Hair, meat, and how that goes
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From: Deertick
07-Oct-17
What are your tips for keeping hair of big game off of meat during the quartering process?
I have found pronghorn to be particularly difficult.
From: KJC
07-Oct-17
Propane torch.
From: Ucsdryder
07-Oct-17
Lol propane torch? I tire I have another thing to haul 5 miles into the woods. I try to be as careful as possible and pick them off as I go. Obviously make sure you cut with the hair and from skin out if that makes sense. Hair isn’t that bad. Try a bull that just finished wallowing! Impossible to keep things clean. I guess I could carry a hose and water with my propane torch and rinse him off! :)
From: Bill Obeid
07-Oct-17
Lighter??? :)
From: beaneater
07-Oct-17
green scratch pad
From: oldgoat
07-Oct-17
I just rinse it off when I get home
From: Sixby
07-Oct-17
Keep it clean to start with. Use a razor sharp knife and work with the grain. Cut from the brisket to the back and then down the legs to the hocks. Never cut against the hair flow. You will cut off a lot less hair and have a lot less on the meat. I then take my meat to a cold creek and rinse and cool . Then pat dry and sack. Have managed to do it this way for over fifty years and never lost any meat . I never have figured out why so many are adverse to washing the meat .
God bless, Steve
From: WapitiBob
07-Oct-17
I don't worry about it. Most of it comes off with the outer casing, the rest gets washed off.
From: Charlie Rehor
07-Oct-17
Yep, or after it cools just pat/rub off with your bare hand.
From: buckhammer
07-Oct-17
A propane torch may not be feasible in the field but once you get it home and hung it works great for removing any hair.
From: Brotsky
07-Oct-17
+4 propane torch.
From: cnelk
07-Oct-17
Deer/pronghorn/elk hair is hollow. Singe the carcass with a small propane torch will disintegrate the hair.
Also, use vinegar when wiping the meat prior to processing as its a natural disinfectant
From: sticksender
07-Oct-17
Adhesive lint roller after the quarters dry.
From: TD
07-Oct-17
What Sixby said, cut hide from inside out and with the grain. Much less hair gets cut. I wear disposable rubber gloves and they help get what does get on the meat, to get it off the glove, wipe your hand on the fleshy side of the hide as you skin things back. I like to use a "zipper" blade like the OE Swingblade type (modified just a bit) Browning used to make a good zipper blade on a multi blade folding knife. Makes life easier.
From: MonkeyEyes
07-Oct-17
X5 on the torch. I worked at a processors for several years and that’s what we used.
From: drycreek
07-Oct-17
I've never found hair from an antelope to be a problem. Although the skin tries to roll the wrong way, the hair comes right off after the carcass cools a bit as Charlie said. Deer hair, on the other hand, seems to stick like glue. The best cure for that is to just not get any on the meat, or as little as possible. I usually wind up with some on the neck where I start skinning , but that's about all.
From: HDE
07-Oct-17
"Filet" knife when cutting up.
From: Backpack Hunter
08-Oct-17
Another one for the propane torch, although I always use it when I am back home.
From: Griz34
08-Oct-17
Another vote for propane torch.
