How to butcher a deer hind quarter. Prepare a clean work surface and assemble your tools. Remove the backstraps and. Butchering the deer hind quarter steps to follow taking out the leg bone first and then making the various cuts of meat.
Starting on the rear of the leg and just below upward on the animals leg the achilles tendon cut in and to the bone. In this 20 minute how to process a deer video we demonstrate how to butcher a deer into bone. This food processing tip will make your harvested meat easier to coo.
There are multiple ways of breaking down a deers hind leg. Handle the first front. The same principle can be applied to elk and moose.
To separate the chuck meat front quarters from the round hind quarters use a saw or. Split the backbone in half. The other option is to take the butchered cuts of meat directly off the bone.
Its helpful to have a large cleaver and a boning knife for. On todays episode with cook with cabelas learn how to break down a deer hind quarter. Using this basic principle of separating the hind leg by the whole muscle structures you will do just fine.
We leave the hind quarters attached to the pelvic bone during this final butchering stage. Heres a link to my knives. Hang up the deer.
So you wake up early in the morning and head out to go bring home meat for your family. 13 steps to butcher a deer. There is a piece of skin between the hip and the stomach.
Im using my silver stag knife as always. Breaking down the deer 1. We always cut this first as.