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<blockquote data-quote="SBruce" data-source="post: 565526" data-attributes="member: 21068"><p>Just adding this because the thread seems to have kinda migrated towards a meat subject.</p><p> </p><p>I've only had to leave a gutted carcass overnight one time. It was in the wilderness of North Western WY in September and I was 15 yrs old. I shot a big muley buck near dark. We were about a two mile hike (direct line) from camp when it got dark, and it was the next afternoon before we got horses and mule back up there via the trails to pack the meat out.</p><p> </p><p>We gutted the buck and drug him at least 100 yds from the gut pile. We propped him belly down, legs splayed over some logs, so air was getting up under him, front and rear quarters were kinda up in the air. We slit the hide from the brisket, down underneath the shoulder, and back to the ribs to help it cool out. </p><p> </p><p>I was worried about coyotes and bears, but the guy that was with me said to scatter around some empty recently fired brass, and tie my orange vest to the antlers. He said no bears or coyotes should mess with it then.......... I even left my hat just for good measure, and he and I hiked back to camp following the creek downhill in the darkness.</p><p> </p><p>Well, long story short; we finally got the mules and horses in back up there and got him quartered and packed the next afternoon, but by then it was too late in the day to try to return to camp so we slept on our horse blankets and hung the panniers in some trees. I've never been so cold as that night sleeping on a wet horse blanket!! Next day, 40 some hours after the kill we finally made it back to camp with the deer and all the meat and all of our own hides too. We were bushed and cold and tired.........but the meat was good and nothing bothered it those nights on the mountain.</p><p> </p><p>We ate alot of that deer the following few days as camp meat.</p><p>I was hunting with experienced elk hunters that were all about my dads age, and can only assume that they would've treated an elk the same way if it were in the same situation. Fact is, they probably learned those tricks from getting elk up on that same mountain.</p><p> </p><p>I don't know if it always works, but it sure worked then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SBruce, post: 565526, member: 21068"] Just adding this because the thread seems to have kinda migrated towards a meat subject. I've only had to leave a gutted carcass overnight one time. It was in the wilderness of North Western WY in September and I was 15 yrs old. I shot a big muley buck near dark. We were about a two mile hike (direct line) from camp when it got dark, and it was the next afternoon before we got horses and mule back up there via the trails to pack the meat out. We gutted the buck and drug him at least 100 yds from the gut pile. We propped him belly down, legs splayed over some logs, so air was getting up under him, front and rear quarters were kinda up in the air. We slit the hide from the brisket, down underneath the shoulder, and back to the ribs to help it cool out. I was worried about coyotes and bears, but the guy that was with me said to scatter around some empty recently fired brass, and tie my orange vest to the antlers. He said no bears or coyotes should mess with it then.......... I even left my hat just for good measure, and he and I hiked back to camp following the creek downhill in the darkness. Well, long story short; we finally got the mules and horses in back up there and got him quartered and packed the next afternoon, but by then it was too late in the day to try to return to camp so we slept on our horse blankets and hung the panniers in some trees. I've never been so cold as that night sleeping on a wet horse blanket!! Next day, 40 some hours after the kill we finally made it back to camp with the deer and all the meat and all of our own hides too. We were bushed and cold and tired.........but the meat was good and nothing bothered it those nights on the mountain. We ate alot of that deer the following few days as camp meat. I was hunting with experienced elk hunters that were all about my dads age, and can only assume that they would've treated an elk the same way if it were in the same situation. Fact is, they probably learned those tricks from getting elk up on that same mountain. I don't know if it always works, but it sure worked then. [/QUOTE]
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