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Show Tips for caring for game listed With the 1964 deer season fast approaching, the department depart-ment of fish and game today urged all hunters to care for their game properly in the field if they desire good meat when they get home. Department spokesmen noted that game meat is often ruined by improper field care. The nearer that hunters can come to packing house methods afield, the better their bag will taste on the dinner table. Failure to cool game properly prop-erly before transportation, hauling it in places where it I can't stay cool, and failure to I properly clean game "birds and animals are three of the major causes of "Games-Flavored" meat. Proper care of big game carcasses is especially important, import-ant, the department said. The following procedure is recommended recom-mended for caring for deer in the field: 1. The animal should be cleaned and dressed immediately immediate-ly after the kill is made. 2. All blood and hair should be washed from the animal before be-fore transporting it home. Water Wa-ter won't hurt the meat if allowed al-lowed to drain off. |