| Show expert gives advice on killing and caring for your yo u r deer tile the killing of deer this season Is probably going to be more latense intense than any other year this ls As measured by the large number of 0 applications that were made tor for the killing ot of antler leas deer A large kill will probably be made in the rationing of 0 meat and the general scarcity of meat available it Is very important that the carcasses of all deer killed be properly taken care ot of so th that at every pound of meat available will be palatable for human food the kill 6 should hould be with exceeding care an effort should be made to make a clean shot so as to give as aa little damage to the carcass as possible it should be t the he aim to kill the animal on lie spot bather rather than to let it run lun with a scarcity of amount ammunition there should be less wild shooting th than an usually takes place during the hunt As soon as the deer Is killed it should be bled thoroughly either by sticking it in the breast and cutting both arteries or cutting its throat it possible turn the head down hill while it Is bleeding the keeping quality of the meat Is measured by how it has been bled the carcass should be kept as clean as possible and the entrails removed with the least p possible Os ible taint to any part of the meat the opening should be tho the entire length of the body and everything removed clean including the windpipe and esophagus many hunters prefer to remove demov e th the e meta metatarsal t aasal glands which are ara on the rear leg just below the hock because these glands easily taint the carcass metabolism ceases as soon as the animal is killed but in handling hanging and carrying there Is danger of the metatarsus gland exudation coming in contact with the meat As soon as the animal Is cleaned it should be up to cool as rapidly as possible it if the bullet has gone through the stomach or intestines any intestinal tes fluid should be wiped out cai carefully at the time of cleaning every good hunter carries a rope and a wiping cloth of ap proximately abely a square yard it if the carcass carca ss cannot be lung hung in a tree it la Is best to lay it on rocks or pieces of wood so as aa to lift it entirely oft off the ground it if the animal can be left overnight the meat will be improved the carcass should not be carried or dragged until it Is thoroughly thorough lp cooled and the meat Is set and then it should be mauled hauled as little as possible in getting it to where v here the animal Is hauled to the place of 0 storage the carcasses of killed deer are aie too often deteriorated in being kept around camp or carelessly dragged from the point of killing to where they can be loaded on to a 9 car or trailer it if an an animal imal is to be dragged it is much better to place it on top of a brush drag or wood construction that will keep it from being bruised on the ground it if a sleigh drag Is properly constructed it will not be more difficult than dragging the animal without it it possible the carcass e a should not be left where it will get warm during the day it should be remembered that when the mea meal R goes into stor storage a ge either in a freezer locker or otherwise tt it will not come out any ang better than it went in therefore it I 1 Is necessary to keep the meat free from contact before the animal Is finally cut up and stored it if a littre caution Is observed the meat resulting from the deer hunt this year will be more profitable than usual |
