difficult to break outward initially is what I found over the course of these two deer.