campergeek
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Okay, perhaps I obsess about these details a bit much. If I had property in the country or had my pick of friends with private land to hunt on, these would be no-brainers. As it is, I reside in the 'burbs and, for right now, much of my hunting will take place on state properties. So, diving right in:
When cleaning doves, what do you do with the de-breasted carcasses? I'm sure that varmits would clean them up, to a degree, but on public lands with heavier hunting pressures, it seems like there would be some tendency for the carcasses to pile up faster than the critters can clean them up. Can any Missourians help me out with standard protocol? I suppose, if nothing else, I could throw the whole birds on ice and de-breast them when I get home, sealing the remnants in a trash bag and letting the garbage man worry about it - but I'm concerned about the quality of the meat if I wait too long before cleaning the birds.
The bigger question, (literally and figuratively) has to do, again, with cleaning deer. When I talked to my bride about processing a deer, she said "you're not going to cut that thing up in the garage, are you?". When presented with either that option or paying to have it processed, she decided that having a carcass in the garage wasn't such a bad thing after all. Should I bag a deer, I plan to retain the hide, the meat and (when suitable) the antlers (no room or spousal approval for a head mount). This leaves the head, bones & other sundry remnants to dispose of. Is this another job for a sealed garbage bag at the curb?
Yeah, I know, I think too much about things.
When cleaning doves, what do you do with the de-breasted carcasses? I'm sure that varmits would clean them up, to a degree, but on public lands with heavier hunting pressures, it seems like there would be some tendency for the carcasses to pile up faster than the critters can clean them up. Can any Missourians help me out with standard protocol? I suppose, if nothing else, I could throw the whole birds on ice and de-breast them when I get home, sealing the remnants in a trash bag and letting the garbage man worry about it - but I'm concerned about the quality of the meat if I wait too long before cleaning the birds.
The bigger question, (literally and figuratively) has to do, again, with cleaning deer. When I talked to my bride about processing a deer, she said "you're not going to cut that thing up in the garage, are you?". When presented with either that option or paying to have it processed, she decided that having a carcass in the garage wasn't such a bad thing after all. Should I bag a deer, I plan to retain the hide, the meat and (when suitable) the antlers (no room or spousal approval for a head mount). This leaves the head, bones & other sundry remnants to dispose of. Is this another job for a sealed garbage bag at the curb?
Yeah, I know, I think too much about things.